The Invisible World of Rural Black America

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Lola Rainey joins two septuagenarian relatives for a Texas road trip through a vanishing America.

“When white people are asked to talk about their racial identity and pride, all they have is shame.”

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This is a comment by Justin Cascio on the post “The Difference between ‘white people’ and ‘White People’”.

Is Obama a Black Man? Morgan Freeman Says No

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Morgan Freeman says President Obama is our first mixed race president, not our first Black president. What defines a man’s race? Is it who raised you, or the way strangers perceive you?