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...Racial consciousness scholar Tommie Shelby has been granted tenure in both the African and African American Studies and the philosophy departments, the University announced last week. Shelby first joined Harvard’s faculty as an assistant professor in what was then called the Department of Afro-American Studies, and also served as a member of the Committee on Degrees in Social Studies. “It’s a great honor to receive tenure at Harvard,” Shelby said, “It’s obviously not an easy thing...
...district's special election with 67% of the vote after edging past State Senator Jenny Oropeza, a Latina, in the primary. Political observers watched the race closely as an indicator of the growing power of the Latino vote in California. Though both Richardson and Oropeza disavowed racial overtones in the primary, most of Richardson's endorsers were African-American and Oropeza's were Latino. "Yes, race does exist, but more than that people are concerned about the issues," Richardson said. "We have double the nation's unemployment rate; people care about whether they have...
...many foreigners who come to the U.S., I found?to my surprise?that I belong to a pool of supposedly disadvantaged minorities. I struggle with the skewed concept of race in America. For some reason, having black blood is almost seen as some kind of contamination. How would this racial-political dialogue play out if, say, Barack Obama were one-fourth or one-eighth black? I am reminded of the Christian teachings on original sin. However good, intelligent or capable a person you might be, there is something that still taints your righteousness. Whether we like it or not, Obama...
...That was one of the great unquantifiable achievements of Clinton's presidency: he brought whites and blacks together, after years of racial tension, even within the Democratic Party. He was the first President to talk easily with blacks, as equals, without condescension. He was the best white politician I have ever seen in a black church. The bond he built with that community seemed unbreakable. And so it was shocking - heartbreaking - to see it shattered in South Carolina, shattered by a thoughtless, solipsistic need for victory at any cost...
...That was one of the great unquantifiable achievements of Clinton's presidency: he brought whites and blacks together, after years of racial tension, even within the Democratic Party. He was the first President to talk easily with blacks, as equals, without condescension. He was the best white politician I have ever seen in a black church. The bond he built with that community seemed unbreakable. And so it was shocking-heartbreaking-to see it shattered in South Carolina, shattered by a thoughtless, solipsistic need for victory at any cost...