The Race Chasm, Re-revisited
By Ned Resnikoff - Nov 21st, 2008 at 10:01 amAfter the election, Mark Schmitt graded some of the models people used to predict the election, and gave David Sirota’s race chasm hypothesis a C-,…
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Evangelical Christian Gays Looking For Long-Term Compatability are Now Covered Once They Fill Out That Weird Personality Test
By L. Russell Allen - Nov 20th, 2008 at 4:04 pmYou probably know eHarmony.com. Their commercials are everywhere. They’re the dating service that promotes itself based on compatibility and long-term commitment. They’re also notorious for…
Michelle Obama: Black Beauty… and Booty?
By Loryn Wilson - Nov 18th, 2008 at 12:29 pmErin Aubry Kaplan at Salon sings the praises of Michelle Obama’s beauty and her well-proportioned rear end:
But what really thrills me, what really feels…
Andrew Sullivan Knows Everything About Black People
By Jamelle Bouie - Nov 18th, 2008 at 10:57 amIt seems that Andrew Sullivan really can’t help but make broad generalizations about the black community. In a post about Prince’s homophobia, for example, Sullivan…
Will Obama Ever Be The First Biracial President?
By Daniel Strauss - Nov 7th, 2008 at 5:50 pmThe “mutt like me” comment made by President-elect Barack Obama during his press conference today is getting a fair amount of attention, but Adam Serwer…
RE: Dan Savage
By Jamelle Bouie - Nov 7th, 2008 at 10:30 amTo answer Jesse’s question, which Erica also responded to here, I’m not particularly offended by Dan Savage’s complaints about African-Americans voting in favor of California’s…
Prop 8 and Black Blame: Are We Done Yet?
By Erica Williams - Nov 7th, 2008 at 10:07 amWe get it. It was ironic and problematic that African-Americans in Califonia voted largely in favor of Proposition 8. But much of the analysis surrounding…
Is Dan Savage “Blaming Black People” for Homophobia?
By Jesse Singal - Nov 6th, 2008 at 4:23 pmRacialicious excerpts Dan Savage:
African American voters in California voted overwhelmingly for Prop 8, writing anti-gay discrimination into California’s constitution and banning same-sex marriage in…
Puh-lease
By Jesse Singal - Nov 6th, 2008 at 12:59 pmWall Street Journal: “One promise of [Obama's] victory is that perhaps we can put to rest the myth of racism as a barrier to achievement…
Ralph Nader Suggests that Obama Might Be an “Uncle Tom”
By Jamelle Bouie - Nov 6th, 2008 at 10:14 amRalph Nader is obviously intent on hastening his long (and embarrassing, for those of us sympathetic to his ideas) slide into complete and total irrelevancy.…
Obama as President = “No More Excuses” from Minorities?
By Loryn Wilson - Nov 5th, 2008 at 5:29 pmNice try, William Bennett, but I don’t think so. Crooks and Liars reported on his comments earlier today:
Well, I’ll tell you one thing it…
No, We’re Not Past Race
By Jesse Singal - Nov 5th, 2008 at 4:03 pmPresident-Elect Obama’s getting some major love from heads of state and other important figures around the world.
Israeli President Shimon Peres, however, said something problematic:…
On California’s Proposition 8
By Emily Rutherford - Nov 5th, 2008 at 2:32 pmI woke up to pictures of celebration in the Los Angeles Times that were very different from the live scenes of exuberance I witnessed last…
Hip-Hop Republicans Try to Change Their Party’s Focus
By Andy Kroll - Oct 31st, 2008 at 4:44 pmThe following is the second of two posts on The Hip-Hop Republicans, a group of young people aiming to reinvent the Republican Party. You can…
You Down With GOP?
By Andy Kroll - Oct 31st, 2008 at 1:49 pmThe following is the first of two posts on The Hip-Hop Republicans, a group of young people aiming to reinvent the Republican Party. Look for…
