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TheDogon · (#26 (**permalink**))

Gmahogany wrote:

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He's the elected senator from Illinois not the senator for Black America.

Black officials are in a can't win situation from us.We expect them to be all things for all people.How is he to "serve" black people?

Our heads are so far up our collective asses we can't see straight.

Amen! Boy, some people hate every Black person that doesn't meet their "Blacker than thou" mentality. It's amazing. But, they are entitled to their opinions. I love Obama and hope that he does run for President or Vice Pres in 2008. He would have my vote.

To both of you (AJC & BS), if that is the case, then what the hell is the thread about? Why do we even care that a Black person runs for elected office if they are not expected to particularly serve the African-American community where nearly all other politicians fail (both Dem & Repub)? That's what's wrong with too many African folks. We bend so easily by tokenship when it doesn't mean a damn thing unless the persons elected to office are truly serving us. Does anyone say, "so and so Congressman isn't running for Jewish America, or Hispanic America"??? No. But I wonder why their concerns (especially Jews) are addressed before ours, if ours are addressed at all. So do I really have a "blacker than thou" mentality, or am I just expecting progressive results in our community as opposed to falling for tokenship...and then even with a "Black" elected official...nothing will ever change...but you have your token though, so I guess you can be happy.

I agree with u. On the one hand, we're supposed to be happy and automatically throw our support to Black candidates BECAUSE they're Black, yet not expect them to serve OUR interests as Black people,apparently.If they are just like any other candidates, why should we get hyped up about them? I'll start having the same level of excitement about one of them, as I do about John Edwards, or John Kerry;just let me know.

I don't have anything against Obama, time will tell. I think other groups don't apologize for demanding that people they support serve THEIR interests, be it Jews, or evangelical Christians(even when their numbers are small). Black folks, continue to have a "hat in hand" "we shouldn't ask for too much", "we should just be happy to be here" "we have no power"vibe and demeanor, and other people,(Black politicians included), can smell it on us....They treat us accordingly. Politicians of ANY color, will only do what they are MADE to do. Accountability is the key,rewards and consequences, just like training rats or dogs. Everyone else seems to understand that, except us.

BTW, Stanley Crouch is very intelligent, but he says a lot of asinine sh*t(along with some on point stuff), on myriad topics. I also think he has a bias against non Black Americans. I've heard him say some other suspect ish, on occasion, so his stance on Obama, doesn't suprise me.

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Damn straight!

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