In the days leading up to the elections, several mainstream and ethnic media sites have produced diversity-related stories about the presidential race. We’ve compiled a list of some of these resources and hope you’ll add to it.
- Richard Prince of the Maynard Institute takes a thorough look at journalists of color covering election night for some of the major networks. At the bottom of the blog item is a long list of cross links.
- This column in Salon raises the odd phenomenon of bigots voting for Obama.
- This Slate video draws interesting parallels between Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign and that of the fictional Matt Santos, another attractive politician of color.
- A cool Slate pop culture piece on black presidents as portrayed in the movies and on TV.
- New America Media’s home page features a variety of diversity-related election stories.
- EbonyJet.com has a slideshow featuring the 19 hottest Obama T-shirts. (You can’t help but look.)
- “Is This Race a Referendum on Race?,” The Chicago Tribune‘s “Exploring Race” blog.
- “What the Elections Mean,” an “Anti-Racist Parent” blog item about a child’s “vote” for Obama.
- “How Do We Talk About Race When the News Is Good?” Keith Woods, The Poynter Institute
- “Hispanic Newspapers Stayed Away from Endorsing Candidates,” Candidato USA.
- “Station Fuels Election Hopes,” The Arab American News.
What other diversity-related content should we add to this list?
(Mizanur Rahman contributed to this report.)