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browngirlTwo links about the frontrunning presidential candidates, plus a letter.
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enegim: Concerning Senator Obama's grandparents.
From a coworker: "Some of McCain's Black Relatives Support Obama".
The juxtaposition of these stories is fascinating, so much of the United States' history in two families' histories. We see this huge chasm between Black people and White people that really isn't there; 'multiracial' families go back much further than people often want to discuss or consider.
And, before I lose my nerve, a letter I wrote to the editor of a newspaper today.
It is sadly illuminating that so many Americans can so easily dismiss everything about General Colin Powell but his race. Before concluding that his endorsement of Senator Obama is merely one Black man shilling for another, they would do well to remember that he also clearly stated that there is nothing "wrong with being a Muslim in this country", not because he's Muslim himself, but because of his committment to justice.
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enegim: Concerning Senator Obama's grandparents. From a coworker: "Some of McCain's Black Relatives Support Obama".
The juxtaposition of these stories is fascinating, so much of the United States' history in two families' histories. We see this huge chasm between Black people and White people that really isn't there; 'multiracial' families go back much further than people often want to discuss or consider.
And, before I lose my nerve, a letter I wrote to the editor of a newspaper today.
It is sadly illuminating that so many Americans can so easily dismiss everything about General Colin Powell but his race. Before concluding that his endorsement of Senator Obama is merely one Black man shilling for another, they would do well to remember that he also clearly stated that there is nothing "wrong with being a Muslim in this country", not because he's Muslim himself, but because of his committment to justice.
