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DEFINITION OF RACE (from Merriam Webster):
chiefly Scottish : the act of running2 a: a strong or rapid current of water flowing through a narrow channel b: a watercourse used industrially c: the current flowing in such a course3 a: a set course or duration of time b: the course of life4 a: a contest of speed bplural : a meeting in which several races (as for horses) are run c: a contest or rivalry involving progress toward a goal race>5: a track or channel in which something rolls or slides; specifically : a groove (as for the balls) in a bearing


Now search "race" on google or cnn.com right now... let's see which definition people care about.

SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION ENDORSES OBAMA!!!!

hmm... I wonder why Hillary hasn't insisted that the word Race be not used in the context of talking about the election... cuz this race business is giving Barack a double bump in the search results... racial race and election race... ooo that Obama campaign is tricky tricky with this internet stuff....

Polling Gone Too Far

According to Cnn.com:

"The results in Pennsylvania followed trends set in previous contests: Clinton won the white vote, Obama won the black vote; Clinton won the older vote, Obama won the younger vote; Clinton won in rural areas, Obama carried the urban vote"

A good friend of mine is black. most people assume she's italian. she's young, but isn't in college and spends most of her time with older adults. She's spent have her life in Philly and half in one of those Jersey suburb areas that represents why it's called the Garden State.

She also voted in Pennsylvania on Tuesday.

Her mix of demographics is not unusual.

Polling these days seems to be taking up too many headlines and newscasts. Demographic polling doesn't seem to represent real people. Maybe if the media stopped drawing conclusions, the candidates could talk to actual individuals for a CHANGE... and stop trying to appeal to demographics.

It's really time to put polling in it's place... it's kind of on an ego trip right now.

Blanguage, the language of the Black People

I applaud Jon Stewart (and his wonderful writers) for their chat about race last night. The folks at the Daily Show have taken some steps that so many media outlets are afraid to do... they are actually talking about racism issues. In Monday's broadcast, my man Jon tackled two age old stereotypes about black people... 1. they have a secret language against the white man 2. if they reach the white house, they will enslave the white man. Oh gosh... of course... Jon didn't solve these issues, but at least he did bring them up. Take a look at the videos and tell me what you think!
I'm sure some people might find these offensive, but I just love that they are saying the stuff that scares the pants off the rest of the media!

The first one is Jon Stewart and Senior Black Correspondent Larry Wilmore and the second is Jon and Barack Obama.

Bob Johnson Does it Again

Is anyone surprised that Bob Johnson is supporting Geraldine Ferraro's comments about who Obama wouldn't be where he is if he wasn't black.

ahh the same Bob Johnson who founded BET and then sold it off... goodbye black owned television.

A quote from Mr. Johnson in a CNN article today,
"What I believe Ferraro meant is that if you take a freshman senator from Illinois called ‘Jerry Smith’ and he says I’m going to run for president, would he start off with 90 percent of the black vote?"

Well in response to Mr. Johnson... if he was a democrat who had a strong record with the black community, he probably would... Bill Clinton basically did. This conversation sounds a lot like the debates on Affirmative Action. As someone with the same background as Obama, it bothers me that Mr. Johnson would assume that Obama's race is what makes him popular. As a black male himself, does Mr. Johnson really believe that the black community is that superficial? How rude!

Mr. Johnson:
I strongly disagree with your point of view. My counter argument consists of two words: Clarence Thomas.
He's black, but has never gained the support of the black community like Obama has. Gosh darn it, maybe Obama is just what the people want.

My Mixed Friend takes on the New York Times

Yesterday, a good friend of mine made his New York Times debut talking about multiracial identity and Barack Obama in the article Who Are We? New Dialogue on Mixed Race.

I can't tell you how excited I was to see this on the front page. Yes, Barack Obama is great... but it's even better to hear people my age getting a chance to talk about being mixed on a national stage.... gosh.. the NY TIMES IS A BIG DEAL

Here are some of my favorite quotes from the article... enjoy!

p.s. James McBride is one of my favorite authors... his book the Color of Water helped me gain a better sense of who I am

From James McBride:

“I really wanted to be like all the other black kids. It was the larger group around me.” And through life, because of his brown skin, society has imposed its own label. “If cops see me, they see a black man sitting in a car,” he said.

But being proud to call himself African-American, Mr. McBride said, does not negate his connection to his “Jewish part,” his mother’s heritage. Asked which part of him was dominant, he said, “It’s like grabbing Jell-O.”

“But what difference does it make?” he added. “When you’re mixed, you see how absurd this business of race is.”

(Photo Phillip Handy from NY Times.com)

From Phillip Handy on Barack Obama:

“He’s really having to play the field and know his audience really well,” said Phillip Handy, 21, a junior at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., whose mother is white and father is black. “In the end, when I hear his message, I don’t think he’s bailing out on any of us.”


Last thing... I promise it's worth it... The article features Carmen Van Kerckhove who runs racialicious.com. Her blog is pretty darn fabulous!