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'Postracial' America, One Year Later

Jamie Holmes | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

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Jamie Holmes

The real conversation on race, like it or not, is still pending. Barack Obama's win was a profound public testimony to American decency. But in numerous areas, blacks remain severely disadvantaged.

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The Conversation America Won't Have on Race

Irene Monroe | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

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Irene Monroe

No matter what kind of shape-shifters or mask-wearers we are as African Americans leaders, even our post-racial leaders are finding out that the nagging issue of race is an unavoidable issue.

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Barbara Ehrenreich Does It Again

Jan Herman | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

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Jan Herman

Just as she did last month, she has published the best op-ed read of the day.

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'Whites are People Too': Why Some White People are Stating the Obvious

Carol M. Swain | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

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Carol M. Swain

Hadassah's is one of many such e-mails I have received over the years from whites who confess to having been raised in liberal democratic- homes, but who are now flirting with white nationalism.

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Final Thoughts on Beer Summits and Postracial Paradoxes

Jonathan Rieder | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

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Jonathan Rieder

Now that the dust from the Gates dust-up has settled, a bit of perspective is in order. Glib invocations of a color-blind society were always too breathless.

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The Last Real American White Man Is a Woman

Caryl Rivers | Posted 09.04.2009 | Politics

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Caryl Rivers

Sarah is a tintype of what we used to be -- or who we believed we were: rugged individuals who charged across the continent, ripping up trees and taming the prairies.

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The Gates Arrest: Racism? Not so much. Classism? You betcha!

Zondra Hughes | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

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Zondra Hughes

This was a classic town vs. gown drama, a show-me-the-power move, and Gates slipped up.

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Diversity is the Key to Profitability

Chloe Drew | Posted 08.30.2009 | Business

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Chloe Drew

Is it fair or even appropriate to demand that business leaders focus on diversity rather than solely profitability? Yes -- in fact, you cannot divorce the two.

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The Conversation We Need to Have

Karen Finney | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

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Karen Finney

The incident in Cambridge comes on the heels of a number of incidents over the past several months that reminded us of the unfinished business race and prejudice in our country.

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Racism or Not, Cambridge Police Owes Professor Gates an Apology

Ahmed Rehab | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

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Ahmed Rehab

While it is easy to come to the defense of a black man who happens to be a world class scholar, how many less fortunate blacks get arrested on even more flimsy grounds with no public outcry?

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A Stranger in Mine Own House: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and the Police in "Post-Racial" America

Brandon M. Terry | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

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Brandon M. Terry

Gates was charged with "disorderly conduct." Blacks easily recognize this offense as the failure of a black to show proper deference to a white police officer.

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If Hello Kitty Had A Mouth She'd Be Screaming By Now

Czerina Salud | Posted 06.25.2009 | Living

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Czerina Salud

When the sexual currency of Filipina women is appropriated by everyone from American actors to Filipino nationals to H&M workers, something is not right.

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The Audacity of Whiteness: Framing Barack Obama

Jill Nelson | Posted 03.05.2009 | Media

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Jill Nelson

In journalism, white people who are granted the role of analyzing everyone, including African Americans, who are likely overlooked or spoken for by white expert opinion.

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RED the Book: How to Turn Teenage All-About-Me-ism into Altruism

Amy Goldwasser | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living

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Amy Goldwasser

Obama's call to service for Martin Luther King, Jr., Day was two weeks ago today. But to my generation, I'm afraid it may as well have been issued by Abe Lincoln. It's already history.

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Barack Obama and the American Dream

Lauri Lyons | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

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Lauri Lyons

The past four decades have been a mixture of social growing pains and progress. Even with that said, most people never believed that a Black man would become the President.

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Hillary Clinton Isn't The Only Democratic Presidential Candidate In Denial

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.21.2008 | Home

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Leonce Gaiter

Colorblind? Post-racial? Isn't it clear that's all so much bullshit. We are all animals prone to prejudice. The price of continued denial among the Obama camp could be the election.

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