Samuel L. Jackson famously said in an Ebony interview that he voted for President Obama because he’s black. Associated Press race and ethnicity reporter Jesse Washington digs into whether other black Americans are taking a page from the actor’s book in next month’s election or if their reasons are drawn from as far back as slavery. Are…

As America approaches a new presidential election in November, Jesse Washington, national writer on race and ethnicity for the Associated Press, digs into the country’s race relations. Are people singing in ethnic harmony now that we’ve had nearly four years with Obama, or are our racist skeletons emerging from the proverbial closets? According to Washington,…