The president has dramatically improved race relations -- by not talking about race.
By Gary Kamiya Apr 29, 2009
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Critics say the studio's first African-American heroine isn't a good enough role model. What, like Snow White?
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
June 1, 2009
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The contest to run the Republican National Committee has turned into a fight over which of the candidates are racist.
By Gabriel Winant
January 26, 2009
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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.
By Stephanie Zacharek
December 5, 2008
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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!
By Erin Aubry Kaplan
November 18, 2008
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The selection of the GOP's next chairman now centers around the party's struggles to appeal to minority voters.
By Gabriel Winant
January 22, 2009
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A round table discussion on Erin Aubry Kaplan's controversial piece about the "assets" of our future first lady.
By Sarah Hepola
November 19, 2008
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From Jim Crow laws to workplace discrimination, the history of race and the American courtroom is incendiary.
By Laura Miller
November 10, 2008
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Heroes like Jackie Robinson played a small role, but exaggerating it diminishes what anonymous millions have done.
By King Kaufman
November 6, 2008
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When the starry glow around his election fades, Obama will allow us to see ourselves in black and white.
By James Hannaham
November 6, 2008
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An interview with sociologist Michael Eric Dyson on Barack Obama, Martin Luther King and race relations in America.
By Cordula Meyer
October 24, 2008
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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.
By Gary Kamiya
August 29, 2008
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She was unforgettable in Spike Lee's "When the Levees Broke." Now Phyllis Montana-LeBlanc explains what the storm took away -- and never could.
By Pasha Malla
August 27, 2008
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What it's like to be America's new "problem" in the age of terror.
By Justin Jouvenal
August 26, 2008
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"Tropic Thunder" inspired protest from disability activists. But why is no one complaining that Robert Downey Jr. is playing a black man?
By James Hannaham
August 25, 2008
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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.
By David Zax
August 25, 2008
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At the Olympics, you sometimes find yourself rooting for athletes because of their race. And that's OK.
By Gary Kamiya
August 20, 2008
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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.
By Andrew O'Hehir
July 25, 2008
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The author of "Stuff White People Like" skewers the sacred cows of lefty Caucasian culture, from the Prius to David Sedaris.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
July 5, 2008
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But Barack Obama has gifts that transcend race and his own slim résumé.
By Garrison Keillor
June 11, 2008
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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.
By Gary Kamiya
June 10, 2008
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A biography tells of how the Native American pitcher overcame long odds and fierce prejudice to star for Connie Mack's Athletics.
By King Kaufman
May 23, 2008
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The Obama-McCain contest will hold up a mirror to America's soul.
By Gary Kamiya
May 13, 2008
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Hillary Clinton talks about demographic problems Barack Obama might face in the general election, but she has a big one of her own.
By Alex Koppelman
May 8, 2008
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Exit polling from both Indiana and North Carolina shows a Democratic electorate that's still divided by racial lines.
By Alex Koppelman
May 6, 2008
Obama and race: Silence is golden
Disney's princess problem
The unbearable smallness of the RNC chair battle
"Cadillac Records"
First lady got back 
Are you white enough?
Athletes didn't "pave way" for Obama
Our biracial president
"There's an awful tough tightrope for Obama to walk"
John McCain's female card
Hope floats
The souls of young Muslim folk 
Blockbuster blackface
What's up with black names, anyway?
In defense of race-based rooting
Black and white in color
The unbearable whiteness of being
He's a young black guy, and that's a problem for some folks
The mix master
Poetry vs. fear
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