http://chrisnavin.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/why-are-blacks-voting-90-obama/ A place to discuss deeply, maybe to disagree... Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:31:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://chrisnavin.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/why-are-blacks-voting-90-obama/#comment-982 Why Are Blacks Voting 90% Obama? | Politics in America Sat, 17 May 2008 19:14:46 +0000 http://chrisnavin.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/why-are-blacks-voting-90-obama/#comment-982 [...] Robert D wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptObama doubt has a lot of racism involved, but also maybe something more: I can see how a thoughtful voter would have doubts about letting a black (or any other) racial agenda be brought into the mainstream…it can a threat to broader and deeper national identity.  I also think the competency of the democrats is in question with too much easy white guilt and unity on the cheap. Black racial identity groups appeal to precisely what soft-headed liberalism can’t: the raw pain of black experience.   Two brief points: 1. Obama’s a politician, and this is politics. He knows just how far he has to distance himself from say, Al Sharpton to be electable…though he had to do the same with Rev. Wright…which is sad because I believe Wright and the black church are much more to Obama than a political calculation. 2. Many African-Americans who have pursued conservativism, embraced individualism, and careers in American institutions (Clarence Thomas, Condi Rice), have a tricky and [...] [...] [...] Robert D wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptObama doubt has a lot of racism involved, but also maybe something more: I can see how a thoughtful voter would have doubts about letting a black (or any other) racial agenda be brought into the mainstream…it can a threat to broader and deeper national identity.  I also think the competency of the democrats is in question with too much easy white guilt and unity on the cheap. Black racial identity groups appeal to precisely what soft-headed liberalism can’t: the raw pain of black experience.   Two brief points: 1. Obama’s a politician, and this is politics. He knows just how far he has to distance himself from say, Al Sharpton to be electable…though he had to do the same with Rev. Wright…which is sad because I believe Wright and the black church are much more to Obama than a political calculation. 2. Many African-Americans who have pursued conservativism, embraced individualism, and careers in American institutions (Clarence Thomas, Condi Rice), have a tricky and [...] [...]

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