What does it mean to be black, and who is the arbiter of authentic blackness? As Sen. Barack Obama's "blackness" has increasingly been discussed on black-oriented radio shows, at political conferences and on Sunday morning news shows, I've grown more dismayed by the day.
This is a narrow-minded and divisive notion. At a time when blacks living in this country, whether by birth or by choice, should be harnessing their collective political clout to empower all black people, we're wasting time debating which of us are truly black.
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Black Like Me?
Marjorie Valbrun says that those asking if Barack Obama is 'Black Enough' are asking the wrong question.
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Yes, yes, yes, as usual, we are vey good at shooting down our own. Obama is gunning to become the Prez of the USA a and not the leader of one community. We should be looking at his ideas, his views and opinions and consider if they are in line with what we ourselves, as individuals or as a community, can buy into those ideas. The content of the color of his skin is not a determinant as to how good or bad a leader he will be. Period! So let's stop the nonsense.
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