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  • October 2008

    • 'Bradley Effect' Is Overblown, But Obama Can't Ignore It

      Los Angeles Times  |  Oct 2, 08 6:20 PM CDT

      'Bradley Effect' Is Overblown, But Obama Can't Ignore It

      (Newser) - Much has been made of the so-called Bradley effect in this year's election—the propensity of white voters to tell pollsters they've got no problem voting for a black candidate but to change their tune in the privacy of the voting booth. Patt Morrison cautions in the Los Angeles Times that the phenomenon is probably exaggerated. After all, Tom Bradley’s 1982 California gubernatorial run was complicated by a gun-control proposition, which turned out many rural voters who hadn’t been polled as heavily. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Election 2008  • Obama 2008  • Los Angeles  • racism  • African Americans  • Tom Bradley

  • September 2008

    • Thicke's Blue-Eyed Soul Hits Big Across Racial Divide

      Washington Post  |  Sep 29, 08 3:57 PM CDT

      Thicke's Blue-Eyed Soul Hits Big Across Racial Divide

      (Newser) - In a society that says white men can't dance, Robin Thicke has surmounted the race barrier: His single, Lost Without U , topped Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for 11 weeks last year, outperforming songs by Beyonce, Usher, and Alicia Keys. "Eighty or 90% of my fans are African Americans, mostly grown black women," Thicke tells the Washington Post . More »

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      music  • race  • African Americans  • musician  • artist  • Billboard Music awards

    • Obama May Get Out the Anti-Gay Marriage Vote

      New York Times  |  Sep 21, 08 4:04 PM CDT

      Obama May Get Out the Anti-Gay Marriage Vote

      (Newser) - Black voters energized by Barack Obama’s candidacy may also support a Californian ballot measure to ban same-sex marriage, the New York Times reports, though Obama himself opposes the ban. Opponents and supporters of Proposition 8 say African Americans will play a crucial role, and each side is trying to win over black voters. More »

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      Barack Obama  • California  • gay marriage  • African Americans  • same-sex marriage  • ballot initiative

    • Detroit Mess May Hurt Obama

      Newsweek  |  Sep 5, 08 3:53 PM CDT

      Detroit Mess May Hurt Obama

      (Newser) - The fall of Kwame Kilpatrick could hurt Barack Obama’s chances in all-important Michigan, writes Keith Naughton for Newsweek . Long before the scandal broke, Obama embraced Kilpatrick at a Detroit event and told a crowd the “great” mayor would do “astounding things for many years to come”—a comment perhaps a little too prescient. Obama has since distanced himself, but those images are already appearing in GOP ads around the state. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Election 2008  • Detroit  • Michigan  • African Americans  • African-American voters  • Kwame Kilpatrick  • the suburban vote  • suburban voters

  • August 2008

    • Prof Rips UCLA for 'Illegal' Race Admissions

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 31, 08 4:53 PM CDT

      Prof Rips UCLA for 'Illegal' Race Admissions

      (Newser) - A UCLA professor is accusing the school of admitting students based on race even though the practice remains illegal in California, the Los Angeles Times reports. Tim Groseclose resigned this week from an admissions committee and posted an 89-page report online accusing the university of a "coverup." "A growing body of evidence strongly suggests that UCLA is cheating on admissions," he wrote. More »

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      African Americans  • college admissions  • UCLA  • professor  • college students

    • Black Museums Fight for Funding

      Portfolio  |  Aug 31, 08 9:32 AM CDT

      Black Museums Fight for Funding

      (Newser) - As Barack Obama’s fundraisers pull in huge sums of money for his historic candidacy, African-American museums across the country are struggling for cash and visitors, Portfolio reports. Part of the problem may be the flagging economy, but for the likes of the National Slavery Museum, the subject matter can deter donors; others say the black community has yet to develop a tradition of giving to such efforts. More »

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      African Americans  • Barack Obama supporters  • blacks  • museums

    • Some Blacks Think Obama Could Threaten Progress

      New York Times  |  Aug 25, 08 8:43 AM CDT

      Some Blacks Think Obama Could Threaten Progress

      (Newser) - Despite being a landmark in black American history, Barack Obama’s pending nomination could stall civil rights progress, some blacks say, because his success could fuel an argument that racial divisions have been healed, the New York Times reports. The danger is “that we declare victory,” a sociologist said. “Historic as this moment is, it does not signify a major victory in the ongoing battle.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • race relations  • African Americans  • civil rights  • blacks  • Civil Rights Act  • Voting Rights Act

    • Trouble the Water Vividly Mixes Katrina, Race

      Salon  |  Aug 21, 08 5:50 PM CDT

      Trouble the Water Vividly Mixes Katrina, Race

      (Newser) - Trouble the Water , a new documentary, is ostensibly about Hurricane Katrina, centered around home-video footage shot during the disaster by a resident of New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. But the film, which frames Kimberly Roberts’ footage within a larger context, transcends that one event to put forth a peerless discussion of race in America, Andrew O’Hehir writes in Salon. More »

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      Hurricane Katrina  • race  • New Orleans  • racism  • African Americans  • America  • African-Americans

    • Ohio Rep. Tubbs Jones Dies After Brain Aneurysm

      Cleveland Plain Dealer  |  Aug 20, 08 6:19 PM CDT

      Ohio Rep. Tubbs Jones Dies After Brain Aneurysm

      (Newser) - Ohio Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress, has died of a brain aneurysm, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Tubbs Jones, 58, suffered a brain hemorrhage while driving her car near Cleveland yesterday. The five-term congresswoman, a staunch supporter of Hillary Clinton, was also the first black woman to serve on the influential Ways and Means Committee. More »

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      Ohio  • African Americans  • Stephanie Tubbs Jones

    • Blacks Support Gay Marriage as Much as Whites

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 14, 08 4:52 PM CDT

      Blacks Support Gay Marriage as Much as Whites

      (Newser) - Conventional wisdom hold that African-Americans are overwhelmingly against gay marriage, but recent trends in voting show blacks have more problems with homophobia than any other group, writes gay-issues scholar Timothy Stewart-Winter for the LA Times. In fact, "views on same-sex marriage are a rapidly moving target that's tough to pin down, even for experts." More »

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      election  • gay marriage  • African Americans  • voting  • blacks

    • Obama May Signal The End of Black Politics

      New York Times  |  Aug 9, 08 7:30 AM CDT

      Obama May Signal The End of Black Politics

      (Newser) - Barack Obama may be the most successful black candidate in American political history, but his prominence and possible presidency could be the death knell for black politics as we know it, Matt Bai writes in the New York Times Magazine . While he's not quite the “post-racial” candidate some have touted, Obama and other up-and-coming black pols are disconnected from—and in some cases have little need for—Washington’s traditional black power structure. More »

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      Barack Obama  • politics  • race  • Washington DC  • African Americans  • civil rights movement  • politician  • Congressional Black Caucus

  • July 2008