UM: Politics

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UM prof Vincent Hutchings is among those interviewed for an LA Times article on race in the presidential election: “Race plays a role in American politics in a lot of different ways,” he says. “It’s not just Ku Klux Klan-style racism. When a large number of African Americans decide to support Barack Obama on the assumption he’d be a better vehicle for pursuing their interests, that’s taking race into consideration.” [Source]