March 31, 2008
The New York Times
By MIREYA NAVARRO
Jenifer Bratter once wore a T-shirt in college that read “100 percent black woman.” Her African-American friends would not have it.
“I remember getting a lot of flak because of the fact I wasn’t 100 percent black,” said Ms. Bratter, 34, recalling her years at Penn State.
“I was [...]
March 23, 2008
The Way We Live Now
By
PEGGY ORENSTEIN
THE NEW YORK TIMES
A few weeks ago, while stuck at the Chicago airport with my 4-year-old daughter, I struck up a conversation with a woman sitting in the gate area. After a time, she looked at my girl — who resembles my Japanese-American husband — commented on [...]
TheRoot.com
Updated: 6:17 PM ET Mar 27, 2008
March 27, 2008
I HAVE COME home from a long stay in Mexico to find – because of the presidential campaign, and especially because of the Obama/Clinton race for the Democratic nomination – a new country existing alongside the old. On any given day we, collectively, become the Goddess of the Three Directions [...]
March 11, 2008
Op-Ed Contributor
The Red Phone in Black and White
By
ORLANDO PATTERSON
Cambridge, Mass.
ON first watching Hillary Clinton’s recent “It’s 3 a.m.” advertisement, I was left with an uneasy feeling that something was not quite right — something that went beyond my disappointment that she had decided to go negative. Repeated watching of the [...]
