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Alaska Racist Emails Against Obama On State Accounts Probed

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska officials are investigating racist jokes about President-elect Barack Obama that have been circulating on state gover...

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Frank Rich Was Right

Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

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Thomas de Zengotita

I have been blogging ominously for months about American racism and how it could undercut Obama's lead in the polls come election day. I was wrong. Frank Rich was right.

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Black Church In MA Burned After Obama Win

Boston Globe | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

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A predominantly black church under construction in Springfield was destroyed by fire early yesterday, just hours after Barack Obama's landmark victory...

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My Parent's Obama Sign Was Vandalized In Omaha Today

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

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Matthew Filipowicz

My dad hates having political signs in his yard. But, this year he's so fed up with the way things have been going that he agreed put an Obama sign in his yard.

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Channeling "Tito the Builder" in Miami

David Paul Appell | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

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David Paul Appell

The media and the Democratic Party would have us believe that Dems will clean up down here at the Sunshine State's tip, and as NPR's "All Things Consi...

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The Hounds [Video]

Max and the Marginalized | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

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Max and the Marginalized

We're a little late to the party on calling McCain/Palin out on all their hard work firing up the ugliest tendencies in their supporters, but this venture into dub reggae territory is our contribution.

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The Last Three Weeks: Anxiety about the Economy vs. Anxiety about Race

Drew Westen | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

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Drew Westen

The best way to take race off the table as an issue is to put it on the table, make clear that you're comfortable talking about exactly what people are worrying about, and free yourself to stay on message on the economy.

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"That One" Statement More Rude Than Racist

Rick Siegel | Posted 10.09.2008 | Home

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Rick Siegel

A president must be able to exhibit not just a modicum of, but an Emily Post-level of etiquette about and to his critics and fellow world leaders. If Sen. McCain cannot present such manners to someone he knows approximately half his voting public not only accepts but also admires, can he be trusted to control himself when it really counts?

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Virginia GOPer Writes Racist Anti-Obama Column

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

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The LA Times reports: A local newspaper columnist, in a spoof of Obama's platform, wrote in one recent piece that the Democrat would hire the rapper...

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Racist Anti-Obama Fliers Distributed In New Jersey

AP | SAMANTHA HENRY | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics

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TRENTON, N.J. — Some residents of a northwestern New Jersey town received fliers last weekend that criticized the prospect of Democrat Barack Ob...

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Racism Hurts Obama In Michigan

AP | KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

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MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. — Michigan's history of racial tensions is tugging against its Democratic tendencies, giving Barack Obama fits in a state w...

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The Elephant In The Room

Hermene Hartman | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics

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Hermene Hartman

Barack needs to pay attention to a base of Black voters, not to take them for granted. Black America needs to be addressed on its key issues. Forty-six percent of Black America did not vote in the last presidential race.

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TNR: GOP Convention Will Get Racist

Posted 08.29.2008 | Politics

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All the reporters in Denver were predicting that the GOP convention promises to be boring. I'm not so sure. One reason: There's no way thousands of co...

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Is Race an Issue? Are You Kidding?

Gordon Marino | Posted 08.26.2008 | Politics

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Gordon Marino

I have an Obama sign on my front lawn in suburban Minnesota, and as of two days ago I also have two cars marked with the large white letters "KKK."

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NY Mag: Why Obama Isn't Doing Better In The Polls -- He's Black

New York Magazine | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics

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From the eleventh-floor headquarters of Barack Obama's campaign on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, 2008 looks a lot like 1980--with the ideological polari...

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What Did He Do to be So Black and Blue? Obama and the Race Card

Drew Westen | Posted 08.03.2008 | Politics

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Drew Westen

Is there is an antidote to what has come and what lies ahead in the racial minefield of the 2008 election? I believe there is, but it runs against the instincts of most Democratic consultants.

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A New Race(ism?) -- Unconscious Bias in the '08 Campaign

Gregory S. Parks | Posted 08.03.2008 | Politics

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Gregory S. Parks

The broader challenge for Senator Obama is to make voters aware of the fact that even many well-intentioned individuals harbor unconscious, anti-black biases.

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"Obama Is My Slave" Shirt Sparks Lawsuit Threat In New York

NY Metro | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

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When a 25-year-old Manhattan graduate student who was assaulted Tuesday night got dressed that morning, she probably didn't anticipate that her T-shir...

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American Psycho

Jane Smiley | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

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Jane Smiley

There are people in the US who, no matter what, would not consider voting for a man with a black father and a white mother. We unrepentant howling liberals have to respect them, we are told.

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ABC Poll: Racism Won't Affect Obama's Chances

ABC News | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

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Racial attitudes among white Americans show little if any net effect on Barack Obama's candidacy for president, an ABC News analysis finds, because ne...

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Obama Bracing For Race-Based Ads

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A presidential candidate who's named Hussein and wears a turban? A building that's called the White House but run by a black guy? ...

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"Uncle Barack's Cabin": Why We Must Repudiate the Ugly Racial Undercurrents of the Campaign

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 06.08.2008 | Politics

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Menachem Rosensaft

This offensive German headline is a warning to us here in the US. The bigots will exploit every slimy racist undercurrent in a desperate effort to keep Obama out of the White House.

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Ku Klux Klan Won't Endorse Obama

Michael Gene Sullivan | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics

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Michael Gene Sullivan

Noting her strength with the broad swaths of people who have no intention of actually voting for her, Clinton also feels Obama's weakness with people who hate both of them with a passion should give unpledged superdelegates pause.

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Sexism, Racism, and Reality: Healing From A Hard Campaign

RJ Eskow | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics

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RJ Eskow

Sexism has infested this race, and many of us have deplored it. But reality is multifaceted. While Sen. Clinton has faced bigotry, so has her opponent.

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Obama Campaign In Pennsylvania: A Tale Of Two Levittowns

Gene Koo | Posted 04.08.2008 | Home

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Gene Koo

I got my first overtly racist anti-Obama comment today while phoning central Pennsylvania. It was a 62-year-old man, who said, simply, "I'm not voting for the black man."

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