Gloria Steinem: Pitting race against gender

by Racialicious guest contributor Jennifer Fang, originally published at Reappropriate
Since 2004, when rumours abounded over an Obama candidacy, pundits have cast this year’s Democratic election as a battle of identity politics: will Americans choose a Black man or a White woman to be their nominee for president? And by extension, will this finally settle the […]

Shelby Steele on Hillary Clinton: ‘In many ways, she’s blacker than Barack Obama is.’

by guest contributor David Mills, originally published at Undercover Black Man
That’s right, people. Shelby Steele, a black man of supposed high intellect, declared – on national TV! – that Hillary is “blacker than Barack Obama.”
He said it Friday afternoon on MSNBC’s “Hardball.” He was a guest alongside Michael Eric Dyson.
You know I got that audio. […]

MadTV turns Obama into a mandingo

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
As early as April, we began seeing emails floating around linking Barack Obama with a sexual desire for white women. Now the “he’s coming for our white women” sentiment has gone mainstream, thanks to this dumb-as-shit MadTV skit. (Thanks Wendi.)
Maybe I’m missing something, but to me this presidential race is about as […]