Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles J. Ogletree ◽  
Austin Sarat
Keyword(s):  
Barack Obama ◽  
Racial Reconciliation ◽  
The Future

The introduction discusses how racial reconciliation has been thought about from Brown’s integrationist vision to imaginings of post-racialism that accompanied the election of Barack Obama. We ask what we can learn about the conditions of racial reconciliation by examining that history. This chapter also provides an overview of the subsequent chapters in this book, showing how each helps illuminate the conditions that impede racial reconciliation and those that might facilitate it in the future.

scholarly journals The Anatomy Of EEOs Level Playing Field

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-58
Author(s):  
Edward L. Powers
Keyword(s):  
Affirmative Action ◽  
Equal Employment Opportunity ◽  
Barack Obama ◽  
Employment Opportunity ◽  
Level Playing Field ◽  
Hillary Clinton ◽  
Playing Field ◽  
Equal Employment ◽  
The Future ◽  
Sarah Palin

The election of President Barack Obama, and the candidacies of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin raise the issue of whether we continue to need equal employment opportunity and/or affirmative action. The concept of a level playing field is carefully developed, and provides a basis for a more thorough analysis of the future of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action.

BARACK OBAMA AND THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN RACIAL POLITICS

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rogers M. Smith ◽  
Desmond S. King
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Racial Politics ◽  
The United States ◽  
Barack Obama ◽  
Racial Inequalities ◽  
Current Structure ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Racial Issues ◽  
The Future ◽  
Black President

AbstractIn 2008, following a campaign in which racial issues were largely absent, Americans elected their first Black president. This article argues that Obama's election does not signal the dawn of a postracial era in U.S. politics. Rather, it reflects the current structure of racial politics in the United States—a division between those who favor color-blind policies and seek to keep racial discussions out of politics, and those who favor race-conscious measures and whose policies are often political liabilities. The Obama campaign sought to win support from both camps. Only if pervasive material racial inequalities are reduced can such a strategy succeed in the long run.

After Obama

The Forum ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Kinder ◽  
Jennifer Chudy
Keyword(s):  
Party System ◽  
Racial Politics ◽  
Barack Obama ◽  
Black Vote ◽  
The Future ◽  
Racial Polarization ◽  
Black President

AbstractBarack Obama, the nation’s first Black president, is approaching the end of his second and final term. Obama’s impending departure raises questions about his legacy. Here we explore what the consequences of the Obama Presidency might be for the future of racial politics in America: for prejudice itself; for the racialization of policy; for the mobilization of the Black vote; and for the racial polarization of the party system.

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