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Clinton's popularity with Latino voters reminds us that people of color do not walk in lock step. There's a lesson here for Obama.
By Richard Rodriguez
February 9, 2008
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None of the presidential contenders felt like a good fit for my beliefs. So I invented a fantasy candidate -- and it screwed up my election day.
By James Hannaham
February 7, 2008
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In search of his identity, Barack Obama took the opposite path that I did. But we arrived at the same place -- and I'm voting for him.
By Gary Kamiya
February 5, 2008
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The Obama campaign's deft use of the candidate's mixed heritage is making it harder to read his candidacy in terms of race.
By James Hannaham
February 2, 2008
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Obama has attracted white votes in Democratic primaries, but how would he fare with white America if he were the party's nominee?
By Alex Koppelman
January 24, 2008
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Blacks who challenge affirmative action and other "black orthodoxies" are not betraying their race. Or so argues author Randall Kennedy.
By James Hannaham
January 21, 2008
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The debate over the Clinton campaign's remarks on race has favored symbol over substance, and that's bad for black America.
By Lester Spence
January 14, 2008
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My husband and he have so much in common -- but his beliefs are pernicious and wrong!
By Cary Tennis
January 3, 2008
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Is there a double standard in the way Barry Bonds has been persecuted for steroid use, while baseball ignored abuse by other major leaguers? You betcha.
By Joan Walsh
December 21, 2007
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If even most African-Americans believe the black poor are primarily responsible for their own plight, does that make it true?
By James Hannaham
November 28, 2007
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More than a third of black Americans no longer believe that blacks are a single race. This finding has alarmed some -- but it could help America out of its racial mess.
By Gary Kamiya
November 27, 2007
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Great empires were extraordinarily pluralistic, argues Amy Chua, until they frayed into xenophobia and decline. Can the U.S. steer another course?
By Andrew O'Hehir
November 19, 2007
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A modern tale of gentrification pits black working-class folk against young white professionals pining for a fixer-upper.
By Laura Miller
November 12, 2007
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The Cleveland Indians minstrel show: Fans painted to resemble the outrageously racist mascot are shown without comment in the mainstream media. Enough.
By King Kaufman
October 18, 2007
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There's nothing wrong with me, but I can stand around all night and men do nothing.
By Cary Tennis
October 2, 2007
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Sports fans are living scandal to scandal.
August 22, 2007
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With the announcement of a guilty plea on dogfighting charges, Michael Vick's once-thrilling football career ends in a cloud of stupid cruelty.
August 21, 2007
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If a study about racial bias in umps is to be believed, the news is that such bias is easy to fix. Are you listening, NBA? Plus: Phil Rizzuto.
August 15, 2007
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NBA ref scandal, Michael Vick, dope-crazy Tour de France. That'll teach this column to leave the keyboard for a month.
July 30, 2007
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When I was a kid I learned this obnoxious song, and now I can't get rid of it.
By Cary Tennis
July 30, 2007
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Gary Sheffield is the latest to get shouted down for racial comments. Thing is, he seems to have had a point.
June 8, 2007
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Has the R&B star's behavior clouded the way we understand his music?
June 5, 2007
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The NBA torpedoes the great Spurs-Suns series with asinine suspensions of Stoudemire and Diaw.
May 16, 2007
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ESPN's shocking but not surprising poll: The Barry Bonds story is all about race.
May 7, 2007
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The NBA dismisses a study that finds racial bias in its officiating, but it would be shocking if that finding were wrong. Plus: Suns vs. Spurs.
May 3, 2007
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