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Infographic: Minorities Becoming Majority in U.S.

Turnstyle | Posted 08.13.2011

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Turnstyle

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A Few Words In Defense of the N-Word, in the Novels of Mark Twain

Mikhail Lyubansky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mikhail Lyubansky

While racial insensitivity and avoidance of discussions about racism are real problems in classrooms, removing racially objectionable content from literature cannot possibly be effective in anything other than eliminating discomfort.

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Shirley Sherrod, Black Farmers and the 2010 Racial World Cup

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charles D. Ellison

Perhaps one of the more eloquent and official retrospectives resulting from the Shirley Sherrod incident was White House Press Secretary Robert Gibb's...

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Are the Fangs Real? Vampires as Racial Metaphor in the Anita Blake and Twilight Novels

Mikhail Lyubansky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mikhail Lyubansky

Vampires have never been just vampires. Intended or not, vampires represent a number of marginalized groups that are perceived as a threat by mainstream society, particularly immigrants and racial minorities.

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Race is Sexy. Sex is Racy. Now "Get Lost"

Mikhail Lyubansky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mikhail Lyubansky

Race is sexy. And sex is racy. Is it any wonder that our society seems fascinated, obsessed even, with their combination? Consider the latest photo...

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Is the Blagojevich YouTube Video Racist?

Mikhail Lyubansky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mikhail Lyubansky

Some viewers may perceive this video as evidence for what they've feared all along, that Obama is more invested in the interests of the Black community than in those of "Americans"?

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Report: Race Matters in Judicial Decision-Making

Mike Green | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Green

If people of all races are to believe in judicial fairness, a more diverse bench is a good place to start.

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It's Time for Obama To End "Don't Ask, Don't Talk" Policy on Racism

Hasan Kwame Jeffries | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hasan Kwame Jeffries

Obama needs to move swiftly to end "Don't Ask, Don't Talk," the White House policy that sidesteps the issue of racism in America by directing the president not to talk about it.

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Harry Reid Was Right

Sam Fulwood | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sam Fulwood

Imagine how much better informed Americans might have been if the pundits explained how Reid's words actually reflected this nation's fixation on making any deviation from whiteness as abnormal, deviant or inferior.

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Harry Reid Was (Mostly) Right... Until Now

Andrew Grant-Thomas, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andrew Grant-Thomas, Ph.D.

Voters didn't throw some disembodied, decontextualized essence of blackness on the table in deciding whether or not to vote for Barack Obama. His racial identity was one part of a complex mix of considerations.

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What!? Racism Still in America?

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

I see racial sub-texts in the intensity of the attacks on Obama -- not in the disagreements per se, but in the viciousness of the rhetoric.

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The JusticeBot 9000

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

The JusticeBot 9000: You said you wanted a machine that took all the human factor out of the law, so that emotion and empathy would be forever banished from the bench.

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American Violet: A Powerful Movie about Race and the Drug War

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Without spoiling the ending, American Violet is an excellent movie, and tells the story in a moving and heart-wrenching fashion.

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Guest Column: Why Obama's Election Should Be Considered Historic

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

For only the third time in this column's two-and-a-half year history (see note below), I am turning over my soapbox to a guest columnist. As with bot...

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Sixty Years After Desegregation, Ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Being gay should be no more of a barrier to serving the United States military than being black now is. My guess is that sixty years from now, people will wonder what took us so long.

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Forget Apologizing to Obama, Jackson Should Apologize to Blacks for His N Word Hypocrisy

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Jackson should immediately apologize to blacks for not only trashing them, but also apologize for his hypocrisy. But that's not all.

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