Racial Divides on the Presidency
Public opinion data updated to include racial differences on presidents since 2000.
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The Real Deal on The New Deal
March 9, 2009
March 9, 2009
“Playing the race card” will be just one of the tropes invoked by the right when African Americans suggest, no matter how innocently, that economic or racial disadvantage is a reason to support both the stimulus package and the president’s proposed budget.
Class War!
March 7, 2009
March 7, 2009
Obama’s attempt to have the rich bear a larger—and fairer—share of the tax burden is being labeled “class war” by many on the right and a few so-called moderates.
Blago's Blues
January 9, 2009
January 9, 2009
I have been very worried about the mischief that the outgoing president could engage in during his final days in office. Now, I am mortified and angered by the destruction being done to democratic (small d!) politics much closer to home.
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Michael C. Dawson is the John D. MacArthur Professor of Political Science and the College at the University of Chicago.
Professor Dawson’s research interests include the development of quantitative models of African American political behavior, identity, and public opinion, the political effects of urban poverty, and African American political ideology. He also combines more recent quantitative work with work in political theory. Both his research on race and his strong interest in the impact of the information technology revolution on society and politics are fueled in part from his time spent as an activist while studying and working in Silicon Valley for several years.
Dawson is a founding co-editor of The Du Bois Review and the founding director of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at the University of Chicago. He was also co-principal investigator of the 1988 National Black Election Study and principal investigator with Ronald Brown of the 1993-1994 National Black Politics Study. (more)
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Racial Divides in Public Opinion
Since the fall of 2000, Michael Dawson has collaborated with several colleagues in collecting and analyzing data on the racial divide in public opinion between blacks and whites. The selected data highlight some of the areas, including evaluations of the Katrina disaster, where racial differences are both prominent and politically salient.
Books
Black Visions: The Roots of Contemporary African-American Political Ideologies
2002 Ralph Bunche Award,
American Political Science Association
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Behind the Mule: Race and Class in African-American Politics
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Recent Work
(forthcoming) “Black and Blue: Black Identity in an Era of Conservative Triumph” in Identity as a Variable: Conceptualization and Measurement of Identity
About the HeaderFrom Out Chorus, 1979, by Romare Bearden. Silkscreen and watercolor. Owned by Michael Dawson and Alice Furumoto. You can view the full work, read more about Bearden and see more of his work.