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Digest: Race and the Presidential Election
The 2008 presidential election will be historic and the issue of race has been salient throughout the entire campaign season. Often both implicit and explicit race talk is used to divide and alienate, yet a colorblind approach can also have the same effects. What is interesting about this election is not that race is being talked about but how race is being discussed and framed. The Race and Elections Digest will serve as a vehicle for the Kirwan Institute to highlight recent articles, polls, and news clips of interest that demonstrate how race is being used and talked about during the 2008 presidential election.
| For Obama, Job First By Emanuel Cleaver II, The Washington Post, December 17, 2008 |
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| Obama's true colors: Black, white ... or neither? By Jesse Washington, The Associated Press, December 13, 2008 |
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| Obama need not become race referee By Joyce King, The USA Today, December 12, 2008 |
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| Even With Obama, the Black Vote Isn't Certain By Tim Craig, The Washington Post, December 11, 2008 |
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Racial identity: Not a black-and-white issue By Sharon Jayson, The USA Today, December 9, 2008 |
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| Study details the power of negative racial stereotypes Changes in social standing such as falling below the poverty line or going to jail made people more likely to be perceived as black and less likely to be seen as white, researchers say. By Karen Kaplan, The Los Angeles Times, December 9, 2008 |
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| Most of us are 'mutts' in one way or another By Ernest Hebert, The Boston Globe, December 8, 2008 |
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| I'm Not Post-Racial By Krissah Williams Thompson, The Washington Post, November 30, 2008 |
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| Michelle Obama warrants salute for breaking barriers By DeWayne Wickham, The USA Today, December 9, 2008 |
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| An Enduring Crisis for the Black Family By Kay Hymowitz, The Washington Post, December 6, 2008 |
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| Obama win forces Brazil to take a tolerance check By Bradley Brooks, The Associated Press, December 5, 2008 |
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Searching for the promised land What will Barack Obama's presidency mean for race relations? The Economist, December 4, 2008 |
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Let's, um, try talking about race By Eric Deggans, St. Petersburg Times, November 30, 2008 |
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| He's Not Black By Marie Arana, The Washington Post, November 30, 2008 | ||||||
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What Michelle Means to Us By Allison Samuels, Newsweek, November 22, 2008 |
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The Color of Change Obama's Victory Is a Sign of Racial Progress on Multiple Levels By Ki Mae Heussner, ABC News, November 14, 2008 |
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| Will Obama focus on race issues? He did not run from race, but he did not run on it. That's a balance right that's for the times. By The Monitor's Editorial Board, The Christian Science Monitor, November 14, 2008 edition |
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| We're still living in racial (but not racist) America By Kevin O'Brien, The Plain Dealer, November 13, 2008 |
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Impossibly High Expectations on Race Relations? By Chris Cillizza, The Washington Post, November 12, 2008 |
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| Time to give race a respite Dennis Byrne, The Chicago Tribune, November 11, 2008 |
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| A Path Beyond Grievance By William Raspberry, The Washington Post, November 11, 2008 |
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What Michelle Can Teach Us Forget Claire Huxtable. She could be a real-life role model for black women. By Allison Samuels, Newsweek, November 10, 2008 |
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| Election of Obama Recasts National Conversation on Race By Jonathan Kaufman and Gary Fields, The Wall Street Journal, November 10, 2008 |
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Obama term expected to be post-racial Agenda heavy with economy, foreign policy By Andrea Billups and David R. Sands, The Washington Times, November 9, 2008 |
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A Moment for Progressive Change in America: How Can We Make the Most of It?
By Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies, November 6, 2008 |
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