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Race in America

Obama's Visit Stirs Rethinking On Race, Racism In China

Washington Post | Keith B. Richburg | Posted 11.15.2009 | World

Read More: Urbanization, Oriental Angel, Race in America, Economy, Wen Jiabao, Chocolate City, Economic Growth, Obama, Prejudice, Race, Guangzhou, Obama Visit, Foreign Policy, Racism in China, Beijing, Africa, Racism, Discrimination, Hong Kong, China, Rural China, World News

As the country gets ready to welcome the first African American U.S. president, whose first official visit here starts Sunday, the Chinese are confron...

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The Last Real American White Man Is a Woman

Caryl Rivers | Posted 09.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin Resignation, Race in America, Sarah Palin, American Identity, Race, Post-Racial, Post Racial America, Politics News
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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A Case in Race: A Case in Foster Care

Lainey Shany | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Race, Children, Foster Care, Race in America, Glen Beck, Politics News
Lainey Shany

Let's face it. While we wait for our children to change our world, we taint them in the process. In doing so, we undercut whatever advantage they might have to make things right.

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Fox Host Glenn Beck: Obama Is A "Racist" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 08.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Fox News, Obama, Right Wing Hysteria, Race in America, Race Relations, President Obama, Glenn Beck, Media News

This morning on Fox and Friends, Fox host Glenn Beck accused President Obama of being "a racist." The group was discussing the recent Gates controv...

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Obama Should Stop Lecturing African Americans

Ben Cohen | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jesse Jackson, African American, Barack Obama, Race in America, Politics News
Ben Cohen

Lecturing the black community is the perfect way to avoid alienating white voters. However, Obama does not share the same history as the African American community he is speaking to.

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Election 2008: The Race Election

Dan Treul | Posted 06.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Hardball, Racial Politics, Race in Politics, Rochelle Riley, Detroit Free Press, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama, Race in America, Presidential Politics, Chris Matthews, 2008 Election, Vote 08, John McCain, Election, Racial Divide, 2008 Presidential Election, Home News
Dan Treul

There is something culturally sick about defining such a critical election along racial lines alone. This election should not be a referendum on black and white. It should be a referendum on the Bush years.

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Finally! MSNBC's Three-Hour Conversation About Race in America

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 04.20.2008 | Media

Read More: DeForest Soaries, T.J. Holmes, Brian Williams, NBC Race, Howard University, Malaak Compton-Rock, Marc Lamont Hill, MILF Island, Buster Soaries, MSNBC Race, Michael Eric Dyson, Kevin Powell, Chris Rock's Wife, Meeting David Wilson, Brian Williams Race, Gregg Carr, David Wilson, Race in America, Media News

It was a different sort of doc block last night on MSNBC: First, there was the documentary "Meeting David Wilson," about a young black man, David A. W...

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