Obama Racism

O'Reilly Wants Proof That FoxNews Is Racist: Read Your Own Columns, Bill

Steve Young | Posted 07.24.2008 | Media


Steve Young

Short of saying that Barack wants to sleep with your daughter, O'Reilly used just about every button meant to alarm his white fans to the fact that a President Obama could set off race-laced fireworks.

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

NY Metro | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics


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...

Why is McCain Close?

Bob Burnett | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics


Bob Burnett

Despite John McCain's maladroit campaign, his association with an unpopular president, and his general ineptness as a candidate, the race will be disturbingly close.

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

ABC News | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics


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...

Oh, That's How He Talks!

Sam Greenfield | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics


Sam Greenfield

Nader said that Obama has to 'talk white' in order to win. Does that mean with a stereotypical patois? Does that mean sans ghetto? Regardless, he doesn't grasp that the nation is turning brown.

When Rove Calls Obama Arrogant, He Means "Uppity"

John Ridley | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics


John Ridley

Karl Rove says Barack Obama is arrogant. Arrogant, of course, is a euphemism. In the monochromatic bunkers from which old-schoolers cling to power the true word they use is "uppity" when hurled at blacks.

A Big Slip of Chris Matthews' Quick Tongue

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 06.24.2008 | Media


Carol Felsenthal

Matthews audibly groaned when he slipped, meaning to say that a tape came out of the Osama HQ just before the election in 2004 had hurt Kerry and helped Bush -- but saying, instead, "Obama."

Obama Bracing For Race-Based Ads

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics


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? ...

Obama And Race: Most Whites Open To Black President, But Hate Groups Growing

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.22.2008 | Politics


The Washington Post reports "an overwhelming public openness to the idea of electing an African American to the presidency." In a Post-ABC News poll...

What the Obama Sock Monkey Scandal Tells Us About U.S. Race Relations

Lisa Wade | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics


Lisa Wade

After negative publicity claimed the toy was racist, the SockObama Co. offered an apology. That apology was later aggressively revoked in this letter by co-owner Elizabeth Lawson.

America's Image and Race Beyond Black and White

Sam Sedaei | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics


Sam Sedaei

The world's grievances with the US have little to do with its history of slavery. Most of the world is more concerned with how America treats other ethnicities, beyond black.

White Supremacists Cheer Idea Of President Obama

Hate Watch | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics


With the nomination of Barack Obama as the Democratic presidential candidate clinched, large sections of the white supremacist movement are adopting a...

Obama, The New Majority, And The Race (Card) Ahead

Jeff Chang | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics


Jeff Chang

Although Latinos voted largely for Clinton in the primaries, and Asian Americans appeared split, there are still few indications that they may shift to McCain.

Rep. Reichert: Obama "Will Steal Money Out of Your Wallets"

David Goldstein | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics


David Goldstein

Rep. Dave Reichert, a famously former sheriff, warns the crowd that a black man is going to steal their wallets? Yeah, I can imagine the stunned silence.

McCain's Age Again Seen As Major Problem For Voters

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics


Yet another poll, this one by the Washington Post and ABC News, has found that Sen. John McCain's age appears to be a major hang-up for voters, far mo...

In NC Obama Proves He Has The Right Stuff (In Spite Of Wright)

Reny Monk | Posted 05.06.2008 | Home


Reny Monk

As I listened to him answer questions, though, all I could think of was those people who leave long, rambling messages on my voice mail, then forget to leave their name and number.

Merely Prejudiced

Jim Duffy | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics


Jim Duffy

The people that will to decide the election in the fall is a group I call the Merely Prejudiced. They're not pathological in their hatred, but they aren't entirely comfortable with black people or culture.

Obama Strategist: Race Won't Be A Problem In The General Election

National Journal | Linda Douglass | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics


Obama's campaign strategist David Plouffe spoke with the National Journal's Linda Douglass about the state of the campaign. When asked about a possib...

Racial Idealism vs. Racial Realism: Obama and the DLC

Roberto Lovato | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics


Roberto Lovato

DLC operatives recognize how quickly the political process is moving past the black-white racial politics towards a Sunbelt strategy targeting a more diverse country.

Obama Tells the Best Political Team on Television: You Guys Have a Choice...

Jay Rosen | Posted 03.18.2008 | Home


Jay Rosen

It was a speech aimed right at Wolf Blitzer, at the best political team on television, and all the makers of our election year spectacle.

Obama Rising Again

Trey Ellis | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics


Trey Ellis

Obama's willingness to cowboy up and face all the accusations at the same time has been breathtaking in its transparency.

George Bush, You Made My Dream Come True

Trey Ellis | Posted 02.26.2008 | Politics


Trey Ellis

If the war had gone according to the Republicans' fever dream today we would be as much a one-party nation as Putin's Russia.

Implicit (Unconscious) Race Bias and the 2008 Presidential Election: Does Obama Stand a Chance?, Part II

Gregory S. Parks | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics


Gregory S. Parks

What has likely gotten Obama this far among white voters is their efforts to check their implicit biases at the door when caucusing or voting during primaries.

Is MLK's Dream Coming True?

Tom D'Antoni | Posted 01.07.2008 | Politics


Tom D'Antoni

What matters at this moment is that it appears that as a presidential candidate, a black man is being judged on the content of his character.Take a minute and consider that.

Novak: Obama is "Clean" And "Not A Stereotype African-American"

Think Progress | Posted 01.06.2008 | Politics


This weekend on Bloomberg television, conservative pundit Robert Novak discussed what Sen. Barack Obama's (D-IL) "Achilles heel" would be if Obama pre...


 

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