Here’s an interesting report from the Associated Press on the current mood among white supremacist groups regarding a potential Barack Obama victory in November.
He’d be a “visual aid,” says former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, in trying to bring others around to their view that whites have lost control of America. Obama’s election, says [...]
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Looks like I’m on a Barack Obama kick again. Sorry about that, but I couldn’t resist posting about this latest curiosity that came to my attention today when I received a press release from the Christian Newswire. It’s about one of the current campaign ads from John McCain. I hadn’t seen it yet, but the press [...]
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This weekend’s edition of The New York Times Magazine features an excellent report titled “Is Obama the End of Black Politics?” It’s an incredibly well-written, well-reported piece that I would love to have written myself. Alas, credit Matt Bai for his epic survey of black politics today. Using Barack Obama’s historic candidacy as a barometer, [...]
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Cathleen Falsani has a great column in today’s Chicago Sun-Times. The question at hand: “Is Barack Obama really a Christian?” Or better yet: “Who is a Christian?” We’ve covered some of this turf before, but it’s an endlessly fascinating topic.
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I didn’t want this to become Barack Obama week here at the blog, but it seems like much of the best thinking on issues of racial reconciliation in society are related to things happening in and around the Obama campaign. Which, I suppose, should not be that surprising.
Briefly, I wanted to call your attention to [...]
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Man, Jesse Jackson has gotten himself into another fine mess. But is it really what it seems? This latest Obama-drama hit last night: Jackson caught speaking disparagingly, and rather crudely, to a friend about Obama during a Fox News broadcast break when he thought the mic was off.
The full quote went something like, “Barack has been talking [...]
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Anyone catch Will Smith’s alcoholic superhero movie Hancock over the holiday weekend? Though it received mixed reviews, it grossed a heroic $107 million since opening last Wednesday. I haven’t seen it, but as a fan of superhero movies (the first Superman with Christopher Reeve is my all-time favorite), I look forward to catching it soon. If you’ve seen it already, I’d love [...]
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National Anthem-gate is causing quite a stir in Denver. Has anyone caught drift of this controversy yet? It seems jazz singer Rene Marie really pushed the limits during a civic event in the Mile High City. My old friend Steve Chavis offers some great thoughts about it over at his excellent blog, The Old School (and I’m not [...]
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Lots of energetic conversations happening across the blogosphere. I’m too busy to blog about them with any manner of cogency, but allow me to throw out a few items that I would expound on if I had the time.
The Obama vs. Dobson Bible Controversy. My friend Josh Canada has an informative post about this over at his [...]
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Two interesting articles from the Associated Press on Barack Obama and identity politics appeared this weekend. Of course, it’s become pretty difficult to find an article about Obama that isn’t also about identity politics.
Anyhow, the first is a piece about the dilemma Obama’s presidential bid presents for black Republicans (including J.C. Watts, Colin Powell, and [...]
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