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Changing Demographics: The 2016 Election in Black and Brown
“There is a social crisis in white America,” said Dorian Warren, a political analyst and former host of MSNBC’s “Nerding Out.” “All the dysfunctions that have historically plagued black people are now also affecting poor whites,” Warren said, referencing poverty, lack of education, higher death rates and the scourge of drug addiction, among other social […]
Marc Lamont Hill: From Flint To Ferguson
On the evening of Sept. 29, author, journalist and professor Marc Lamont Hill spoke to a standing room only crowd in Duke University’s Full Frame Theater on the American Tobacco campus. Hill, a Distinguished Professor of African American Studies at Morehouse College, was in conversation with African and African American Studies professor Mark Anthony Neal, […]
The 2016 Election in Black and Brown
The Duke Council on Race and Ethnicity (DCORE) Presents The 2016 Election in Black and Brown 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 13 Perkins 217, West Campus A moderated discussion of the role of race and ethnicity in the U.S. presidential election. Free and open to the public. Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, Ph.D. ‘07 MSNBC, […]
Haynie Elected Co-President of APSA Section on Race and Ethnic Politics
Professor Kerry L. Haynie was elected to a two year term as Co-President of the American Political Science Association’s Section on Race and Ethnic Politics, at the association’s annual meeting in Philadelphia, Aug. 31-Sept. 4, 2016. The purpose of the Section is to foster communication among scholars, recognize leadership in the field, facilitate research and publication opportunities, encourage undergraduate and […]
Johannesburg Journalism Conference Has Roots in Durham
This month, DCORE co-director Kerry Haynie will travel to Johannesburg, South Africa to attend an annual journalism conference, the Duke Menell Media Exchange. The conference provides an opportunity to encourage and sustain a robust media community while reflecting on the emerging trends of the past year. Haynie hopes to connect Menell Media Fellows to his […]
Swimming Upstream
Excerpt from “Swimming Upstream,” published Aug. 9, in The Unfeated: “When we moved to the North Carolina Triangle region in 2004, we enrolled both our daughters in the swimming program at the local YMCA — the national organization is one of the largest facilitators of swim safety and competitive swimming. My oldest daughter was just […]
Whose Village Are We Talking About
By Karla FC Holloway I have noticed a prevailing and quiet discomfort amongst black women I know, who felt disconnected from the joyous celebration of the first woman to become a major party’s nominee for the presidency. This, despite our shared and deeply held pride in seeing the excellence and command from black women party leaders […]
Political Throwback
Watch Professor Kerry Haynie Interview Newark Mayor Cory Booker In 2009 Newark mayor Cory Booker visited Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy to lecture on political leadership and social justice in the wake of the election of President Obama. Here, Prof. Haynie interviews Booker for the Rutherford Living History program, an initiative that documents conversations with […]
Haynie on Republican National Convention
Professor Kerry Haynie appears on a expert panel convened by WRAL’s “On The Record” with host Laura Leslie to discuss the Republican National Convention, Trump’s speech and the state of the party. “[His speech] didn’t accomplish what I think Mr. Trump needs to accomplish the most, and that is to broaden the base. Moving to the […]
