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MSNBC’s Tweet About Biracial Families May Be More Wrong Than You Thought
A social scientist crunches the numbers after MSNBC’s tweet-gate
Some Thoughts on LeBron, Obama, and Race. And Some Gloating.
Today, as you may have heard, is a big day in Court-related news. I refer, of course, to the championship parade for my beloved Miami Heat. I’ve written about America’s stupid hatred of the Heat and LeBron James in the past, …
For Black Conservatism, the Right Time and the Wrong Candidate
Herman Cain’s improbable rise to the top of Republican presidential primary polls — and the prospect that two black men, including an incumbent, could compete head-on for the White House next year — should be proof that American politics has moved beyond race. Instead, Cain’s candidacy has been marred by empty self-promotion, …
The Full Shirley Sherrod Speech – UPDATE
For those who have been following the Shirley Sherrod/Andrew Breitbart/NAACP/USDA story today – you might have whiplash! – here’s the full text of Sherrod’s speech before an NAACP audience in March. It’s worth watching in full.
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(UPDATE: Around 2 a.m. this …
A Little Historical Perspective …
As pundits turn themselves inside-out over Harry Reid’s inartful comments about Barack Obama, yesterday’s release of another batch of Nixon papers gives us a little reminder of what truly racial politics looked like at a point in our not-so-distant history:
Nader Spoils for a Fight
Here‘s my Q&A with Ralph Nader today, a shortened verision of which will appear in the dead tree edition this week.
Some thoughts on today’s primary
Winning and losing primaries is not a clear-cut, black-and-white issue. A candidate can essentially win by coming in second as long as he defies expectations. Conversely, if a candidate is unable to attract enough of a key group of voters, he can be judged to lose a race even if his name is tops in the final vote count. The latter is the …
Obama Does Embrace Race
Eleven and a half months ago – and God, I can’t believe it’s been that long – I watched Barack Obama rally a crowd of nearly 3,000 at Columbia, South Carolina’s convention center. It was the week after he’d entered the race and pundits were still amazed at the size of the audiences he could draw, and their diversity: more …