Comments on: Obama and the Politics of Race http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/11/obama-and-the-politics-of-race/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:21:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Eric Wilbert http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/11/obama-and-the-politics-of-race/#comment-32269 Eric Wilbert Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:26:39 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=4813#comment-32269 Facts mean nothing and perception is everything in America. That's why it ( Obama's victory) should be applauded as a victory for people of color. Facts mean nothing and perception is everything in America. That’s why it ( Obama’s victory) should be applauded as a victory for people of color.

]]> By: C D Ward http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/11/obama-and-the-politics-of-race/#comment-32244 C D Ward Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:39:31 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=4813#comment-32244 "i was with you until you said you voted obama." Me, too. I voted for a (100%) Lebanese guy and his (75%) Hispanic running mate. Shame on me for being biased, I guess. :-/ “i was with you until you said you voted obama.”

Me, too. I voted for a (100%) Lebanese guy and his (75%) Hispanic running mate.

Shame on me for being biased, I guess. :-/

]]> By: tuned in http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/11/obama-and-the-politics-of-race/#comment-32232 tuned in Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:04:06 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=4813#comment-32232 what a bi-polar article. i was with you until you said you voted obama. what a bi-polar article. i was with you until you said you voted obama.

]]> By: tony smith http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/11/obama-and-the-politics-of-race/#comment-32217 tony smith Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:41:16 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=4813#comment-32217 Obama has not altered race relations at all. Instead, he gives upper-class white people the ability to vomit away their white guilt and feel better as they travel to Europe for the holidays. Of course, the Europeans have their own issues with injustice against their own domestic minorities - but the coverage of the European reaction to Obama would suggest that the continent is a Utopia of egalitarianism. http://dissentingjustice.blogspot.com/2008/10/race-and-presidential-politics-pre-and.html http://dissentingjustice.blogspot.com/2008/11/did-election-really-mean-radical-shift.html Obama has not altered race relations at all. Instead, he gives upper-class white people the ability to vomit away their white guilt and feel better as they travel to Europe for the holidays. Of course, the Europeans have their own issues with injustice against their own domestic minorities – but the coverage of the European reaction to Obama would suggest that the continent is a Utopia of egalitarianism.

http://dissentingjustice.blogspot.com/2008/10/race-and-presidential-politics-pre-and.html

http://dissentingjustice.blogspot.com/2008/11/did-election-really-mean-radical-shift.html

]]> By: bozhidar bob balkas http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/11/obama-and-the-politics-of-race/#comment-32215 bozhidar bob balkas Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:07:41 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=4813#comment-32215 unfortunately, Alam is casting an extremely narrow look. the wider look wld clearly reveal knowing how US functions; ie, what US does being by far more illuminating than what any individual might do or 'promises' to do. blaming/praising one person to almost any degree is not educational. this is an ancient ruse. racism as well as discrimination have been w. us for millenna. and is largely taught to us by the ruling class. if u want to divide bulgars, italians, iranians, or amers u do so by rating/grading people. it guarantees 'success'. the bestgraded or -rated look dwn on lowrated people. these in turn, hate/envy/resent the 'smarter' kids/people. and a handful of people can rule over them. thnx unfortunately, Alam is casting an extremely narrow look. the wider look wld clearly reveal knowing how US functions; ie, what US does being by far more illuminating than what any individual might do or ‘promises’ to do.
blaming/praising one person to almost any degree is not educational.
this is an ancient ruse.
racism as well as discrimination have been w. us for millenna. and is largely taught to us by the ruling class.
if u want to divide bulgars, italians, iranians, or amers u do so by rating/grading people.
it guarantees ’success’. the bestgraded or -rated look dwn on lowrated people.
these in turn, hate/envy/resent the ’smarter’ kids/people.
and a handful of people can rule over them. thnx

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