http://www.blackcommentator.com/263/263_cover_1_keeping_it_real_obama_euphoria.html
[I, myself, plan on cashing in on this phenom. I'm making some buttons and bumper stickers: Don't Blame Me, I did vote for either of them.]
"Many Black Americans and our Brown and Red sisters and brothers will, I fear, come to be deeply disappointed in Barack Obama, once he demonstrates who he really is. There will be no peace or justice under an Obama Presidency, should such come to pass. Even the majority of white Americans, with the exception of the corporate liberals and conservatives, may yet come to realize that Obama's interests are corporate interests; they are not the needs and interests of everyday people, who represent the overwhelming majority of this nation and the world. "
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" Nevertheless, and despite all of the foregoing, there are those who insist, regarding Barack Obama: "At least he's black!" Is he? What is Blackness and what does it really mean in America? And how is being bamboozled, pimped, and disenfranchised by a black person any better than being emaciated by a person of any other color? Think about it as if your very life depends on it, because, ultimately, it may.
The January 31, 2008, Daily Sun of Nigeria, in an article entitled, "Barack Obama May Win, But He's No African American," poignantly stated, in relevant part: "There are several fundamental issues that must be clarified to understand the importance of Obama's candidacy. First of all, strictly speaking Barack Obama is not an African-American - but an African who is American. He's not a descendant of the enslaved Africans who built America without reward or respect for their contributions
But there is a side to his character that well-illustrates the differences between himself and the average 'Black American.' For instance, when speaking of his heritage he points proudly to his living relatives [in Kenya]
He doesn't have the burden or challenge of discussing how his ancestors overcame prejudice within the very society he's striving to rule. He doesn't have to refer to the disenfranchisement and dehumanization of his ancestors when he speaks of the legacy that he represents " Nor does he have or relate to the collective suffering and ongoing struggle of a physically and emotionally brutalized Black America."
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