All Posts Tagged With: "civil rights"
All The Men Are Black, All The Women Are White,
and Some of Us Vote: A Remix
BlackProf
by Salamishah Tillet
I spent the better half of Tuesday afternoon, listening to and reading the transcript of Barack Obama’s speech on “race.” Obama’s address was thoughtful, progressive, eloquent, brilliant, moving, and insightful. He did all the things I wanted him to do, acknowledged the founding “sin” of [...]
Obama’s Black Support Nudging White Democrats Into Clinton’s Camp
Obama’s Black Support Shows Its Limits
Townhall
by Charles Babington
Obama’s campaign saw the limits of black support in last week’s losses in Ohio and Texas, which kept Clinton’s campaign alive. And the role black voters will play in the next big contest, Pennsylvania’s April 22 primary, is unclear.
Ohio exit polls support Walters’ view. Eighteen percent of white [...]
