THE OBAMA EFFECT: QUICK FIX FOR BLACK ACHIEVEMENT

By Nathaniel Luce

Publication: THE NATION

Columnist Kameelah Rasheed writes about recent investigations into the existence of an “Obama effect”—a rise in African American achievement pegged to positive publicity about Barack Obama during his campaign for president. The phenomenon was first described by RAY FRIEDMAN, Brownlee O. Currey Professor of Management, last fall.