Community Checkup

In his NYT op-ed, a chief consultant for Al Gore’s presidential campaign, Ted Devine, summed up my sentiments about superdelegates exactly:
If the superdelegates determine the party’s nominee before primary and caucus voters have rendered a clear verdict, Democrats risk losing the trust that we are building with voters today. The perception that the votes of [...]

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L’s comment on the sellout post about how racism/prejudice instructs how we view others reminded me of this South Park clip. Hilarious.
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Melissa Harris-Lacewell wrote an interesting piece about the issue of race vs. gender in voting decisions for black women. She nicely breaks down why the popular notion in the media that black women have chosen race over gender in their support of Barack is a flawed one. She explains that…
It is not [...]

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A sellout, or Uncle Tom, is one of the worst insults that can be levied towards a black person by another black person. I’ve been called a lot of things in my day, but being called a sellout was one the times that angered me the most. I remember thinking, “Who does he [...]

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Last night, before the Super Tuesday numbers started rolling in, I was watching CNN when I heard Lou Dobbs griping about how numerous states have voting machines without paper trails. I was reflecting on how ridiculous it is that we can’t create and implement technology across the board that ensures every vote [...]

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A great comment from a Washington Post article yesterday about fear and Obama’s campaign:
The point of Obama’s candidacy is that the damaged state of American democracy is not the fault of George W. Bush and his minions, the corporate-controlled media, the insurance industry, the oil industry, lobbyists, terrorists, illegal immigrants or Satan. The point is [...]

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Today’s the big day. Just as everyone else, I can’t wait to see what happens with Super Tuesday. By now, especially since Edwards has dropped out, most people have picked between Obama and Hillary. I have too–I’m all in for Obama.
But, ironically, among a race involving members of two underrepresented groups, I find myself [...]

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