The New York Times just posted a story on how Barack Obama’s election may have changed the way that we talk about race. Curiously, the Sarah Kershaw story is posted in the Fashion & Style section of the nytimes.com website. In “Talk About Race? Relax, It’s O.K.” Kershaw relates the views of several 30- andContinueContinue reading “Obama the ‘omnipresent icebreaker’ for talking about race”
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NAACP: An African American President. What’s Next in Your Lifetime?
Our friend Ben Jealous emailed today about a very cool web viral campaign from the NAACP where you upload your photo and your hopes for the next “in my lifetime” event. The photos and text get added to a virtual collage. The site is here and Ben’s email below: It’s real. An African American presidentContinueContinue reading “NAACP: An African American President. What’s Next in Your Lifetime?”
Wear the Rainbow to Celebrate Inauguration Day
By Margaret M. Russell, Professor of Law at Santa Clara Law, and Equal Justice Society board member Like many in the Bay Area, I can hardly wait for Inauguration Day. Weeks before the election, I felt impelled to book my flight to DC because this would be a joyous moment I could not miss. AnContinueContinue reading “Wear the Rainbow to Celebrate Inauguration Day”