Race and Politics: Excerpts from ‘Democrats in the Red Zone’ Clarify Democratic Party’s Challenge

In honor of the racially-charged dynamics of the Democratic presidential primary, I offer this series of excerpts from my book, “Democrats in the Red Zone: an Independent voter’s take on the game of political perception.” I hope people will feel inspired to comment as we all consider the challenges facing the Democratic Party in general, and Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in particular, when it comes to the political impact of race-based perceptions in America.