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At 9/16/08, 10:15 AM,  Anonymous said...

so, the more things change, the more they stay the same, huh? actually, not sure i agree 100% with the parallel. Obama may be McGovern-esque, but McCain isnt exactly Nixonian, except in his propensity for being untruthful. also, you forget one key element here. Obama is the first hip-hop generation candidate. I shouldnt have to point this out to you, Jeff, but hip-hop didnt exist in 1972; the racial dynamic in this country was mainly black v. white; asians, latinos, gays, and hokey hockey moms (j/k) hadnt yet emerged as what mccain might call 'special interest groups.' also, the 'war on drugs' didnt exist yet; neither did the crack epidemic or the skyrocketing incarceration rates. white flight was still in full effect as well. 'the wire' hadnt been written nor conceived. There was no Internet. The point being that while race remains at the core of the GOP strategy, the issue itself has become more complex as America has become more consciously multicultural. Also the black vote isnt as pivotal as it once was -- this year it could come down to women who respect their uteruses vs those who want to censor libraries on religious grounds. let's hope there are more of the former. "You're the Man" is a great song, but i'd take D Labrie's "Vote for Barack" over it anyday for Obama. For MCain-Palin, their retro 50s shtick deservers something corny, like "yakety-yak (don't talk back)."

 

At 9/16/08, 10:28 AM,  Zentronix said...

are all yall anonymous posters the same person? i can't please anyone these days. LOL.

 

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At 9/16/08, 2:42 PM,  Zentronix said...

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At 9/20/08, 8:48 PM,  dereklipkin said...

Whoa. Asserting hip-hop's birth year to Jeff Chang is like asserting to Carl Sagan that the surface temperatures on Venus are about 500 degree Celsius. You just don't do it, friend.

I'm just curious, Jeff (can I call you Jeff?): how many people with whom you speak consider the United States to be "post-racial?" That is a new term to me, and a laughable one, at that. It just implies so much that cannot be implied about our country, one that seems to be forever stuck within the quagmire of White Privilege and covert racism.

And, speaking of White Privilege, you may have already read this, but I think this essay by Tim Wise really relates to your comments on the "Obama Waffles." Pretty poignant, and even more important. I suppose conservatives reading it might react with the term "post-racial."

 

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