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  • March 2008

    • Ferraro: Obama Camp Crying Racism Again

      New York Times  |  Mar 12, 08 5:10 AM CDT

      Ferraro: Obama Camp Crying Racism Again

      (Newser) - Despite charges of racism from the Barack Obama camp, former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro yesterday refused to back off earlier comments  that the candidate is enjoying a campaign advantage because of his race. "Every time that campaign is upset about something, they call it racist,” snipped Ferrro. “I will not be discriminated against because I’m white. If they think they’re going to shut up Geraldine Ferraro with that kind of stuff, they don’t know me." More »

    • Obama Camp Wants Ferraro Fired for Slur

      MSNBC  |  Mar 11, 08 4:57 PM CDT

      Obama Camp Wants Ferraro Fired for Slur

      (Newser) - Hillary Clinton is ignoring calls to fire adviser Geraldine Ferraro after she said Barack Obama is succeeding because of his race, MSNBC reports. "If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position," the former vice presidential nominee said. “He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept." More »

    • Poll: Obama or Clinton Would Beat McCain

      Washington Post  |  Mar 6, 08 9:23 AM CST

      Poll: Obama or Clinton Would Beat McCain

      (Newser) - GOP contender John McCain would lose to either Democratic candidate if the match-up were held today, according to a new Washington Post -ABC News poll. Adults nationwide would choose Barack Obama over McCain by 12 percentage points; Hillary Clinton would beat the Republican by six points. Though McCain has eight months to gain ground, he appears to be a hard sell to many independent and moderate voters. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • Hillary Clinton  • Iraq  • Iraq war  • poll  • presidential election  • race  • gender  • age  • Washington Post ABC poll  • independent voters

    • Fine Arts Could Use Some Color

      Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 5, 08 12:17 PM CST

      Fine Arts Could Use Some Color

      (Newser) - Britain's culture minister set off a row about high culture and national identity this week in castigating a popular series of classical music concerts for failing to attract a multiethnic audience. For Candace Allen, an African-American author living in London, the debate is more than theoretical: while classical music can be life-affirming, it's tougher to appreciate with white audience members staring at you. More »

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      race  • BBC  • classical music  • Gustavo Dudamel  • Proms

  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • Edwards Can't Steal Spotlight

      Washington Post  |  Jan 27, 08 1:00 PM CST

      Edwards Can't Steal Spotlight

      (Newser) - The nation is enraptured with the prospect of a female or black president, and John Edwards' loss in his home state yesterday underscores his inability to nab the spotlight from his celebrity rivals. "He is the most gifted athlete on the field, but there's just not room," one staffer tells the Washington Post . More »

    • Race Takes Center Stage in SC

      New York Times  |  Jan 26, 08 4:15 PM CST

      Race Takes Center Stage in SC

      (Newser) - As South Carolina hits the polls today, one word looms large: race. This is, after all, the first primary state with a notable black population, which pollsters say will help boost Barack Obama to a double-digit victory. It’s also home to a newspaper that got an angry phone call for “supporting a black man for President of the United States.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • race  • racism  • South Carolina  • African Americans  • South Carolina primary  • blacks  • vote

    • Bill Accuses Obama of 'Hit Job'

      New York Times  |  Jan 24, 08 7:20 AM CST

      Bill Accuses Obama of 'Hit Job'

      (Newser) - The bitter rivalry between the Clintons and Barack Obama took a toxic new turn yesterday as Bill Clinton, defending himself against accusations of injecting race into the campaign in South Carolina, accused Obama of "putting out a hit job" on him. During questioning by a CNN reporter, the former president accused the media of abetting an Obama strategy to inject race into the political battlefield to hurt him and Hillary. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Bill Clinton  • Democratic nomination  • race  • South Carolina  • CNN  • hit job

    • Mitt Lets the Dogs Out

      Slate  |  Jan 22, 08 1:31 PM CST

      Mitt Lets the Dogs Out

      (Newser) - Mitt Romney’s attempts to make small talk with black voters on Martin Luther King Day were so tone deaf, Slate ’s Christopher Beam blogs, that they were less offensive than stunningly clueless. Posing for a photo op with young African Americans, Mitt riffed, “Who let the dogs out? Who, who”; meeting a baby wearing a necklace, the candidate tried, “What’s happening? You got some bling bling here!” More »

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      Mitt Romney  • Rudy Giuliani  • race  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    • What Makes a Black Sellout ?

      Salon  |  Jan 21, 08 8:59 PM CST

      What Makes a Black Sellout ?

      (Newser) - A black intellectual's new book, Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal , goes easy on Clarence Thomas for dissing the very affirmative action that helped him succeed, Salon 's James Hannaham writes. Does that make Sellout author Randall Kennedy a sellout? Maybe Kennedy is able to do what free-thinking blacks must: "separate what we think from what our comrades of color expect us to believe,” Hannaham writes. More »

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      race  • African Americans  • affirmative action  • Clarence Thomas  • black  • orthodoxy

    • Michelle Takes Barack's Case to Black Voters

      Newsweek  |  Jan 21, 08 5:45 PM CST

      Michelle Takes Barack's Case to Black Voters

      (Newser) - Transcending race means that Barack Obama often keeps black voters at arm’s length, but his wife is taking the contest to African Americans, Newsweek reports. Born on Chicago’s South Side, Michelle Obama has more in common with black Americans than her Indonesia- and Hawaii-raised husband—and has no qualms about speaking candidly. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Election 2008  • race  • Michelle Obama  •