Since Barack Obama’s refreshingly frank speech yesterday on the complexities of the black experience in America, I have seen some wonderful reflections on its implications–including NPR stories discussing black liberation theology (you know when the mainstream media is talking about James Cone, something interesting is happening) and sharing an interview with a bunch of older white guys in a small town restaurant in Pennsylvania. The On Faith blog has some interesting reflections about the issue, too.
Here’s one more reflection on race to add to the mix that does not explicitly reference the Obama situation (and was probably written before this whole controversy surfaced) but nevertheless offers a relevant application of the complex issue to academe: “Teaching, and Learning, Racial Sensitivity” by Jerald Walker (an article in Chronicle Careers).
