The Red and Blue State Divide in Black and White: The Historic 2008 Election of President Barack Obama

2008 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 19-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanes Walton ◽  
Josephine A. V. Allen ◽  
Sherman C. Puckett ◽  
Donald R. Deskins
Author(s):  
P. J. Brendese

This chapter uses the 2008 election of President Barack Obama to examine racial tensions and divisions present in memory, both between and within black and white Americans. P. J. Brendese’s study of Baldwin addresses the political implications of segregated memory in order to dismantle those unconscious barriers preventing the desegregation of history, narrative, and myth. The chapter goes on to expand Baldwin’s views of history; namely, that the past and present are inextricably and forever bound to one another. Utmost emphasis is placed on understanding both individual and societal histories. In order to move forward, a greater collective memory must be rectified, or else the stark divisions present in America’s remembering speak ill of the potential for future progress.


2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lori Wu Malahy ◽  
Mara Sedlins ◽  
Jason Plaks ◽  
Yuichi Shoda

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Erislane Rodrigues Ribeiro

Neste artigo, analisamos algumas manchetes sobre as últimas eleições presidenciais nos Estados Unidos da América, procurando realçar sua vinculação ao que é do domínio da história, da memória e da ideologia. Defendemos, com base na Análise do Discurso de linha francesa (AD), a tese de que as manchetes analisadas deixam entrever, pela referência recorrente a diversas cores, o que Pêcheux (1993) denomina efeitos metafóricos. A constituição desses efeitos metafóricos se dá no interior de uma rede interdiscursiva, motivada pelo acontecimento decorrente do fato de um negro concorrer ao cargo de presidente dos EUA.PALAVRAS-CHAVE : Discurso. Historia. Efeito metafórico. Manchetes. Eleições.ABSTRACT In this article, we analyze some headlines on the last presidential elections in the United States, seeking to highlight its ties to what is the domain of history, memory and ideology. We show how the Analysis of the Discourse of French line (AD) designs the language and its relation to reality, emphasizing the notion of metaphorical effect. We support the thesis that the analyzed headlines have shown, through the applicant reference to various colors, which Pêcheux (1993) called metaphorical purposes. The formation of these metaphorical effects occurs within a discourse network, motivated by the event due to the fact a black man competing for the post of U.S.KEYWORDS: Discourse. History. Metaphorical effect. Headlines. Elections.


2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priscilla Southwell

<p>This study examines the decline in voter turnout among young voters between the 2008 and 2012 elections. Our findings suggest that those young voters who dropped out of the electorate in 2012 were more likely to express feelings of alienation, as measured by the American National Election Studies indices of trust and efficacy. Such “dropout” voters were also more likely to have voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 election. These findings are crucial, as the level of alienation in the 2016 election appears to be even higher, and may influence the outcome of the election.</p>


2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (04) ◽  
pp. 707-712 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana C. Mutz

AbstractUsing the most extensive dataset available on the 2008 election, I examine the impact of dog ownership on presidential vote preference. Canines were elevated to the status of a campaign issue when, during the 2008 campaign, Barack Obama publicly promised his daughters a dog after the election was over, a campaign promise that has since been fulfilled. However, this announcement appears to have unintentionally highlighted the absence of a key point of potential identification between this candidate and voters, and thus to have significantly undermined the likelihood that dog-owning voters would support Obama. I elaborate upon the implications of this finding for future presidential candidates.


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-35
Author(s):  
Qori Islami Aris

Abstrak Laki-laki dan perempuan biracial di AS, khususnya mereka yang memiliki warisan hitam-putih, terus-menerus dihadapkan pada krisis identitas pribadi, di mana mereka tidak dapat menyejajarkan diri dengan kedua sisi ras atau etnis mereka. Barack Obama, presiden petahana AS, juga mengalami situasi yang membingungkan selama tahap pengembangan kedirian dan identitasnya. Penelitian ini menyajikan penjelasan yang berkaitan dengan tantangan yang dihadapi Obama dalam pencarian identitasnya. Penelitian ini juga menyelidiki sejauh mana supremasi kulit putih dan inferioritas kulit hitam yang didesain sedemikian rupa masih terus berlanjut hingga saat ini. Dari penjabaran dapat disimpulkan bahwa ini merupakan kelemahan AS dalam upaya untuk mencapai keadilan dan kesetaraan antara Kulit Putih dan Hitam, bukanlah sarana yang dibutuhkan, melainkan realisasi dan penerimaan tentang pentingnya multirasalitas. Peneliti menggunakan metode kualitatif sebagai metode penelitian dalam upaya untuk memperoleh pemahaman secara mendalam tentang realitas sosial yang digambarkan dalam memoar.    Kata kunci: Kajian Budaya, Teori Critical Race, Nasionalisme Kulit Hitam, Rasisme Buta Warna   Abstract Biracial men and women in the U.S., particularly those with a black and white heritage are constantly faced with personal identity crisis, in which they are unable to align themselves with either side of their race or ethnicity. Barack Obama, the incumbent president of the U.S., also experienced such puzzling situations during the stages of his selfhood and identity development. This research presents an explanation relating to the challenges Obama faced in his search for identity. It also investigates the extent to which white supremacy and black inferiority by design still persists until today. It concludes by stating that what the U.S. is lacking in its effort to achieve justice and equality between the Caucasians and the Negroes, is not the means, but the realization and acceptance on the importance of multiraciality. The researcher employed qualitative method as the mode of research in an attempt to gain an in-depth understanding of the social realities depicted in the memoir.   Keywords: Cultural Studies, Critical Race Theory, Black Nationalism, Colorblind Racism


Author(s):  
Vincent W. Lloyd

All saints are, in a sense, post-racial. By definition, saints transcend worldly concepts and categories, but in doing so they draw on the specificity of their worldly features. During the 2008 election campaign and in the early days of his presidency, Barack Obama was represented as saintly. Was this merely a metaphor, or is there something about the theological structure of sainthood that captures Obama’s representation (and self-presentation)? By moving back and forth between analysis of Obama’s image and reflection on sainthood, this chapter attempts to move both conversations about black politics and about sainthood forward, helping us racially inflect our understanding of saints and helping us theologically deepen our understanding of the first black president.


2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (04) ◽  
pp. 739-745 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valeria Sinclair-Chapman ◽  
Melanye Price

When Barack Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, he was well on his way to claiming the open U.S. Senate seat once held by the only other black Democratic senator since Reconstruction, Carol Moseley-Braun. Although mostly unknown, the self-professed “skinny guy with the funny name,” made a lasting impression. Secure in his own Senate race, Obama, a rising political star, spent much of the fall traveling the country as a surrogate for Democratic candidates.


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