tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post7387380718930572921..comments2024-03-22T20:34:13.792-05:00Comments on Indomitable | The online home of Chauncey DeVega: Was President Barack Obama's Election the "Mount Everest" of Black Politics and the Black Freedom Struggle?Lady Zora, Chauncey DeVega, and Gordon Gartrellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09138154899923808806noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-20948301311361174772013-05-14T10:44:05.868-05:002013-05-14T10:44:05.868-05:00Do you have any video of that? I'd like to fin...Do you have any video of that? I'd like to find out some additional information.<br /><br />Visit my blog; <a href="http://www.explorethecapabilities.com/louisvuittonoutlet.html" rel="nofollow">Louis Vuitton Bags</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-82226304741478310602013-05-14T08:47:05.175-05:002013-05-14T08:47:05.175-05:00Hello, i think that i saw you visited my blog so i...Hello, i think that i saw you visited my blog so i came to “return the favor”.<br />I am attempting to find things to enhance my website!I suppose its ok <br />to use a few of your ideas!!<br /><br />My page ... <a href="http://www.explorethecapabilities.com/cheapjerseys.html" rel="nofollow">Wholesale NFL Jerseys</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-71517123156629221792013-05-13T15:46:10.218-05:002013-05-13T15:46:10.218-05:00What's Going down i'm new to this, I stumb...What's Going down i'm new to this, I stumbled upon this I've found It absolutely useful and it has aided me out loads. I hope to give a contribution & aid other users like its helped me. Great job.<br /><br />Also visit my web-site <a href="http://www.explorethecapabilities.com/michaelkors.html" rel="nofollow">Michael Kors Canada</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-44837094268407179912013-05-12T03:36:14.461-05:002013-05-12T03:36:14.461-05:00Remarkable issues here. I'm very glad to see y...Remarkable issues here. I'm very glad to see your article. Thanks so much and I'm looking ahead <br />to touch you. Will you kindly drop me a mail?<br /><br /><br />Feel free to surf to my web page; <a href="http://www.wsmisports.com/louisvuittonoutlet.html" rel="nofollow">Louis Vuitton Bags</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-78666639424991728802013-05-07T12:07:17.775-05:002013-05-07T12:07:17.775-05:00OBAMA IS NOT EXPLOITING THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
The ...OBAMA IS NOT EXPLOITING THE BLACK COMMUNITY.<br /><br />The LACK OF "BLACK COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONAL INTEGRITY" IS SHOWING.<br /><br /><br />OBAMA was sold BY THE "Black Racial Services Machine" as the VEHICLE TO CONFOUND THE RIGHT WING. This was SOLD as "The Black Agenda".<br /><br /><br />Yet if people were honest and would note that this same slight of hand was used at the LOCAL LEVEL as the Progressives got local power by channeling Black grievances into POLITICAL POWER.<br /><br /><br />Sadly after the local politics have run their course and so much of the promises to Black people have not been fulfilled - INSTEAD OF SEEING THE BLACK COMMUNITY defend its integrity FROM POLITICS - it instead chose to MAKE A NATIONAL RUN.Constructive_Feedbackhttp://functionalculture.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-12100365510014870232013-05-06T16:53:29.008-05:002013-05-06T16:53:29.008-05:00I've asked this repeatedly and never get an an...I've asked this repeatedly and never get an answer... what is it exactly that Barack Obama should/must do for Black people? Is there even a consensus on what we need as a community? We are in our current position because of racism to be sure but A LOT of what's wrong with us as a community is apathy. We need to rid ourselves of the notion that some messiah is going to come and show us the way. Who picked up the baton from Martin and Malcolm? What did they accomplish? If Black folks really want political influence we need to separate ourselves from both political parties and make them work and earn our vote. We should support candidates that support our agenda (if we can figure out what it is).BrookLyn1825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-16011003409899794792013-05-05T17:55:49.356-05:002013-05-05T17:55:49.356-05:00What the election of a black President does is pro...What the election of a black President does is provide cover for all <br />manner of civil rights rollbacks. The racist criticism, the obviously <br />racist challenges to the Voting Rights Act and the even more obviously <br />racist voter ID laws are explained away by the mantra "America can't be <br />racist. We elected a black man to be President twice." The entire <br />notion of racism has been fundamentally changed. <br /><br />There was much<br /> GOP faux hand-wringing over their defeat in the last election, but <br />there hasn't been any real soul searching. Their line of attack is <br />clear. Rather than renounce racism and explain how their method of <br />governance can help ALL people, they have chosen to suppress the vote of<br /> people who recognize their true colors. What keeps most of the public <br />from viewing this as a nakedly racist action is the "colorblindness" <br />that Obama's election supposedly represents.Miles_Ellisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-6636403285792010592013-05-02T20:00:02.131-05:002013-05-02T20:00:02.131-05:00I think black folks are placed in an untenable pos...I think black folks are placed in an untenable position. Many are not happy with much of what Obama has done. How could we be? However, all of the more irrational and unfounded criticism of him, which we know is based on his race, prevents us from ganging up on and rather defending him. What are we to do? Feed the racist claims of him being "the worst president" when we know that is simply not true for those that are the very same entrenched that are currently benefiting from his policies, even as they make the claim? Or mar the historical significance of the first black president by, lending our gripes to what is being projected, not only about him but about the possibility of any future black presidents? He is being touted as an inept negro. By the time that they get through with him, if we were to lend this claim legitimacy, would ensure that there will not be another black man elected president ever. I think it is more than just the present but, a historical imprint at stake here.SabrinaBeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-77650108486814009572013-05-02T18:52:39.942-05:002013-05-02T18:52:39.942-05:00Nah. Although they are about the same degree of bl...Nah. Although they are about the same degree of blackness. Quiet as a cap, we still have yet to have a black president. We've had a faux black president. We've had a white man in black face.Ben Grimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-19548439155923597682013-05-02T18:44:38.663-05:002013-05-02T18:44:38.663-05:00It is a failure of leadership. The people have bee...It is a failure of leadership. The people have been subjected to sophisticated propaganda/brainwashing. It's the leadership's job to explain the Obama deception to the lesser informed. The people have been exploited; especially those on the other side of the Internet divide. They, sheep that they are, are relatively innocent. The failure resides with black leadership. And it is abysmal.Ben Grimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-42469718634823718912013-05-02T12:21:55.828-05:002013-05-02T12:21:55.828-05:00Both really. It's a fact that much of the oppo...Both really. It's a fact that much of the opposition to PBO is racially motivated and Mitt would have been worse on key issues. So folks supported PBO in response to that. It's also a fact that too many folks are living vicariously through both Obamas and have no interest or ability to make political demands. <br /><br /><br />I mean you might be happy on some level to walk into an auto dealership and see that a black man is general manager/owner. But you still have to negotiate. You don't tell the salesman whatever he says is good because you're just happy the gm/owner is black.Shady Gradyhttp://theurbanpolitico.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-9113708707540908772013-05-02T12:05:36.491-05:002013-05-02T12:05:36.491-05:00I thought you were going to go to Clinton, our fir...I thought you were going to go to Clinton, our first "black" President?chauncey devegahttp://wearerespectablenegroes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-67558079658356496082013-05-02T12:05:16.181-05:002013-05-02T12:05:16.181-05:00Cosign. Is this a failure of leadership or the peo...Cosign. Is this a failure of leadership or the people?chauncey devegahttp://wearerespectablenegroes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-56370786166246968392013-05-02T09:07:20.027-05:002013-05-02T09:07:20.027-05:00All I know is that after 2016 I never want to hear...All I know is that after 2016 I never want to hear black voters, intelligentsia or political leaders complain about the employment rate or lack of black people in key cabinet positions or a host of other things on which they've been quiet under PBO.<br /><br /><br />It is incredible to watch Hispanic Americans use a 71% pro-Obama voting record to force action on behalf of people who aren't even citizens while Black Americans, who voted well over 90% for Obama, are quiet while the Voting Rights Act and race based affirmative action are on the verge of being significantly trimmed if not eliminated. But so it goes.Shady Gradyhttp://theurbanpolitico.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-60756841487830142013-05-02T08:44:42.406-05:002013-05-02T08:44:42.406-05:00"what would be a better and more accurate ana..."what would be a better and more accurate analogy?"<br />George Bush in black face. Triple corking. A black man pretending to be a white man pretending to be black while pretending to be white.Ben Grimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-77476339538687196972013-05-02T01:05:45.109-05:002013-05-02T01:05:45.109-05:00I agree Hispanics and Latinos have been leveraging...I agree Hispanics and Latinos have been leveraging their political capital. We sit there with our hands open. A stunning lack of coordination and consequences. If you are willing to give it away for free, why would anyone pay for your goods?chauncey devegahttp://wearerespectablenegroes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-41995384573449699102013-05-01T23:09:34.647-05:002013-05-01T23:09:34.647-05:00Expecting the government to look out for people wa...Expecting the government to look out for people was over in 1980. So when PBO was elected I wasn't expecting much. I thought anyone expecting him to have an obvious black agenda was smoking sherm. <br /><br />I believe that expecting the man to carry our weight cost us an opportunity to advance our collective position. In my eyes there's no excuse for things being what they are right now.Vic78noreply@blogger.com