Race

Race and the Race

Justin Frank | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Racism, Race, Palin, Obama, Mccain, Election, Black, Barack Obama, Biden, African-American, Debate, Politics News

I think voters also have inner fears that they might not even recognize until they find themselves inside the polling booth.

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Donna Brazile Reflects on Race, Gender, and the Media in the 2008 Elections

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Race, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Gender, 2008 Election and Race, 2008 Election and Sexism, Hillary Clinton, Media, Sarah Palin, 2008 Election and Gender, Donna Brazile, Politics News

Brazile wowed the assembled crowd at St. Johns with a combination of thoughtful insights, dry humor, insider anecdotes, and culinary metaphors.

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McCain Campaign Enlists The Fear Factor One More Time

Bob Vanderet | Posted 10.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Barack Obama, South, Karl Rove, Terrorism, National Polls, Sarah Palin, Landslide, Racism America, Terrorist, Election 2008, Race, John McCain, Fear Factor, Campaign 2008, Obama Race, Home News

As electoral projections suggest Barack Obama might win by a landslide, John McCain's campaign once again tries to cast Obama as the Angry Black Terrorist who, in Sarah Palin's words, "doesn't see America the same way you and I do."

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Surge Of New Voters and Obama Campaign Efforts Tipping Virginia

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Taxes, Soccer Moms, John McCain, Iraw War, Peter J. Boyer, Tim Kaine, OffTheBus News, Football, Barack Obama Polls, Barack Obama Taxes, Information Technology, Joe Biden, Race, Wall Street Journal, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Virginia, New Yorker, Obama Rally, Voter Registration, Tipping Point, Mark Warner, Fred Thompson, Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, White Voters, Home News

During the primaries Obama got trounced in southwestern Virginia. "Presence really matters," Gov. Kaine told Obama. "Go and show 'em you're really interested."

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NCLR Death Threat Punished in Court of Law

Kety Esquivel | Posted 10.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Latinos, Law, Law Enforcement, Hate Crimes, Nc, Latino Vote, Federal Courthouse, Rule of Law, Christopher Szaz, Hispanics, Race, Racial Epithet, Immigration Reform, Latino Voters, Latino Politics, Death Threat, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Online, National Council of La Raza, Hispanic Voters, E-Mail, Hate Speech, Christopher Michael Szaz, Immigration Policy, Immigration Debate, Naacp, North Carolina, Nclr, Szaz, Home News

Originally posted at wecanstopthehate.org Christopher Michael Szaz was sentenced today in North Carolina for emailing a death threat to the staff of ...

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McCain's Record On Civil Rights Disappointing For Detainees

Gregory S. Evans | Posted 09.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Supreme Court, Women's Rights, John McCain, Affirmative Action, Guantanamo Detainees, Race, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Equal Pay, Home News

In his April speech on racism, Barack Obama argued that some issues in this election "reflect the complexities of race in this country that we've neve...

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The Long Hard Road to Race-Free Politics in America

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Race, 2008 Election, Racial Politics, Politics, Cdf, Barack Obama, Politics News

Have we arrived at a post-racial era where the election of the president can take place on a "colorblind" basis?

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Battle For The West: NM GOP Foot in Mouth

Ryan Rivera | Posted 09.26.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Fernando C De Baca, Albuquerque, Race, Battle for the West, Barack Obama, New Mexico, Mary Jane Garcia, Home News

Bernalillo GOP chair: 'Hispanics won't vote for a black president' The chairman of the Bernalillo County Republican Party resigned Thursday followin...

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Conservatives Race Bait the Economic Meltdown

John Ridley | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Economy, Economy, Mortgage Crisis, Fannie Mae, Minority Lending, Race Baiting, Michelle Malkin, Race, Fox News Racism, Subprime Mortgages, Freddie Mac, Conservatives, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Fox News, Racism, Neil Cavuto, Republicans, Politics News

As the US economy continues to crater, there's plenty of blame to go around. Apparently, way around.

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World Class Magician McCain Pulls another Poli-Trick

Rashid Shabazz | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Debate, Bailout, Mccain, Financial Crisis, Obama, Campaign, Race, Palin, John McCain, Presidential Debates, Politics News

McCain's convinced me that unlike any other politician before him, he is also a great magician. Like David Blain or David Copperfield, he is able to pull tricks from thin air.

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Ethnocentric Etiquette 101 With Anna Post

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 09.24.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Race in the Workplace, Spanish in the Workplace, Race, Ethnocentric Etiquette, Ethnic Tensions, Anna Post, Race and Election, Diversity Etiquette, Chicago News

I took Anna Post's etiquette expertise for a spin on topics most people wouldn't usually dare bring up.

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Did Palin Really Say She Wouldn't Hire Blacks?

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: African American Leaders, Vice Presidency, Juneteenth, Sarah Palin, African Americans, Alaska, Race, John McCain, Diversity, Politics News

Palin's color blind posture may be nothing but a convenient excuse not to seek out, and hire and promote African-Americans and other minorities in her administration, no matter how qualified.

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Obama's "Black Tax"

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Barack Obama, Race in Politics, Race, 2008 Election, Voters, Black Voters, Politics News

Racial prejudice has long led people to vote against their self-interest. Don't expect these extraordinary times to miraculously bring clarity to some voters. Old habits are hard to break.

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TWiB Episode Six - New Poll States "Race" will Matter in Election!

Elon James White | Posted 09.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Associated Press, 2008 Elections, Yahoo!, Race, Barack Obama, Stating the Obvious, This Week in Blackness, Brooklyn Comedy Company, Media News

The Brooklyn Comedy Company is proud to debut its web series "This Week in Blackness" on the Huffington Post, with the sixth entry in the series.

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The Unbearable Whiteness of Being

Parvez Sharma | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Race and Politics, Race, Iran, Khomeni, McCain Palin, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Politics News

Does the Republican Party now represent primarily a demographic of one skin color only? McCain and Palin always seem to be surrounded by Whites.

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From Start To Finish, Race Is The Issue

Patricia Wilson-Smith | Posted 09.23.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Race, Barack Obama, White America; Election 2008; Campaign; Invesco Field; Denver; Germany; Harvard University; Chicago; African American; Black Man; Orator; A Time to Kill; Samuel L. Jackson; Double Standard; Obama Biden; Mccain Palin, Home News

Given the dire nature of our economy, the general distaste for the human and monetary costs of the war in Iraq, the record number of foreclosures, race is the only possible reason why Obama is not at least 20 points ahead of McCain in the polls.

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Poll On Racism Offers Disturbing Insight Into Election And Society

Felicia Harvey | Posted 09.22.2008 | Home

Read More: Racism, Obama, Race, Barack Obama; Racism America; African Americans; Blacks; Whites; Latinos; Asians; Hatred; Ignorance; Bigotry; United States; Civil Rights; Freedom; Race Free Society; Biracial; Post-Racial, Home News

To those who think that Obama being elected means racism is dead and civil rights groups are suddenly going to hang "Out of Business" signs on their door, let these survey results be a wake up call.

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America Can Not Afford Another American President

Diane Tucker | Posted 09.17.2008 | Home

Exactly how many Republican administrations do Americans need before they realize they're all the same? Grandiose deficits. Financial compensation to buddies. Attempts to privatize everything except their own colossal business failures.

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The Dead Core of McCain's Republican Party

Paul Jenkins | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Transportation, Immigration, Iraq, Race, Democratic Party, Sarah Palin, Stem Cell Research, Iran, Military, Phil Gramm, Carly Fiorina, Technology, Republican Party, African-American Issues, Abortion, Halliburton, Science, Free Trade, Hispanic Issues, Texas, Uzbekistan, Pennsylvania, Capitalism, Barack Obama, College, Oil, Health Care, Scranton, Energy, Gay Marriage, Economy, Politics News

Now that it has thoroughly discredited the market economy it was ostensibly pushing, the Republican Party is left with no clear, logical economic agenda.

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McCain: Same As He Ever Was

Paul Jenkins | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Abortion, Corruption, Bill Clinton, Europe, Florida, Michigan, Swift Boat, George W. Bush, Oregon, Presidential Election, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Black Issues, Race, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Virginia, Economist, Sex, John Kerry, New Hampshire, Ohio, South Carolina, New York Times, Fox News, Hillary Clinton, Paul Krugman, Politics News

At some point it becomes hard to blame the traditional media for its improper coverage. Clearly, the McCain/Palin lies have not gone unnoticed -- yet, there is barely a blip in the polls.

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Was I Wrong About FOX?

Adam Green | Posted 09.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Fox News, Race-Baiting, Fox, Race, OJ Simpson, Barack Obama, Adam Green, Media News

What other network offers viewers the chance to watch live shots of Barack Obama's speech and OJ Simpson's latest trial at the same time?

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America: Yours, Mine, and Ours (Part 1)

Terrance Heath | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics

Part One: Yours, Mine... One of the things I hoped for when Michelle Obama spoke at the Democratic convention, was that she would introduce people to ...

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The Democrats in Denver: Surprises and Shadows

Roderick Spencer | Posted 09.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, The Free Speech Zone, Race, Hope, Fear, Obama, Clintons, Dnc, Color., The Kennedy's, Orwell, Denver Police, Olberman, Politics News

Before it all goes blurry and fictional in the retelling, allow me to recapitulate my personal list of astonishments from Denver.

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Is Barack Obama's Candidacy About Race?

Bill Blanning | Posted 09.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Race and Politics, Race Issues, Race, Barack Obama Race, African-Americans, African-American Issues, Barack Obama, Politics News

The simple fact that an African-American is in line for the presidency serves to affirm for all of us our belief in America's best ideals.

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Eyes on the Pride

Dick Meyer | Posted 08.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Npr, Democratic Convention, Race, Dick Meyer, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Speech, Politics News

The Democratic Party, as assembled and packaged at its national convention, does not seem especially proud that it is about to become the first major ...

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