First Black President

America's Robotic Applause

Dennis Perrin | Posted 06.10.2008 | Media

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Dennis Perrin

It's one thing to be told that you're living in historic times. It's another to be told that not only must you happily appreciate this, you should applaud the fact, regardless of personal doubts.

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Obama Is The New Black

Bill Katovsky | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics

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Bill Katovsky

Obama clearly transcends, symbolizes, and straddles the black versus white color divide. His ethnic pedigree is both Huck Finn and the runaway slave Jim floating down the Mississippi of race in America.

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Bill Clinton Fights for His Place in History

Sandy Frank | Posted 02.03.2008 | Politics

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Sandy Frank

Clinton is -- per Toni Morrison -- America's first black president. He's out to preserve that title, but he'll lose it as soon as we elect someone who is, well, actually black.

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First Black President?

Rory O'Connor | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics

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Rory O'Connor

Will white and Hispanic voters have the audacity to vote their hopes -- or their fears -- on Super Tuesday?

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Bill Off the Hook: First Black President Can't Be Racist/ EMERGENCY UPDATE!

Katie Halper | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics

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Katie Halper

At the very worst, Bill Clinton is self loathing, with tendencies towards internalized hatred.

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Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

Keith Boykin | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics

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Keith Boykin

Certainly Senator Obama understands he is black, but he also understands that he need not be limited or defined by his race. For many black Americans, on the other hand, we're still learning that lesson.

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Race, Gender and Class in Twenty Aught Eight

Ann Medlock | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics

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Ann Medlock

In the blue-collar world, in the world of conservative Christians, and among many of the military, "Iron my shirt" isn't an unreasonable order. It's the way things have been and ever shall be.

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