This article reviews the literature on the persistence of racial cues and appeals in American
elections. I focus on three central themes: racial priming, the influence of the Obama …

African American voters are a key demographic to the modern Democratic base, and
conventional wisdom has it that there is political cost to racialized “dog whistles,” especially …

The 2020 Vice-Presidential debate afforded the opportunity to examine online reactions
toward a woman of color, Kamala Harris, and a white man, Mike Pence, as they vied for the …

Although scholars of representation have examined variation in voter support conditional on
shared demographic traits, we know little about how voters respond to candidates who …

Due to the dearth of literature that has foregrounded the psychological causes and
conditions impacting Black men's academic success while enrolled in STEM doctoral …

Because of the national conversation about her status as a role model, the former First Lady
of the United States (FLOTUS) presents an opportunity to analyze an Obama effect …

In 2008, for the first time in the history of this country, a black woman became First Lady of
the United States. During Barack Obama's presidency, Michelle Obama was ever present in …

Many commentators have described Barack Obama as a 'deracialized'politician. In contrast
to 'racialized'Black candidates, deracialized politicians are said to deemphasize their Black …

At the start of the twentieth century, the pre-eminent black sociologist, WEB DuBois,
identified the color line as America's great problem. While the color line is increasingly …

When schools present texts through their explicit curricula, they infuse those stories with a
certain perceived value (Eisner, 2002). When those accounts all ring with the same voice …