Letters to the Editor
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nepats
Why are black women overwhelmingly supporting Obama?
-- nepats
Isn't it the oddest thing to be lectured ad nauseam by Joan (!) on the laughable notion that sexism is what ails her candidate's campaign, while she ignores systematically that big nugget right there? As a poster on Jack & Jill Politics said a while back, maybe Black women are quite tired of being a "charity project of the Democratic Party"?
Well, if Black women, Blacks in general, are no longer content to be a "charity project of the Democratic Party"; if Black folks feel they can do a better job managing the country than some of their predecessors - well that's more competition for a great many levers of powers, sure, but also everywhere else, including the media.
Has anyone noticed the increasing presence of very capable Black male and female pundits on Cable news lately? And the rise of Black blogs, socio-political books by Blacks, and Black radio this season??? Phew, it's like opening the window and letting some fresh air in, finally. Serious, engaged, passionate, rational discourse - keeping it real.
That's Joan's competition right there, pushing forth along with Barack's against Clinton. Lots of parallels in the resulting psychology (pathology?) displayed by the Clinton campaign, and for our entertainment, right here on Salon's pages.