Austin Race Relations

"...America to continue in her ignorance in regard to race relations. When polls are conducted, the majority of Americans,..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Postmarks

Race

Perceptive film about Jesse Owens going to the 1936 Berlin Olympics

"...training he received from his coach Larry Snyder (Sudeikis). Race is every bit a sports movie in the classic..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wheat, Chaff Intact in Sheriff's Race

The seven candidates to replace Margo Frasier show few differences at forum

"...The race to become Travis Co.'s top cop kicked off Jan...."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

How Much Reform Is Enough in the Travis County District Attorney Race?

Incumbent D.A. Margaret Moore faces challengers from the left

"...have yet to announce supporters, and they open the race as underdogs. But should one of them pull off..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

The Hottest Race in Texas

The David Fisher-Todd Staples Senate Contest in East Texas Will Decide the Fate of the State Senate -- and the U.S. House

"...allowing the voters to gather and evaluate a sizable brace of their current or potential representatives. Not every invited..."

Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Race Does Matter

Sotomayor on the willfulness of judicial 'colorblindness'

"...been quite a couple of weeks for American racial relations. First there was the Cliven Bundy spectacle, in which..."

May 2, 2014 News Column by Michael King

The Mayor’s Race Offers Clear Choices on How Austin Should Grow

Election marks a critical juncture on the way to Austin's future

"...a global pandemic and a major rupture in police-community relations, during which Council members understandably paid less attention to..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

AISD Race: Barksdale Prevails

Barksdale and Cowan bring out the voters (sort of)

"...accepted wisdom by getting more Austinites interested in the race and their individual candidacies than in the first round...."

June 18, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Commissioner Race Heats Up

Shea formally announces her candidacy for Pct. 2

"...early in the campaign season but the Pct. 2 race is already shaping up to be a competitive three-way..."

June 23, 2013 News Post by Amy Smith

Saldaña Considering AISD Trustee Race

Local pr/consultant contemplating run at incumbent Lori Moya

"...shy about criticizing operations at the Office of Public Relations & Multicultural Outreach, and was at the forefront of..."

April 9, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

White Man's Burden

"...Pulp Fiction, Fresh)comes this seemingly ingenious film that tackles race relations head on, and comes up stunningly flat. Director..."

Dec. 8, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

White Chicks

Wayans brothers' comedy depends on latex and whitewash.

"...Wayans is most probably lampooning (the all but nonexistent) race relations in society’s upper crust. However, as I prefer..."

June 25, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Papi Chulo

A heartwarming story of the messiness of friendship between the unlikeliest of pals

"...after six months he's finally clearing out the last trace of his ex from their house: a huge potted..."

June 21, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Us

Jordan Peele has met the enemy, and they is Us

"...reasonable comparison. After he provided an Oscar-worthy analysis of race relations in Get Out, now America’s id is probed..."

March 22, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Brick Lane

Brick Lane shows us the life of a Bangladeshi woman, who moves to London to marry a man she's never met, keep house, raise a family, and eventually act on her squelched yearnings.

"...acclaimed debut novel, Gavron’s film is a primer on race relations in late 20th century England, a remembrance of..."

July 18, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Underworld

Kate Beckinsale bares her fangs as a vampire assassin in in a shaggy werewolf story.

"...that can be viewed as either a metaphor for race relations or a direct lift from Romeo and Juliet..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Imitation of Life

"...brought up together. When Turner becomes successful, the women’s relationship, although intimate, assumes more the pattern of employer and..."

June 22, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Great White Hype

"...and Salli Richardson. Both the boxing industry and American race relations take hard left punches in The Great White..."

May 10, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

John Sayles

The evolution of American music and Southern race relations in Honeydripper

"...order to appreciate fully the nuanced observations of class, race, gender, and language within his carefully constructed, finely drawn..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

Civil Rights v. Hip-Hop

Martin Luther King v. Jay Z

"...Jay Z postulated that hip-hop had done more for race relations than most civil rights leaders, using the “turn-up”..."

Jan. 20, 2015 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Taboo Topics, True Subjects

Reflections on Race in the NBA

"...few weeks ago, is a photo negative of American race relations: strong young black men have some of the..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Books Feature by David Shields

AISD, Single Sex, And the Shadow of Separate But Equal

Trustee Bradley on why she believes East Austin needs a boys' school

"...ask: Is this proposal about sex, is it about race, or is it about poverty?..."

Aug. 9, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Awake in the Dark Across the Great Divide

"...or controversy surrounding it serves as a snapshot of race relations in this country. But even if the image..."

Oct. 20, 1995 Arts Feature

Black, White, and Unequal?

"...Has Damaged Black America and Preserved the Myth of Race ($24.95, Houghton Mifflin) Hoberman, a professor of Germanic Studies..."

Aug. 15, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

"A different brand of law enforcement" doesn't have to be a bad thing.

"...code -- is also, inevitably, a statement about the relationship between APD and the Latino community in East and..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Cast a Giant Shadow

Evaluating the mayoral legacy of Kirk Watson

"...to take on the volatile and divisive issue of race. ... His vision included dealing with race relations as..."

Nov. 23, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

In Black and White

Jesse Jackson and Tom Wicker

"...that the fundamental American crisis is still that of race." Similarly, retired New York Times columnist Tom Wicker begins..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Books Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...ItÕs a Wonderful Life one more time. Although we embrace as a part of our heritage that movieÕs lessons..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo

Doc on the men behind the astronauts

"...David Fairhead’s film, an absorbing document of the Space Race of the Sixties (aka another endless instance of global..."

April 14, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Page Two: Love and Creation

An approach to the SXSW Film Festival

"...Brown is one of the best works on modern race relationships in the South that I've ever encountered. Having..."

March 7, 2008 Column by Louis Black

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