Skip to content

Site Navigation

  • The Atlantic
  • PopularLatest

    Sections

    • Politics
    • Ideas
    • Photo
    • Science
    • Culture
    • Podcasts
    • Health
    • Education
    • Planet
    • Technology
    • Family
    • Projects
    • Business
    • Global
    • Events
    • Books
    • Fiction
    • Newsletters

    The Atlantic Crossword

    Play Crossword

    The Print Edition

    the latest issue of the atlantic
    Latest IssuePast Issues
    Give a Gift

  • Quick Links

    • Dear Therapist
    • Crossword Puzzle
    • Manage Subscription
  • Popular
  • Latest
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
Politics

Question Of The Day: Obama, Gates, And Race

Chris Good
July 24, 2009

Did President Obama speak too soon about Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s arrest? Is it fair to say the officer acted "stupidly," and can we assume that race played a part?

Recommended Reading

  • Two students walk near a building at Prairie View A&M University.

    The Steep Cost of Decades of Discrimination

    Adam Harris
  • Will Hurd gesticulates in a black-and-white photo.

    The Texas Republican Asking His Party to Just Stop

    Emma Green
  • An illustration of a fearful man juxtaposed with a picture of Derrick Bell, legal scholar and the "father of critical race theory," surrounded by his students

    The GOP’s ‘Critical Race Theory’ Obsession

    Adam Harris