While racism in America does not disappear completely with Obama’s victory, the result of the US presidential elections reflected a significant change, a milestone in the struggle against the racist mindset. More importantly, it symbolized the American people’s clamor for change. But it would take more than the election of an African-American from the Democrats,…
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Lest We Forget: An Open Letter to My Sisters Who are Brave.
BY ALICE WALKER TheRoot.com Posted by Bulatlat ALTERNATIVE READER Vol. VIII, No. 11, April 20-26, 2008 I HAVE COME home from a long stay in Mexico to find – because of the presidential campaign, and especially because of the Obama/Clinton race for the Democratic nomination – a new country existing alongside the old. On any…
O-Bummer – The Man Without a Past for a Country Without a Future
BY WILLIAM BOWLES, http://williambowles.info/ Posted by Bulatlat ALTERNATIVE READER Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 24-March 1, 2008 Harlem, NYC — That both a black man and a woman are the ‘front runners’ in the ‘race’ for the presidency speaks reams about the desperate state of the Union these days, not that the up-coming US election…