Focus (Forum & Focus)
Apr. 29, 2008
What Voters 'Don't Ask' but Can 'Tell' About Obama's Race
Forum Column - By Devon Carbado - As Barack Obama's candidacy has proven, people are judged both by the color of their skin and the content of their racial conduct.
By Devon Carbado
This article appears on Page 6
People are still talking about Sen. Barack Obama's speech on race, and the commentary remains mostly positive. Yet, this enthusiastic response obscures that the speech might not have happened, and the very reason that it ultimately did. Obama's racial double bind: He can be neither "too black" nor "not black enough."
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