But what about Carrol's explanation that black non-participation (which is certainly not true in Oakland, is it?) is a function of Obama's lingering popularity?
Doug
^^^^ CB; To say there is Black non-participation is not accurate. Not only are there Black people at the main Occupations but several Occupy the Hoods, which have the name "Occupy" because they are participating in the OWS movement. There are fewer Black people criticizing the Occupation than white people. It is doing the work of the 1% to feed into the idea that Black people are somehow more standoffish from the Occupation than white people. Soon there will be a poll showing more support for the Occupation among Blacks than whites, mark my word.