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Mass. Cop Won't Fault Obama Over 'Acted Stupidly' Jab

But prez should get the facts on Gates bust first

Jul 23, 09 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Asked if he blamed President Obama for saying he’d “acted stupidly” in arresting Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Cambridge Sgt. James Crowley took the high road, the Boston Globe reports. He told a radio show today it was “regrettable” that anyone would speak without knowing the “... More »

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Barack Obama • race • race relations • Harvard • racial profiling • President Obama • Henry Louis Gates Jr • James Crowley

(Newser) - The suburban Philadelphia swim club at the center of a racism controversy will ask the day campers it disinvited to return, the local ABC affiliate reports. "We are very very sorry that this had to happen," the club president tells WPVI-TV. He had sparked the incident by saying... More »

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federal courts • discrimination • children • Pennsylvania • race relations • Philadelphia • racism • civil rights • swimming pool • racial discrimination • summer camp • Valley Swim Club • Creative Steps Day Camp

OPINION

 Pool Bans Black Kids?  
 What Decade Is It? 

Racial discrimination sends us back to the 1950s

Jul 10, 09 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - A largely white suburban Philadelphia swim club’s barring of black and Latino campers was so backward “I thought I had fallen into a time warp,” writes Annette John-Hall in the Inquirer. Things like this happened in the 1950s—when singer Dorothy Dandridge booked a room in a... More »

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children • Pennsylvania • race relations • swimming • Philadelphia • racism • civil rights • swimming pool • racial discrimination • summer camp

(Newser) - Bill O’Reilly can’t figure out why African Americans would care about Michael Jackson’s death. “Michael Jackson has white children, and he chose to have white children,” he said on his show last night. “And the face deal, I don’t even want to... More »

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race • African Americans • Bill O'Reilly • race relations • Michael Jackson • white people

High Court Rules for White Firefighters

5-4 decision reverses appeals panel that included Sotomayor

Jun 29, 09 9:31 AM CDT
(AP) - The Supreme Court has ruled that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge. In a 5-4 ruling along ideological lines, the court said that New Haven was wrong... More »

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race relations • firefighters • affirmative action • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor • Ricci v. DeStefano

OPINION

Obama the First 'Sesame Street President'

Big Bird and company left a big mark on
young Barack

Jun 8, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Sesame Street founder Joan Ganz Cooney meets politicians, they usually tell her that their kids watch the show. But not Barack Obama. An enthusiastic Obama gushed about watching the show when he was a child. “I realized that this is the first President young enough to say that,... More »

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Barack Obama • race relations • Sesame Street • Obama administration

(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor’s now-infamous “wise Latina woman” statement wasn’t an isolated incident, CQ Politics reports. The phrase crops up multiple times in speeches  delivered from 1994 to 2003 and released yesterday ahead of the Supreme Court nominee's Senate confirmation hearings. Some speeches contain the same line exactly; others... More »

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race relations • US Supreme Court • racial tension • Sonia Sotomayor • reverse racism

OPINION

Ahead of Senate Hearings, Racism Charges Fly


Jun 2, 09 10:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor’s views on race have become a hot button topic. But it’s just Republican “race mongering,” writes Derrick Jackson of the Boston Globe. Remember, the GOP “has been the party of racial code words,” from Nixon’s “Southern Strategy” to Reagan’... More »

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race • race relations • affirmative action • US Supreme Court • Jonah Goldberg • Sonia Sotomayor • Derrick Jackson

(Newser) - A Republican Texas state legislator has drawn the ire of Democrats, and others, for suggesting Asian voters change their names to ones “easier for Americans to deal with,” the Houston Chronicle reports. The comments from Betty Brown came Tuesday, when the legislature heard testimony from a Chinese-American group... More »

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Texas • race relations • voting rights • Asian-Americans • name change • Chinese Americans • Betty Brown

 Turk Broadcaster 
 Reports on Obama 
 in Blackface 

Apparently he meant it in a good way

Apr 8, 09 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Turkish newscaster delivered his report on President Obama’s trip to Turkey in blackface, the Huffington Post reports, in what was apparently supposed to be a strange tribute. Roughly translated, the anchor is saying, “Welcome, Mr Obama. You took our hearts with your hospitality. ... We will do whatever... More »

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Barack Obama • Turkey • race • race relations • blackface • President Obama

 White House 
 Opens Up 
 on Race 

Obama's inner circle talks candidly about racial issues

Feb 28, 09 3:03 PM CST
(Newser) - In a break from the tone of the Obama campaign, members of the White House inner-circle are talking candidly about race. Eric Holder's "nation of cowards" remark caught the most attention, but Michelle Obama and  EPA chief Lisa Jackson—also the first African-American in her position—have moved the... More »

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race • Michelle Obama • race relations • Eric Holder • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet • Lisa Jackson

 Murdoch Sorry for Cartoon 

Says it was only intended to mock stimulus

Feb 24, 09 8:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch eats some crow today, with a short statement in the New York Post apologizing for the now-infamous chimpanzee cartoon. “I have spoken to a number of people and I now better understand the hurt this cartoon has caused,” Murdoch writes. “The only intent of that... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • New York Post • race relations • racism • editorial cartoons • chimpanzees • News Corp

Race Hovers
on Edges of
Obama's Speech

President alludes to slavery, points to diversity as a strength

Jan 20, 09 3:09 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama made only subtle reference to his race in today’s inaugural address, but it came up again and again throughout the 18-minute address. He said that America owed its prosperity to “the makers of things,” who “endured the lash of the whip and plowed the... More »

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Barack Obama • race relations • inauguration • President Obama • inaugural address

Witness to a Century, 105-Year-Old Goes to Capitol

'My hope for him is my hope for the country,' she says

Jan 20, 09 10:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Today’s inauguration of Barack Obama marks an important milestone in an African-American struggle that lasted more than 200 years—and Ella Mae Johnson isn’t going to miss it, NPR reports. After all, she’s been around for nearly half of that struggle. The 105-year-old Cleveland resident will brave... More »

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Barack Obama • presidency • Cleveland • race relations • civil rights • inauguration • President Obama • inaugural address • WEB Du Bois

 MLK's Dream 
 Now a Reality: 
 69% of Blacks 

Majority of blacks say King's vision fulfilled; whites more skeptical

Jan 19, 09 9:28 AM CST
(Newser) - More than two-thirds of African Americans believe that the goals set out in Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech have been met, a CNN poll finds. That number has doubled since last March, to 69% from 34%. Although whites seem to still think race relations have... More »

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Barack Obama • race relations • poll • Martin Luther King Jr. • racial equality • civil rights movement • President Obama

Rush Plays
Race Card on Burris Pick

Tells Senate to take 'chill pill' and accept black member

Dec 31, 08 11:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Bobby Rush thinks Rod Blagojevich’s choice for Barack Obama’s Senate seat ought to get the job despite the governor’s alleged misdeeds, for one simple reason: He’s black. Yesterday at a press conference, Rush applauded the selection of Roland Burris, and urged the press not to “... More »

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race • Senate • race relations • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Roland Burris • Bobby Rush

Racial Identity Shifts With Social Status

Who is seen as black or white can change
over time, study finds

Dec 9, 08 11:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Racial identity isn't set at birth—it's a malleable perception that changes with one's social status, a university study has found. Over 23 years, 12,700 people were asked to identify themselves and others as black or white. One-fifth switched their answers over time, often deeming people black if they... More »

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Barack Obama • race • study • race relations • sociology • President Obama

OPINION

'Mutt' Prez
Will Move US Beyond Equality

Obama vanquishes not just inequality, but old ideas of racial purity

Nov 24, 08 1:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Our enemies love using US racial divisions as a stick to beat Americans with, a stick “we’ve handed them over and over again,” writes Gregory Rodriguez in the Los Angeles Times. Now, Barack Obama gives us a crucial symbol of progress—and it won’t be because... More »

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Barack Obama • race relations • President Obama • post-racial

ANALYSIS

 Dems Leave the South Behind 

Once-pivotal region misses the boat

Nov 11, 08 8:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Remember when the only winning Democrats were Southerners? Dixie’s desertion of the Democrats made Republicans the dominant party, and only when Democrats stole back part of the pivotal region could they win. Well, writes Adam Nossiter in the New York Times, the South is pivotal no longer. While running... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • race relations • Southerners • Election 2008

Obama Brings Radical Change
—for Black Comedians

Hope infuses acts built on raging at system

Nov 10, 08 2:41 PM CST
(Newser) - The 2008 election was a game-changer for many facets of US society, and not least for black comedians, the LA Times reports. Many have made careers out of lampooning and railing against a system that seems stacked against them. “Now, there’s this self-made black man, and they don’... More »

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Barack Obama • race relations • black community • black • comedian • President Obama

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