Articles by Politics of Color

June 28, 2018 1

2 Years After Pulse: How can scholars aid in the fight against LGBTQ+ marginalization?

BY: MELINA JUÁREZ PÉREZ June is PRIDE month, a time for LGBTQ+ communities to gather and celebrate their existence and resilience. However, while popular depictions of PRIDE festivities focus on the joyous celebrations of queerness, there is a strong push from LGBTQ+ communities to re-establish [...]

February 14, 2018 0

Philanthropic Investments in Immigrant Rights During Turbulent Times

BY: ELS DE GRAAUW & SHANNON GLEESON (equal co-authors) In the United States, the federal government has sole power to enact immigration laws, but it does little to invest in immigrant integration. This task instead tends to fall on state and local governments, as well as philanthropic funders [...]

October 12, 2017 0

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal’s Message about the Dreamers and DACA

Thank you for your message regarding President Trump’s callous and misguided decision to rescind the executive order establishing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. I strongly oppose President Trump’s decision, and I will fight tirelessly to ensure that the Dream Act is [...]

October 11, 2017 0

California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon’s Message about the Dreamers and DACA

By ANTHONY RENDON, Speaker of the California State Assembly “Political psychology researchers have long found that when leaders cast outsiders as different and threatening, that can strengthen insiders’ sense of identity and group cohesion. But that can leave minorities at risk of [...]

November 28, 2016 0

Re-thinking Minority Representation in the United States

BY ERIC GONZALEZ JUENKE AND PARU SHAH The Obama era will come to a close next year. His presidency has provided the backdrop to some of the most important innovations in racial and ethnic politics research. In the last decade, with the rise and pervasiveness of online campaign websites, political [...]

November 27, 2016 0

The One They’ve Been Waiting for: White Fear and the Rise of Donald Trump

By Linda Alvarez, Ivy A. Melgar Cargile, Natasha Altema McNeely, Lisa Pringle, Patricia Posey, Andrea Silva, and Carrie Skulley On November 8th, 2016, Donald Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States. Many, including members of the Republican party were shocked that a man openly [...]

November 19, 2016 0

The GOP’s Intra-Party Brand Disagreement As A Check on Trump’s Presidency

BY JUSTINE G.M. ROSS Nearly forty years ago, an anti-establishment presidential candidate with a Tinseltown resume and the campaign phrase “Let’s Make America Great Again” rose to national prominence. Initially dismissed by his party, opponents, and the media as an uninformed, inexperienced, [...]

November 19, 2016 0

The 2016 Elections and new “Minority” Democratic Party

BY: DANIEL GALVIN President Obama has devoted most of his energies over the last eight years to building a policy legacy, and he has made many important gains. Unfortunately, it will now be relatively easy for Trump and the Republican Congress to undo most of it fairly quickly. They will now [...]

November 13, 2016 17

Hiding in Plain Sight: White Women Vote Republican

Jane Junn is Professor of Political Science at the University of Southern California In the wake of Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States, one piece of data from voter exit polls has been particularly surprising for Clinton supporters: 53% of white women voted for Trump [...]

September 30, 2016 0

Reactions to the 1st Presidential Debate

The Politics of Color asked scholars to comment on the 1st 2016 Presidential Debate as part of its relaunch. POC is the official blog for the flagship journal of the REP Section of APSA – Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics. Moving forward, we invite scholars, graduate students, and [...]

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