So, the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded. And it goes to Barack Obama, which has now set off an avalanche of grousing and complaining and sarcasm from the right and left. At least we won’t have to talk about the Olympics not being in Chicago any longer. It is always noteworthy when the right and left pick up on the same talking points. Funny for teasing your friends on either side (hey, you and Fox agree!), but also instructive about larger cultural stuffs. Read the rest of this entry »
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Obama’s Nobel
October 9, 2009 in Africa, African-Americans, Barack Obama, Nobel Peace Prize, Obama Nobel, Obama Nobel Peace Prize, War in Iraq, colonialism, is racism dead?, memory, post-racism, race, racial representation, racism by John | 3 comments
Post Election, Post Racism?
November 6, 2008 in African-Americans, Barack Obama, injustice, is racism dead?, justice, post-racism, racial representation, racism, whiteness by John | 9 comments
OK, so a long election cycle is over. I wondered if the chattering class – a class to which I aspire – would have much left to say. I mean, seriously, so much has been said already. I’m of course wrong. I should have known that the big and apparently only question would be raised: will this election lead people to say that racism is over?