Race and Politics
Jesse Jackson: 'You Can't Vote Against Healthcare and Call Yourself a Black Man', November 19, 2009, The Hill
Many Congressional Black Caucus members apparently agree.
Who's Afraid of Michael Steele?, November 13, 2009, VDARE
Good sense, as usual from Vdare.com.
In Major Flip, House Dems Now Represent Richest Regions, October 23, 2009, USA Today
Increasingly, rich whites vote Democratic.
Justice Concludes Black Voters Need Democratic Party, October 20, 2009, Washington Times
Making every effort to ensure that blacks elect black representatives.
Black Republicans Running for Office Are Running From Race, October 20, 2009, BET.com
Black Republican candidates say that race doesn’t matter but that it helps them.
Boston's Black Leaders Wonder If Community Has Lost Its Clout, October 6, 2009, WBUR-FM (Boston)
Boston blacks being displaced by Haitian, Dominican, and Somali immigrants.
Black Political Power Is Exaggerated, October 5, 2009, Afro
DC now full of black political operatives, but life no different for ordinary blacks.
GOP Drafts Anti-Rangel Resolution, October 2, 2009, Politico
Texas congressman wants Rangel to resign as Ways and Means Committe chairman.
Scandal: Fox News Hires Apologist for Cop-Killer, September 30, 2009, News with Views
New Fox analyst a “leading hip-hop generation intellectual.”
The Politics of (In)Justice: Obama's Patronizing Civil Rights Division, September 29, 2009, National Review
Justice Department doesn’t trust blacks to make their own decisions.
Mondale: Racial 'Edge' To Obama Foes, September 25, 2009, Politico
Opposition-to-Obama-is-racist now taken for granted in media’s political reporting.
Trial Lawyers Group Admits Role in Racially Charged Election Flier, September 25, 2009, St. Petersburg Times
Obama-supporting lawyers pretended to be race-baiting “conservatives.”
Steele Says Dems, GOP Failing to Address Poverty, September 22, 2009, Miami Herald
GOP chairman calls successful “Southern Strategy” dumb.