Black vs. "black"

Salon by Gary Kamiya | Jan. 23, 2007 (Opinion)

I believe that white America's embrace of Obama is a virtually unalloyed good. It's good because Obama is a dynamic and exciting candidate who is offering not only a racial truce but also a fresh and progressive take on many issues. But it's also good because that embrace demonstrates that we're moving toward racial invisibility. It is in everyone's interests -- blacks and whites and Latinos and Asians and the growing number of mongrels like me -- for ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics
Topics: Racism, Presidential Election 2008
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Jan 23, 2007 - 10:25 AM PST
Reviewed by: Kaizar Campwala (review), Fabrice Florin (review), Andre Daneau (review), Jami Dwyer (review), Taylor Bernal (review)
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Jan 23, 2007 - 10:26 AM PST

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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 1, 2008
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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008
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Taylor Bernal
4.4
 by Taylor Bernal - Nov. 18, 2009

This article resonated with me because I am a mixed-race individual as well. Kamiya has many interesting arguments such as when he states that "whiteness is the marker of racial invisibility in America." Also, he points out how many Americans let his or her race define them.

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Jami Dwyer
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 by Jami Dwyer - Oct. 1, 2008

Interesting perspective on race, although I don't think they should extend it to Obama. Let him tell us what he thinks about being mixed-race. Being half black seems very different from being half Asian in this country.

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Andre Daneau
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 by Andre Daneau - Oct. 1, 2008
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