-
“Remember all that hoopla last year when it was announced that actor Kal Penn would be teaching a class at the University of Pennsylvania? Well, class is in session, and Kumar’s got your syllabus right here. “
-
“I couldn’t shake the feeling that they deliberately wrote this Asian character into the story as a way of mitigating the image of the hordes of evil Asians that populate the movie. Perhaps to appease angry people like myself. “”
-
Caroline Kennedy endorses Obama: “they could feel inspired and hopeful about America the way people did when my father was president…That is why I am supporting a presidential candidate in the Democratic primaries, Barack Obama.”
-
“With news of the formation of an anti-Hillary group called “C.U.N.T.” I think it’s time to discuss the widespread disdain over so-called identity politics…It’s not “petty” for people to read “Citizens United Not Timid” as an attack on women”
-
“I think that there is a fair chance that certain people will try to use the fact that Obama reached the White House as an opportunity to declare that the struggle for civil rights is over.”
-
“Barack Obama didn’t reach out. Hillary Clinton didn’t reach out. “You’d think that the fact that…you’re the ninth most-visible person on TV would equate to having a presidential candidate reach out and have you campaign for them”
-
This is some bullshit: “The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences rejected the NC-17 thriller set in Japanese-occupied China on the grounds that there was not enough Taiwanese participation in the film”
-
More race war alarmism: “Author and race expert Earl Hutchinson says simmering tensions between African-Americans and Latinos could have a huge impact on the ‘08 race.”
-
LOL! “In the wake of Hillary’s staggering defeat in South Carolina, in which she received only approximately 20 percent of the black vote, serious questions have arisen concerning whether or not her husband, Bill Clinton, is Black enough.”
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
dnA wrote:
Carmen,
Gregory Rodriguez does a pretty great job of debunking the alleged conflict between blacks and latinos in politics in a column for the LAT today. It’s pretty gross that Newsweek would reference Hutchinson without noting he is a Clinton supporter.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-rodriguez28jan28,1,5057018.column?ctrack=1&cset=true
Posted 28 Jan 2008 at 11:00 am ¶
Carmen Van Kerckhove wrote:
Thx dnA – will include in tomorrow’s links
Posted 28 Jan 2008 at 11:54 am ¶
Not a Number wrote:
JJ’s still willing to ride both sides of the fence to prove he’s still relevant while vouching for Bill’s “blackness”
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/28/jackson-not-upset-by-clinton-remarks/
Funny that Sen. Ted’s endorsement today will prob help Sen. O gain more Latino and Asian votes ahead in CA, TX, MA, NY, and PA, despite Sen. C’s attempts to “darken” his appeal.
Not so good that beast got let out of cage on Obama, and the temptation to retaliate on their crap (Whitewater, Hillary’s role in attacking the women Bill cheated with while gov/prez, etc) now sits there.
Upsetting that interests of hope and opportunity fall interest group opportunism. First black president or first woman president: fly right and play straight and dump them nasty acts around you who rather win at all costs than fight the good fight. There’s a reason them old hacks never won before…
Good that the Dem party leaders, especially in Congress, said enough of this crap. You can tell there’s some real weird stuff and bad blood left over from Bill’s administration though, especially when they lost all those seats and never got much done. Payback time for Billary…
Sad that it took the media so look to catch on to all this, and they’re using race and gender as the shield and sword when convenient against real issues affecting real people.
Posted 28 Jan 2008 at 1:28 pm ¶
BreakMeAGimme wrote:
George Lopez, where’s your tv show? That’s right, it got dumped, because no one was watching it!
Do any of the serious candidates rely on the star power, versus the political or business name power, during the primaries, as opposed to the general elections? It’s all about fundraising and the nominations, not getting out the vote. You earn just as much credibility and have to deliver the money and the people relationships, not just your ego, right?
The Dems have Latino powerbrokers and student leaders going to bat for them already, and the Republicans do to. Lopez is trying to ride the coattails so he can get media attention again.
The blogger thing is more interesting. VivirLatino shouldn’t take it a “snub” personally. Obama, aloof and goofy as all sin when it comes to the press, has long been known to snub *all* media equally in order to create a no-spin zone for his campaign:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/27/AR2008012702160.html
Neither good nor bad, just different at least. He’s not made any real attempt to “win” press over to his side, whereas Clinton has tried too hard to assume they were already there…
Posted 28 Jan 2008 at 9:17 pm ¶