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Obama's toughest sell for White House bid may be to other blacks by Stephanie Griffith
Thu Dec 21, 4:01 AM ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US political darling Barack Obama has received enthusiastic support for a possible 2008 presidential bid -- except from fellow African-Americans, a group many believed would be among his staunchest backers.
In contrast to the effusive reception Obama has received from white Americans, many US blacks so far have been cool, saying that while they may share skin color with Obama, they do not have a common culture or history.
"Obama did not -- does not -- share a heritage with the majority of black Americans, who are descendants of plantation slaves," wrote African-American newspaper columnist Stanley Crouch last month in an article entitled "Barack Obama -- Not Black Like Me."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061221/ts_alt_afp/usvoteobamarace2008_061221085638
I find this to be disgusting. Is there THE BLACK EXPERIENCE? Most Americans are not only black or white. We all stand at intersections - some of us are white college students others are bi-sexual black men. Speaking for someone else and deciding their heritage is nothing short of essentialist racism.
Thu Dec 21, 4:01 AM ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US political darling Barack Obama has received enthusiastic support for a possible 2008 presidential bid -- except from fellow African-Americans, a group many believed would be among his staunchest backers.
In contrast to the effusive reception Obama has received from white Americans, many US blacks so far have been cool, saying that while they may share skin color with Obama, they do not have a common culture or history.
"Obama did not -- does not -- share a heritage with the majority of black Americans, who are descendants of plantation slaves," wrote African-American newspaper columnist Stanley Crouch last month in an article entitled "Barack Obama -- Not Black Like Me."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061221/ts_alt_afp/usvoteobamarace2008_061221085638
I find this to be disgusting. Is there THE BLACK EXPERIENCE? Most Americans are not only black or white. We all stand at intersections - some of us are white college students others are bi-sexual black men. Speaking for someone else and deciding their heritage is nothing short of essentialist racism.