Thursday, February 22, 2007
Is Barack Black Enough for America?
Image courtesy Poplicks.com
I can't even believe this question is up for debate but this is the world we live in:
"No. Obama ain’t perfect. No mortal is but facts are facts. Obama is the bestMore from Jalylah Burrell's King mag (!) column "Black Is…Black Ain’t" here.
candidate in the entire field and certainly the most viable Black candidate of
all time– all due respect to Shirley Chisholm, in particular, and the other
Blacks who have been willing to take on that challenge. (And damn if he don’t
have that sincere politician part down.) The specifics of Obama’s background
undoubtedly make him less threatening to the White american mainstream but
dwelling on that is petty and to borrow from my favorite and often contradictory
rapper Nas, “slave shit”.... "
Online: MySpace - Barack Obama | BarackObama.com 2.0
Semi-related: speaking of JB, join the debate on her personal site about whether Ludacris' music is exploitative of women here. (related: does Luda = sell-out for recently performing at Paris Hilton's birthday party?)
Labels: '08 Election, Barack Obama, Ludacris, Politics
