Dawn Turner Trice

Your questions remain the cornerstone of the "Exploring Race" Web site. Here are a few that I will post this week, one each day, Monday through Friday. I'm including a...

Talking about race is not for the faint of heart. Readers have asked me how I handle the comments that appear on the bottom of the Web version of this...

Many of you have told me that race doesn't matter anymore. You say that race is yesterday's news. The focus now should be on class. OK. I agree that many...

After the Sept. 11 terror attacks, I borrowed a flag that my great uncle had received for his service in the Korean War. I let it wave outside my house....

Daniel C. of Duvall, Wash., sent me this e-mail: I am a middle-age white male who voted for Obama. ... My question: How will young blacks or any people of...

On the day after Barack Obama was elected president, James Thindwa made an effort to approach life with a new outlook. He stood a bit taller and looked at children...

Throughout this presidential campaign, I heard white people, young and old, say something I've never heard before: "We see ourselves in him." The "him" is Sen. Barack Obama. That's a...

Throughout this presidential campaign, I heard white people, young and old, say something I'd never heard before: "We see ourselves in him." The "him" is Barack Obama, now president-elect. That's...

I want a president who understands that Article II of our Constitution doesn't give us an overly elaborate description of what the presidency should be. So he (or one day,...

If Sen. Barack Obama wins the presidential election, he will have a major party in Chicago's Grant Park with thousands upon thousands of celebrants. You can imagine that the police...