Marcia Alesan Dawkins / TruthdigAug 28, 2010
Though Dr Laura’s comments are definitely offensive, what’s more offensive is that she really isn’t saying anything new Throughout our nation’s long history of racial mixing, mainstream culture has regarded interracial relationships as abnormal . Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Marcia Alesan Dawkins / TruthdigAug 7, 2010
Here’s a question we might consider: Does Obama want us to talk about race while he effectively sidesteps the conversation himself?Does Obama want us to talk about race while he effectively sidesteps the conversation himself? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Marcia Alesan Dawkins / TruthdigJul 22, 2010
In Obama’s America, negative connotations of race are but a relic of the past. But does this mean that it’s now fair game to play the race card in ways that might have been considered politically incorrect before Obama’s election? Is it now fair game to play the race card in ways that might have been considered politically incorrect before Obama’s election? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Marcia Alesan Dawkins / TruthdigJun 1, 2010
For Rand Paul, the issue is not about race and it’s not about guns either It’s about government interference with privacy rights But what Paul and others may not be remembering is that race, violence and privacy rights go hand in hand For Rand Paul, the issue is not about race and it’s not about guns either. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Marcia Alesan Dawkins / TruthdigMay 12, 2010
“You’ve been randomly selected for a search.” These are the words I heard as I was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection upon my return from a recent trip to Canada. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Marcia Alesan Dawkins / TruthdigApr 29, 2010
We can infer that Lloyd Marcus may be winking at us—saying that African-American may still equal un-American. After all, if African-American actually meant American and if race didn’t matter, then Marcus wouldn’t have to make the gesture. Let’s think about it. Lloyd Marcus’ self-concept notwithstanding, he is making a powerful double-edged statement about race in a post-racial America. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Marcia Alesan Dawkins / TruthdigMar 29, 2010
After days of protests over reform, the Obama administration has, in fact, created a change that many Americans can now see and feel The new law, though imperfect, represents progress in a new direction However, it seems that for this step forward some Americans have taken two steps back The new health care law, though imperfect, represents progress in a new direction . Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Marcia Alesan Dawkins / TruthdigFeb 22, 2010
What’s as interesting as Stack’s motives are our motives in labeling this act. Was Stack’s gesture an attention-grabbing suicide plot, a deliberate criminal act, an act of heroism or an act of terrorism? It seems that the answer varies according to whom we ask.Was Stack’s gesture an attention-grabbing suicide plot, a deliberate criminal act, an act of heroism or an act of terrorism? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Marcia Alesan Dawkins / TruthdigFeb 11, 2010
Fear that America is becoming overrun and unsafe because of people of color undoubtedly stems in part from media-generated images, but a fear of the other also is a big factor.Tom Tancredo's tea party rant speaks to a cultural fear that America is becoming overrun and unsafe because of people of color. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Marcia Alesan Dawkins / TruthdigJan 30, 2010
Many argue that Obama’s election to the presidency and status as global “supercelebrity” are signs that we have entered a post-racial moment in which everyone and everything are mixed. Among these believers is Chris Matthews of MSNBC. Many argue that Obama’s election to the presidency and status as global “supercelebrity” are signs that we have entered a post-racial moment in which everyone and everything are mixed. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Marcia Alesan Dawkins / TruthdigJan 19, 2010
New Yorkers, beware It seems that former US Rep Harold Ford Jr, a transplant from Tennessee, has upset people again Ford, an executive at Merrill Lynch and a New York University lecturer who might be seeking to unseat fellow Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand of New York in a race for the U Senate, has made a very bold statement about his identity. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Marcia Alesan Dawkins / TruthdigJan 14, 2010
Sen Harry Reid’s comments about Obama’s racial profile might seem beside the point to our president After all, he’s got bigger fish to fry But it appears that Obama is the only one who is over it. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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