The nation that Barack Obama and many others feels can heal its racial wounds still has people that create images and craft messages of hatred and misunderstanding. With Kerry, it was patriotism. With Obama, it’s Blackness.
The “let’s not talk this up too much until after the election” strategy is no longer workable or relevant in the face of such attacks. This is the door that has been officially kicked open after Obama’s “race speech.” He could have locked the door permanently and thrown away the key had that speech been given earlier. Now, it is up to him and his supporters to overcome this mockery and mis-construction of the Black experience in this country and tell the story of a people who’s hope and pride have made them the most resilient people on earth.
I'm from Detroit. I created Detroit Diaspora and am a National Campaign Director at MoveOn.org. I currently live in Washington, DC with my beautiful wife Ellen.
After graduating with degrees in Computer Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Michigan, I became a Software Engineer at Microsoft. By day, I helped build SharePoint into the fastest growth product in the company's history. On my personal time, I sought out opportunities to connect my technical skills with community building efforts across the country.
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I hadn’t seen this video. Thank you for sharing it. McCain and the republican swiftboat groups are waiting in the bushes for the Democratic nominee. We need to get this dayum nomination process over with…
Videos like this are quite disappointing, but they serve as a reminder of where our country is with regard to race.
Patriotism can be such a fallacy when it becomes a contest of who loves this country more. Are these white CEO’s and conservatives patriotic when they ship jobs and resources overseas to the detriment of american workers and families? They find other brown people to subjugate when they can no longer to it at home. How patriotic is it for Wall Street to privatize their profits but socialize their losses (sub prime mortgages?)?
I hadn’t seen this video. Thank you for sharing it. McCain and the republican swiftboat groups are waiting in the bushes for the Democratic nominee. We need to get this dayum nomination process over with…
peace, Villager
Thanks for the comments. We all knew that the extreme right would start doing this. I’m glad we are all picking up on it, and blogging about it.
Good looking out!
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Videos like this are quite disappointing, but they serve as a reminder of where our country is with regard to race.
Patriotism can be such a fallacy when it becomes a contest of who loves this country more. Are these white CEO’s and conservatives patriotic when they ship jobs and resources overseas to the detriment of american workers and families? They find other brown people to subjugate when they can no longer to it at home. How patriotic is it for Wall Street to privatize their profits but socialize their losses (sub prime mortgages?)?