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...even in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Ohio the figure was a troubling 1 in 10. It's a tribute to America's racial progress that a biracial man born before Jim Crow died could come this close to the presidency, but if you believe that contemporary America is color-blind, you probably also believe the Georgia Congressman who recently called Obama "uppity," then claimed he had no idea it was a traditional Southern slur for blacks who didn't know their place. ("Uppity" often modified the slur everyone knows is a slur.) Blacks are still known as "minorities" because this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Obama, Race Remains Elephant in the Room | 9/15/2008 | See Source »

Because in American culture, African-American ancestry is what's called a "master status." So regardless of what he does, if there's any black blood in his heritage, he's considered black. It's what I referred to in The Color Complex, my first book, as the "one-drop theory." You only need one minor element of black blood to be defined as black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ronald Hall: Racism and Obama's Candidacy | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...like to use the term. It's a folk term. Here's a folk definition: Racism exists between blacks and whites. Colorism is a kind of racism that exists among people of color, based on skin color...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ronald Hall: Racism and Obama's Candidacy | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...excited about the prospect of networking with people of color because we’re so spread out all across campus,” said Norma Stewart, a School of Engineering and Applied Sciences administrative manager...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Faust Visits Black Community Gathering | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...Xiaodong was too lost in his delicate brushstrokes - too deep in the trash heap beneath an East Naples underpass - to notice his visitors: a pair of helmetless (and humorless) teenagers, who had quietly rolled in on a moped as the star Chinese painter added touches of color to his latest en plein air work of social neo-realism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fine Art of Garbage | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

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