[lbo-talk] Occupy the hood revisit

[123hop at comcast.net]

Well, then, Carrol might have a point. Too bad Obama did nothing while in office to change the regime of mass incarceration for blacks and voter disenfranchisement. 

Joanna

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On Dec 18, 2011, at 12:54 AM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote:


> 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? 
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> Any data to back that up?

Which, his lingering popularity or nonparticipation? The lingering popularity is enormous:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/149351/obama-job-approval-sinks-new-lows-among-whites-hispanics.aspx

Dunno about nonpart, which would be hard to poll.
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