Race Relations

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

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: White Supremicists, Barack Obama, Obama Race Poll, Obama Racism, 2008 Polls, Racism Obama, African Americans Obama, Racial Voters, John McCain, Race Relations, Obama Race, Politics News

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...

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Politics on the Couch: Splitting and Reparation -- Part One

Justin Frank | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Splitting, Fathers Day, Obama, Mccain, Post 9/11, Reverend Wright, Race Relations, Reparation, Barack Obama, Politics News

Some voters are passionately drawn to Obama because he not only promises change from divisive Washington politics, but also because he evokes infantile yearnings to live without psychic division.

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Trying to Be an American All My Life

Ray Hanania | Posted 05.05.2008 | Life

Read More: Humor, Ethnicity, Being an American, George W. Bush, Palestine, Israel, Ray Hanania, Palestinians, Race Relations, Life News

Americans. They are the most educated people in the world, but the least educated about the world. They can't tell the difference between a Pakistani or a Palestinian. An Indian or an Iranian.

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Obama vs. Rev. Wright: The Wrongness of Righteousness

Terry Real | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics

Perhaps Wright felt that Obama did not stand up for him enough and this is payback, or perhaps he feels that his cause is so righteous that devil damn the consequences.

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The Race Race

Bob Franken | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Electability, Barack Obama Race, Race Relations, Barack Obama, Politics News

The word "electability" is another term for "voter racism." The Clinton camp keeps talking in code about Obama's race and then squeals in red-faced outrage when they're called on it.

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Barack Obama's March 18, 2008 Speech on Race Relations

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: 1787, Philadelphia, Jr., Constitution Hall, Martin Luther King, Race Relations, Barack Obama, Politics News

"We the people, in order to form a more perfect union."   Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a g...

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Barack the Politician With a Smokescreen to Block

Kristen Breitweiser | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Reverend Wright, Race Relations, Barack Obama Jeremiah Wright, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Jeremiah Wright Barack Obama, Spin, Obama Jeremiah Wright, Jeremiah Wright, Race, Barack Obama Race, 2008 Election, Barack Obama Spin, Politics News

Obama has taken something that is an absolute and undeniable truth (race relations are a problem in America) and attached it to something that is flawed and wrong (Wright's hate speech).

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Racial Unity: How Will It Play In Pennsylvania?

Carlotta Cooper | Posted 03.19.2008 | Home

Read More: Rev Jeremiah Wright, Pennsylvania Primary, Senator Hillary Clinton, Election 2008, Primary Elections, Obama Speech, Barack Obama, Offthebus, Race Relations, Home News

Barack Obama spoke with eloquent words about our need to overcome the racial stalemate that exists in this country. But how will voters in Pennsylvania react to the issue of race being inserted into their primary?

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Racial Idealism vs. Racial Realism: Obama and the DLC

Roberto Lovato | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton Race, Race Relations, 2008 Election, Obama Jeremiah Wright, Dlc, Barack Obama Race, Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright, Obama Speech Race, Race, Racism, Obama Race Speech, Breaking Politics News, Obama Racism, Barack Obama Race Speech, Obama Speech, DLC Race, Politics News

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.

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Obama's Challenge

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Race in Politics, Barack Obama Race Speech, Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama 2008, Barack Obama, Race Relations, Obama Race Speech, Politics News

Time will tell whether voters accept Obama's challenge or whether we remember the speech as a great moment that gave his rivals the means of his political downfall.

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Obama Channels Jefferson

Denise Clapsaddle | Posted 03.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Declaration of Independence, American Politics, Beltway Insiders, Race in America, Washington, HBO Miniseries John Adams, Racism, Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright, Race Relations, Offthebus, Home News

Obama has tapped into a deeply felt societal sentiment that now is one of those moments that calls for something more than progress at the rate of one step forward, two steps back. Is he the one to lead us?

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Obama Rising Again

Trey Ellis | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Election, Tony Rezko, Race Relations, Barack Obama, Transparency, Racism, Obama Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama Race Speech, Jeremiah Wright, Race, Obama Race Speech, Obama Racism, Obama Speech Race, Obama Speech, Barack Obama Race, Politics News

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

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'Nevada Phenomenon' Bigger Peril to Obama than the Bradley Effect

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: White House, Latino Voters, Barack Obama, Presidential Contest, Presidential Race, California Primary, Black and Latino Tensions, African-Americans, Hillary Clinton, Race Relations, Nevada Phenomenon Obama, Hispanics, Bradley Effect Obama, Latino Politics, Obama Latino, Hispanic Voters, Politics News

The 'Nevada phenomenon' is the mix of wariness, fear, indifference and even hostility of the majority of Latino voters toward a black candidate.

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The Freedom We Seek

Eliseo Medina and Gerry Hudson | Posted 01.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Racial Politics, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King, Race Relations, Illegal Immigrants, Martin Luther King Holiday, Immigration, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., MLK Day, Politics News

Martin Luther King's dream is no less than the American dream, a dream that lives on and impels us to constantly ask ourselves the question: does freedom ring in America today?

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Racial Tensions Roil Democratic Party

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 01.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sheila Jackson Lee, Democratic Primary, New Hampshire Primary, Hillary Clinton Martin Luther King, Jesse Jackson Jr, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama Martin Luther King, Race Relations, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Race 2008, Barack Obama Race, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News

A series of comments from Senator Hillary Clinton, her husband, and her supporters are spurring a racial backlash and adding a divisive edge to the pr...

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Iowa Results: Race Invisibility or Invisible Race?

Roberto Lovato | Posted 01.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Racial Politics, Obama Iowa Speech, Mike Huckabee, Race Relations, Huckabee Immigration, Jim Gilchrist, Race, Barack Obama Race, Minutemen, Iowa, Iowa Caucuses, Politics News

We are hardly entering the age of race invisibility in politics. Instead, Iowa points us towards the age of invisible race politics.

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The Future of Veteran's Day

Anne M. Plant | Posted 11.14.2007 | Life

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Veteran's Day is about serving something larger than yourself, larger than your own life because that is what you risk when you take the solemn oath. There is always the risk of war- just or unjust- the soldier doesn't get a choice.

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The New Tiger/Obama Calculation

Phil Trounstine | Posted 11.12.2007 | Life

Read More: Tiger Race Relations, Blacks in Media, Barack Obama Race, Race Relations, Barack Obama, Tiger Woods, Life News

Barack Obama has a genuine shot at the presidency because Tiger Woods has altered how Americans view a talented black man in pursuit of a goal historically reserved for white guys.

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Ignore the Noose? WTF?

Michael Gene Sullivan | Posted 10.23.2007 | Politics

Read More: Jena Six, Race Relations, Media Bias, Politics News

Somewhere W.E.B. DuBois is feverishly gluing hair to his head so he can tear it out in frustration, and Martin Luther King Jr. is limbering up so he can spin in his grave without throwing out a hip.

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New Shows Struggle To Address Race Relations

LA Times | Greg Braxton | Posted 10.02.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: K-Ville, Ugly Betty, Cavemen, Race Relations, Aliens in America, Entertainment News

Race relations are taking a starring role in several new culturally-tinged series this fall. Fox's "K-Ville," ABC's "Cavemen," CBS' "Cane," and the CW...

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Zimbabwe Parliament Approves Transfer Of White-Owned Businesses To Blacks

The Guardian (U.K.) | Angus Shaw | Posted 09.27.2007 | Home

Read More: Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, Race Relations, Home News

White Zimbabweans found themselves a step closer to losing control of their businesses to black people yesterday as a result of new government legisla...

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Chi | Posted 09.20.2007 | Home

Read More: Jesse Jackson, Racism, Jena 6, Race Relations, Barack Obama, Jena Race, Home News

The Rev. Jesse Jackson told the Chicago Sun-Times on Wednesday night he doubted a flare-up over a remark attributed to him about White House hopeful S...

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Louisiana Braces As Jena Becomes Racial Bias Flashpoint

New York Times | Posted 09.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Jena Six, Racism, Racism in Schools, Race Relations, Jena Race, Politics News

They called it the White Tree. Not because of the color of its leaves or tint of its bark, but because of the kind of people who typically sat beneath...

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