Black-Brown Divide

Obama supporters don't care about knoweldge or experience. They think the President is just some guy who makes speeches--a symbol of unity, more than a hands on person who actually knows how to run the government. It's not American Idol. We have so many important issues facing our country, the economy, the war, the erosion of our civil liberties, and we need a President who knows what to do. The country doesn't just run itself.

Obama needs to go back to the Senate, stop missing votes, and learn how our government works.

I concur with some of the feedback posted in response to this article. Folks like Mr. Earl Hutchinson are tormented by the fact that they can no longer count on making a living by perpetuating stereotypes. Here's an "expert" whose views are informed by personal afflictions and distorted self-perceptions ??? views that he mistakenly feels are vindicated by way of institutional tools: in his case (and just by way of one example), a degree from a non-accredited university (another case of something like the academia enlightening the rest of us?).
I???m a Republican and have picked a candidate to support in the primaries within my Party. Nonetheless, at times I am tempted to vote for Senator Obama in the general election: if anything, to turn the page on American history and conclusively leave folks like Mr. Hutchinson out of business. It really is time to move on to other issues.
The only consequential ???divide??? exists among self-proclaimed leaders in each the black and the ???Latino / Hispanic??? (which as a couple of readers pointed out, can be black or of any other race and are hardly an ethnic group with definite commonalities) communities, folks like Mr. Hutchinson.
Should my pick for the GOP nomination lose the primaries I may support Senator Obama in November. I may not agree with him on many issues ??? I am still a conservative on fiscal and defense issues that I don???t feel he is addressing well enough. But on this particular domestic issue Senator Obama has made inroads that transcend ethnicity, race, etc. ??? he has managed to address the problems we all face as Americans in one way or another and, agree with him or not, he has been able to get us all to pay attention as Americans rather than members of a catalogue of political footballs for folks like Mr. Hutchinson to throw around for a few bucks.
To elect Senator Obama in November and decisively put a lid on guys like this may be worth my first vote for a Democrat for President in my lifetime. Who knows??? maybe I am ???Latino??? and I may be one of those ???Latino??? votes that help Senator Obama win in November after he demolishes Senator Clinton in the primaries, much like he did in South Carolina. Maybe I???m black though??? or white??? or Asian??? does it really matter Mr. Hutchinson? Mr. Hutchinson, don???t underestimate this younger generation of Americans that does not think like you ??? whoever we decide to elect in November, you can bet we???re deciding on our terms and not yours. You need a new job.

I am amazed about how blacks white, brown and reds don't get it. It is called the "media effect". This is something that rings in our heads hours after we hear it. In many cases people take that as it is the bible truth. We get information from outside so that we could use our inner conscience to make good judgements. Due to laziness we think no further. We are lead like sheep. People should start hearing what they are not talking about. Think one step more. There is no race in America, but there is racism. There is no color in America but color codes. Its all for political gains. "The Blacks, The Whites" etc. "Code blue, Code Orange" etc. Think about it. A small group had figured it out. It bring wealth and power.

It's amazing why some Latinos are dispusted for being referred to as "browns." Color I believe is just a way of identifying people even though it's very fluid. In some jurisdictions, Barack Obama, Collin Powel, Booker Washington, beyonce will be considered whites even though in the US they're blacks due to the one-drop rule or one-black blood rule. Even Mariah carrey by such definition is considered black. Are Latinos whiter or lighter-skinned than the above mentioned individuals? I dont think so. I'm very light-skinned and mulatto. On my birth certificate I'm white because my mom is white. However, I'm considered black at school because even though I could "pass" white, I have the very noticeable black features. Notwithstanding, I have not in my life come across any human as white as the color white itself. I think white people are rather pink and I've told my mom she's pink and not white. So those Latinos and Hispanics should come again.

NOT WAY JOSE

HILLARY ARE THE BEST CANDIDATE

ONE FOR TWO .

LET SEE NOV 4-2008

To Wonderwaaall, nicely put without insulting me, but I am not paranoid nor racist (even though we all are racist in one form or another), but how many of you white "liberals" live in predominantly black or latino neighborhoods, not including co-workers how many latinos or blacks do you know? You people like to condemn racism, go to anti-racist/pro-immigration rallies and when it is over, you run to your little white enclaves, where if you see a black man walking down your streets you make sure to get out of his way or hide indoors; being raised in California, East L.A. and Compton are latino and black how many of your white "liberals" go down to that part of town to shop or eat? Many of your kind probably go to Taco Bell or buy a Ricky Martin cd and believe you've discovered "Hispanic culture," or maybe go to a blues bar and buy a Miles Davis cd and say you've experienced "black culture." Take time to go down into those neighborhoods to visit or maybe move down there (without over-pricing the black and latino individual out of their own homes), and say HOLA.

I am Hispanic and my vote most certainly goes to Barack Obama, after all my family and I have more in common with them than I do with the Clinton's. Fellow Hispanics don't forget where Barack Obama came from, does it ring a bell? Viva La Raza!

Conquer and divide. "This divide and conquer keeps change from happening to the detriment of those who have been hurt by the policies that keep the rich, richer and the poor, poorer" Thats what politics and those in power have been doing since the beginning of time. The Republicans want to keep the status quo more then you realize. Keep the "people in conflict" and poor, then they won't have time to see what we are doing.

Think about it. Hillary and old Billy boy know that game well too. Hillary caters to what ever group she is talking to at the moment. I have news for all of you. We ALL have the same problems, we want good jobs, good schools and health insurance. We want good role models for our children. We want our children to have a future. We all want the same things for our families, our children and the world we live in. Hillary and the republicans the old establishment want us to think in a box, as singled out groups. They do not want us to work togther as one! They do not want us to break the status quo. They do NOT want us to work as one to make a better world for us and our children! Their empire would come tumbling down! Think how much we can accomplish if we ALL work together! Hillary also is the favorite of woman, like, "WOW" the first woman president! But guess what folks, When Obama wins, he opens the door, not only for men of all ethnicities but for ALL women no matter what color her skin is! Obama is the only one that tells each group he stands in front of that we need to UNITE to get things done!