Race Relations

Some say the election of President Obama aided in American race relations. Are they misguided? A simple breakup highlights America's unwillingness to change.

Hollywood mirrors popular culture. Here are some of the most memorable race films of all time.

If the president fails, we all fail, whether we want to or not.

My thoughts on the Gates arrest.

This is a paper written on the impact of race relations on baseball. I use an example from the prologue of Dennis Lehane's THE GIVEN DAY: A NOVEL.

This article contains an overview of a university presentation by Juan Williams about race relations in America today and how they impact different levels of society, specifically teachers and their classrooms.

Race has been a divisive issue in all areas of American life since the first colonization of North America; in the modern US, race manifests itself in Consititutional issues and the rulings of the Supreme Court. This paper looks at race and these legal issues.

When my sister used to attend a Unitarian church in the 80s they used to have what was called "Dinner For 8" where church members would get together at a different person's house every week for potluck.

There is only one club in Vila Reconcavo '" a football club'" and the players are all shades, from white to black, and so are the spectators.

For this class, after money, marriage is one of the surest methods to climb, and it is a fact that the light-skinned person marries upward more easily than the dark-skinned person.

The chief class competition in Vila Reconcavo is between the second highest class and those below it.

A closer analysis shows that four distinct classes can be recognized. There are many elements which go toward defining the classes '" wealth, education, and family.

Dr. Hutchinson studied race and class structure in Vila Reconcavo. He discovered that four classes existed in the town.

Jesse Jackson continues to show why race relations will always suck in this country.

Arizona's anti-illegal immigration law has sparked controversy, debate, and op-ed pieces like this one.

Carmen Van Kerckhove's work in the areas of race relations, racial identity, and diversity have lead to her appearance on CNN and MSNBC and, ultimately, to her acceptance to the Malan race.

I was asked to write an opinion piece in 2004 on race relations in general, and to comment on why some things perpetually resurface in this national disgrace. It was MY opinion, in 2004 no less. Stay tuned for the 2009 update.

What is our president doing wasting his time on this stuff?

This week there has been much brouhaha about a cartoon published in the New York Post after the stimulus package was passed and signed into law by President Obama.

I will make a fervent statement on this momentous day. In one year, I sincerely believe that race relations in the United States will improve markedly due to Obama's nomination as a candidate for president.

An issuance of a demand on people of all races to learn more about those they characterize as well as themselves.

What do you do when you are in a group, and one of the members expressed open and vocal bias?

Free at last? In 2008, what's your answer to Dr. King's question?

True story of a young white girl in the "60s.

This time, the ongoing diary goes back 30 years, long before the King Holiday and when Black History Month was barely recognized.

Because of my uncommonly mixed life in family and often in work, hopefully and humbly this diary may promote Greater Understanding. Feel free to catch up also on the first 3 days.

Tuesday's Clinton-Obama result raises a race-related question: Are there people who literally change their minds (and their ballots) even AFTER they step into the voting booth?

The author is not preaching about what may be "politically correct" in race relations. He is promoting a process of understanding that begins with his own shortcomings.

In 1903, W.E.B. DuBois wrote that "the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color line." What can we say of 2008? This begins one man's diary.

Two African American Authors give very different views on racial relations in America.

There is good news in race relations on the Gallup Poll as the American minds are slowly beginning to understand things in a way.