MY President is Barack Obama!

As I pack away my memories from working in rural Missouri for the last 1 ½ months, tears of love and happiness fall down my face. Tears of joy, sadness, and pride fill this large lump in my throat.
I no longer have to prove who I am. I no longer have to explain why I [...]

New Poll! Will racism rise as “Minorities become the Marjority”?

Wednesday (August 13, 2008), the Census Bureau confirmed that by 2042 – 8 years earlier than previously thought – the United States will no longer have a racial majority, that white Americans will no longer be the majority.
Here’s the new data calculated for 2050:
Whites – 46%
Blacks – 15%
Hispanics – 30%
Asians – 9%
I have a new [...]

Obama’s Shaky Fan Club: White Working Class Men

I just wrote up something about the whole dilemma about white working class men and Barack Obama. It’s originally posted on www.imagine2050.org
check it out
Obama’s shaky fan club: White Working Class Men
Trying to forecast presidential elections as a political scientist is like being a server at a restaurant. Am I going to run around and wait [...]

There’s Nothing like a Ballpark Hot Dog

Who doesn’t love a good hot dog at the ballpark?!
Here’s an article I just read. It talks about a journalist’s experience selling hot dogs in a New York baseball stadium in the 1950’s. So, if you’re a huge fan of the finest qualities of American Culture, like hot dogs at the baseball park, [...]

New Blog! – IMAGINE 2050

The blog I’ve been working on with a bunch of AMAZING folks is finally up and running!
The purpose of the blog is to tackle what it means to be American – my (our) American identity.
While a lot of folks cling to their national heritage for pride and strength, a lot of folks don’t. Instead, folks [...]

Buidling My American Identity

By: Sarah Viets
Posted: 5/5/08 by the Chicago Flame
(sorry for the re-post)
It appears my writings offend some. They believe my focus on race distorts or clouds the real problems. They say my focus on race continues to divide and distort our American identity.
What I say in response is that my intention is to heal our historic [...]

Rush Limbaugh Defines Black and White Skin

Rush Limbaugh Defines Black and White Skin
By Sarah Viets
Published by the Chicago Flame, March 7, 2008
Rush Limbaugh had a heyday blasting Obama’s speech on race. Limbaugh said for Obama to call his grandmother’s fear of black men “typical for a white person,” Obama has “disowned his white half.” What’s not surprising is how popular [...]

Building Our American Identity

It appears my writings offend some. They believe my focus on race distorts or clouds the real problems. They say my focus on race continues to divide and distort our American identity.
What I say in response is that my intention is to heal our historic wounds, not deepen the divide.
I want to strive for an [...]

Stop Talking about Race!

Published by the Chicago Flame, March 17, 2008
If Barack Obama wins the presidential nomination for the Democratic Party, or the general election, would his victory say the need to discuss race is somewhat irrelevant?
While some may say his win measures the levels of racial discrimination, would his success address how skin color has been used [...]