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Barack Obama's presidential campaign, until now, has benefited from a strong undercurrent of black nationalism among African-American voters, a racial pride and solidarity that have swelled support and muffled criticism.

What the he** is "black nationalism"? I thought nationalism had to do with loyalty to your country, not to a skin color, and they wonder why racism is alive and well.

2 posted on 05/01/2008 9:52:48 PM PDT by calex59
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To: calex59

What the he** is “black nationalism”?

Hannity’s going to do something tonight (Fri.) on that.


10 posted on 05/02/2008 12:10:19 AM PDT by llandres (I'd rather be alive and bankrupt than dead and solvent)
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To: calex59

So true.


12 posted on 05/02/2008 12:22:23 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (Buy a Mac ...)
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To: calex59
What the he** is "black nationalism"? I thought nationalism had to do with loyalty to your country, not to a skin color, and they wonder why racism is alive and well.

There is a difference between a "nation" and a "country". The USA used to be one "nation" of Americans with some small enclaves of other "nations" who did not regard themselves as Americans. Those relatively small nations of Blacks and Mexicans are now growing enough in political power to divide this country into separate "nations" at each others throats (literally in Los Angeles and other places). Add to this mess the "Nation of Islam" and we may have a civil war far more destructive than the 1861-65 North versus South war which killed only about 700 thousand Americans (out of 35 million).

13 posted on 05/02/2008 1:11:06 AM PDT by Solitar ("My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them." -- Barry Goldwater)
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To: calex59; big'ol_freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; Larry Lucido; Diplomat; honolulugal; Dysart; ..
Re: To many, Gillespie among them, Obama's problem is that he has never made explicit what, beyond symbolism, his election would do for black America. Now, he is rejecting Wright's racial agenda without having clearly articulated his own.

Hey, Rev Wright nailed it, I guess. Then... that must mean nObama is attacking the Black Church!

17 posted on 05/02/2008 6:10:50 AM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: calex59

“But his repudiation this week of his longtime pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., may unleash a more open debate in the black community”

I think Wright asked himself if Obama gets elected, what’s in it for me and concluded not much. It would certainly put a damper on the KKK of America thing. I think blacks are invested in keeping the race card alive and well. Helps them get what they want.


18 posted on 05/02/2008 9:56:31 AM PDT by y6162
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