1. OBAMA, BLACKNESS, AND POSTETHNIC AMERICA.
- Author
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Hollinger, David A.
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PRESIDENTIAL candidates , *POLITICAL campaigns & society , *POLITICAL planning -- Social aspects ,RACE relations in the United States -- Political aspects - Abstract
The article discusses the 2008 United States presidential candidate Barack Obama and how it symbolizes a de-emphasis on race in American culture. The author cites a series of examples as to how Obama's candidacy reveals that race in America is less of a dividing factor than it once was, including the support of black leaders for Hillary Clinton's candidacy and Obama's appeal to white voters. The author also discusses the future implications for this shifting view of race, including a redefinition of race for United States social policy.
- Published
- 2008