Race

Obama and race: Silence is golden Obama and race: Silence is golden

The president has dramatically improved race relations -- by not talking about race.
  • Disney's princess problem

    Critics say the studio's first African-American heroine isn't a good enough role model. What, like Snow White?
  • The unbearable smallness of the RNC chair battle

    The contest to run the Republican National Committee has turned into a fight over which of the candidates are racist.
  • "Cadillac Records"

    As Etta James, Beyoncé Knowles gives one of the year's best performances in this ensemble film about the legendary artists of a Chicago music label.
  • First lady got back

    I'm a black woman who never thought I'd see a powerful, beautiful female with a body like mine in the White House. Then I saw Michelle Obama -- and her booty!
  • RNC chair update: Who's least offputting to minorities?

    The selection of the GOP's next chairman now centers around the party's struggles to appeal to minority voters.
  • Should Michelle Obama's booty be off-limits?

    A round table discussion on Erin Aubry Kaplan's controversial piece about the "assets" of our future first lady.
  • Are you white enough?

    From Jim Crow laws to workplace discrimination, the history of race and the American courtroom is incendiary.
  • Athletes didn't "pave way" for Obama

    Heroes like Jackie Robinson played a small role, but exaggerating it diminishes what anonymous millions have done.
  • Our biracial president

    When the starry glow around his election fades, Obama will allow us to see ourselves in black and white.
  • "There's an awful tough tightrope for Obama to walk"

    An interview with sociologist Michael Eric Dyson on Barack Obama, Martin Luther King and race relations in America.
  • John McCain's female card

    By choosing an X-chromosome cipher, McCain is trying to beat Obama at the identity politics game. But it's dangerous to fight on your opponent's turf.
  • Hope floats

    She was unforgettable in Spike Lee's "When the Levees Broke." Now Phyllis Montana-LeBlanc explains what the storm took away -- and never could.
  • The souls of young Muslim folk

    What it's like to be America's new "problem" in the age of terror.
  • Blockbuster blackface

    "Tropic Thunder" inspired protest from disability activists. But why is no one complaining that Robert Downey Jr. is playing a black man?
  • What's up with black names, anyway?

    From Tayshaun to Rau'shee, Olympic athletes have been a reminder of distinctive African-American names. Before you poke fun, here's a history lesson.
  • In defense of race-based rooting

    At the Olympics, you sometimes find yourself rooting for athletes because of their race. And that's OK.
  • Black and white in color

    An arch, acute and haunting documentary about the segregated Mardi Gras traditions of Mobile, Ala., "The Order of Myths" might be the nonfiction film of the year.
  • The unbearable whiteness of being

    The author of "Stuff White People Like" skewers the sacred cows of lefty Caucasian culture, from the Prius to David Sedaris.
  • He's a young black guy, and that's a problem for some folks

    But Barack Obama has gifts that transcend race and his own slim résumé.
  • The mix master

    Barack Obama's candidacy spells the end of the one-drop rule and the beginning of a painful but necessary exploration of the real meaning of race in America.
  • "Chief Bender's Burden"

    A biography tells of how the Native American pitcher overcame long odds and fierce prejudice to star for Connie Mack's Athletics.
  • Poetry vs. fear

    The Obama-McCain contest will hold up a mirror to America's soul.
  • "There's a pattern emerging here"

    Hillary Clinton talks about demographic problems Barack Obama might face in the general election, but she has a big one of her own.
  • Race and the race

    Exit polling from both Indiana and North Carolina shows a Democratic electorate that's still divided by racial lines.
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