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Written by Paul Street
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Thursday, 21 June 2007 |
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Barack Obama's vaunted cross-racial appeal means whites have
finally found a Black politician they feel comfortable with - in
contrast to their feelings about the great bulk of African Americans.
Is that a good thing? Emphatically not, since it is predicated on the
belief that Obama isn't really "all that Black." Obama actively
encourages notions of his own "exceptionalism" through his "deep
willingness to accommodate white supremacy." His declaration that
Blacks have already come "90 percent of the way" to racial equality
signals to many that the days of having to listen to African American
complaints are almost over - when nothing could be further from the
truth.
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Written by Margaret Kimberley
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Thursday, 17 May 2007 |
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Is Barack Obama more worthy of Black "loyalty than any other Democrat?" The answer is no - Black America should not "purchase a lemon" just because the "seller looks like us." Obama has mastered the fine arts of bullshitology, while avoiding issues of core concern to African Americans in order to make white people feel comfortable. Although no worse than Hillary Clinton, Obama is no better either, on war, health care, the economy, mass incarceration or affirmative action. Why should Black America vote for a man who proclaims "there is no Black America?"
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Written by James Clingman Jr.
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Thursday, 16 November 2006 |
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Written by Glen Ford
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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 |
There exists in the African American political conversation a great
disconnect on the subject of “economic development.” Among some Black
political tendencies, the term “economic development” is thought to be
synonymous with individual entrepreneurship. That’s a very narrow
definition of economic development, one that reduces most Blacks to the
role of mere potential customers, who are expected to support
individual Black businesspeople as if the survival of the Race depended
on it.
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Written by Glen Ford
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Tuesday, 18 April 2006 |
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The massive demonstrations by immigrants and
their supporters have been magnificent to behold – many hundreds of
thousands in cities across the country, with total participation well
over a million. Most progressives are ecstatic, believing that a new
era of activism has begun. But, as a Black man, I’m feeling twinges of
a different emotion: shame.
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