Selma | Watching America

Italy: Why Black Americans Don’t Have a Leader

Robin Koerner - May 21, 2015. Published in Panorama

It could seem like a paradox, but it was precisely Barack Obama’s election to the White House that caused racial tensions to increase.

Spain: The Color of Obama

Robin Koerner - March 19, 2015. Published in El País

The U.S. today is a post-racist society, but not a post-racial one.

Switzerland: From Ferguson to Selma, an American Poison

Robin Koerner - March 18, 2015. Published in Le Temps

Spain: Obama’s Chameleonic Selma Speech

Robin Koerner - March 15, 2015. Published in Rebelión

It is impossible not to compare him, albeit reluctantly, with leaders of the caliber of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, for he has risen to a level that until now no other African-American has achieved ...

Italy: The Problem Is America

Robin Koerner - March 14, 2015. Published in Il Manifesto

Germany: More Humility, Please!

Robin Koerner - March 12, 2015. Published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Obama's got it right: The shame of slavery hasn't been forgotten. The shadow of racism still hangs over America.

Ireland: Doors of Opportunity Still Closed for Many

Robin Koerner - March 10, 2015. Published in Irish Examiner

Switzerland: Quotas for the Oscars?

Robin Koerner - February 23, 2015. Published in Neue Zürcher Zeitung

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