‘Obama’ Has Become a Code Word for Racists

Authors

Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Boston University School of LawFollow

Author granted license

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-14-2014

ISSN

0362-4331

Publisher

New York Times

Language

en-US

Abstract

Racial tensions in the United States have changed since Obama’s election as president, and for the worse. As judicial opinions since 2008 have revealed, both the word “Obama” and the president’s image have become tools for harassing and otherwise discriminating, in the workplace and in places of public accommodation, against blacks and against whites in romantic relationships with blacks.

Recommended Citation

Angela Onwuachi-Willig, ‘Obama’ Has Become a Code Word for Racists , in New York Times (2014).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/shorter_works/20

Publisher URL

https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/11/20/racism-in-the-age-of-obama/obama-has-become-a-code-word-for-racists