(Akiit.com) Whether by calculation or coincidence, Hillary Clinton and Republicans who have attacked Barack Obama for elitism have struck a chord in a long-standing symphony of racial codes. It is a rebuke that gets magnified by historic beliefs about what blacks are and what they have no right to be. ...
(Akiit.com) There’s a good and bad note for Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama in the recent exit polls of white voters in Democratic primaries. The good note is that by a lopsided majority of six to one whites said that race was not a factor in considering whether to back ...
(Akiit.com) Several weeks ago Barrack Obamas’ pastor the Reverend Jeremiah Wright of the Trinity United Church of Christ came under fire for making what were considered several controversial comments concerning America’s foreign policy, its treatment of people considered Third World such as Black South Africans, their support of apartheid and ...
(Akiit.com) Hey, what happened to all those people who wondered whether Barack Obama was “black enough†to win black votes? Now all I hear is people asking whether he’s too black to win white votes. Those who walk the highwire of crossover politics—black to white and back again—must strike a ...
(Akiit.com) African-American voters will help insure that Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama keeps his slight edge over Hillary Clinton—for now. They will not help him beat John McCain if he eventually gets the Democratic nomination. Yet it’s still a virtual article of political faith that a strong, united, and crusading ...
(Akiit.com) There is an adage that the most segregated hour in America is at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday morning. Therein lies the difference in reaction to the recently released videos featuring provocative statements by Sen. Barack Obama’s pastor for the past 20 years, Dr. Jeremiah Wright. Most African Americans who ...
(Akiit.com) BARACK Obama, it is commonly said, “transcends” race. This is a polite way of saying he is not Rev Jesse Jackson or Rev Al Sharpton. Like Nelson Mandela, he offers liberation from a shameful past. With Jackson and Sharpton, there is no getting off the hook so easily: there ...
(Akiit.com) While the debate rages on about whether Geraldine Ferraro’s comments about Barack Obama were racist, there’s no doubt that what she said was ignorant. Or to be kinder, perhaps just uniformed. To recap, Ferraro told a reporter, “If Obama was a white man he wouldn’t be in this position. ...
(Akiit.com) Since when did being black in America become “Lucky“, Ms. Ferraro? One of the most absurd things I have heard lately came from the Clintons and their surrogates. Oh, the Clintons! I used to admire them. Well, at least one of them. Now, I feel nothing but utter disgust ...
(Akiit.com) Power to the people! Let’s get it on! No more debates – last one in Austin, Texas between Democratic candidates Senator Barack Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton; at times polite, contemptuous; especially Clinton’s swipe at Obama (reference Plagiarism) stating Obama represents “Change you can xerox!†– crowd booed! Obama ...
(Akiit.com) Here’s what a spokesperson for Democratic Presidential contender Barack Obama said when he got wind of former Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan’s virtual endorsement of Obama’s White House bid, “Senator Obama has been clear in his objections to Minister Farrakhan’s past pronouncements and has not solicited the minister’s ...
(Akiit.com) There is a saying – “God cannot change the truth.†I’m an African-American political independent. The purpose of this article is not to debate the merits of belonging to a certain political party nor to pursue political converts. The purpose is to clarify history and to ask does the ...