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On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 2:26 PM, Louis Proyect <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The Obama '08 Phenomenon: What We have Learned?
>
> by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
>
> "This generation will have to learn from damn near scratch what a real
> social movement looks like."
>
> Without question, the nation has experienced an election of historical
> significance, for reasons that go beyond the obvious "first Black" aspect of
> race. This has also been the most-hyped presidential campaign in U.S.
> history, if for no other reason than the simple fact that every presidential
> campaign is more hyped than the last, since hype is what corporate media
> sells. But what has the experience taught us?
>
> We have learned that a large and decisive national minority of whites can be
> persuaded to vote for a certain kind of Black man for president if that
> Black man possesses the following characteristics:
>
> A family history that includes no African American lineage, and is thereby
> untainted by the negative cultural baggage associated with North American
> slave descendants. (This is similar to the special white dispensation
> afforded in past generations to Afro-Caribbean baseball players.)
>
> An eagerness to embrace racist political icons such as Ronald Reagan, while
> vociferously denying that white racism is and has been "endemic" to America.
> This man must also be willing to without hesitation denounce, repudiate and
> otherwise vilify other Black individuals - even those who have been
> personally dear to him - at the first sign of white displeasure with that
> person.
>
> A compulsion to telegraph whites that he shares their disdain for Blacks as
> a group. This specially endowed individual must be prepared to castigate
> Blacks in every arena of life, from incompetent child-rearing (the cruelty
> of fried chicken breakfasts) to failures of Black manhood (acting like
> "boys" rather than responsible adults), the shame of Black female
> promiscuity (stopping black girls from having babies out of wedlock is "the
> single biggest thing that we could do to reduce inner-city poverty") and
> Blacks' collective lack of good hygiene ("You know what would be a good
> economic development plan for our community would be if we make sure folks
> weren't throwing their garbage out of their cars"). But the Black man who
> would woo white presidential votes must have the smarts and discipline to
> never, never, never subject whites to such egregious, blanket group
> criticisms.
>
> full:
> http://www.blackagendareport.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=873&Itemid=1
>
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