SPIEGEL Interview with Michael Eric Dyson about the race issue:

[Call Me Wesley]

Race Is a 'Tough Tightrope for Obama'

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In a SPIEGEL interview, sociologist and Georgetown University professor Michael Eric Dyson explains why Barack Obama can't be emotional, his similarities with Martin Luther King, black self-hatred and the shades of black success.

SPIEGEL: Professor Dyson, the polls show Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama clearly ahead of Republican candidate John McCain. The Republican Party's standing in the polls seems to have hit rock bottom, and the financial crisis is helping Obama. Has he already won the election?

Michael Eric Dyson: Certainly. If he were a white man, he'd be up by 15 to 20 points in the polls. But there are many Americans who -- regardless of the intelligence or the profound political persuasion of a figure like Barack Obama -- will never vote for a black man. Not all of them are racists; some are skeptical, and some are suspicious.

Full interview here

[Karenina]

1. Good piece!

Danke! :kick:

[Call Me Wesley]

2. You're welcome!

DER SPIEGEL has a nice online English section, worth checking it out from time to time, especially if you want to know how Europeans look at the U. S. election.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/

[Heidi]

3. Kick.

:kick:

[CakeGrrl]

4. That's why Joe Biden is so effective as the #2

He can express and embody the Obama camp's frustration with RW stupidity and inanity without incurring the level of backlash, or making people nervous about it, though Obama has more right than anyone to be angry about what's being said about him, his policies, and his campaign. Unfortunate but true.

[Heidi]

5. As much as I love Joe Biden, I absolutely _loathe_ that

some people refuse to hear our nominee's message without a white "filter" between him and them.

Good morning, CakeGrrl! :hi: