Comments on: A Post-Election Post In Which I Get All Emotional http://themoderatevoice.com/24124/a-post-election-post-in-which-i-get-all-emotional-stuff/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:37:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/24124/a-post-election-post-in-which-i-get-all-emotional-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-162924 DLS Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:57:56 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/barack-obama/24124/a-post-election-post-in-which-i-get-all-emotional-stuff/#comment-162924 "If you look Black, and you are walking through a wealthy all-white enclave . . . the police aren't going to ask if your DNA be mixed when they toss you in the back of the cruiser."<br><br>As I've stated elsewhere, in different circumstances, today, while too many whites flirting with being patronizing lose emotional control they ought never lose,<br><br>[what is silly -- note idiocy about Reagan, too]<br><br><br><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122593335544203583.html">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122593335544203...</a> <br><br><br>what Marlowe is describing in fact is mentioned in passing (at the end) in describing others whom I hope emerge from obscurity. (Actually, Holder is known already to many, but the others are not.)<br><br>[note not only Washington, but Martha's Vineyard]<br><br><br><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122593315880903557.html">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122593315880903...</a> <br><br><br>The people in the foregoing (latter) are intriguing and respectable, unlike the former (joining so many silly, immature others).<br><br>Who may best enjoy the moment? As I also have said -- the most touching news stories don't involve naive college-campus kiddies or Sixties retreads, but the two centenarians I heard about, at least one of whom voted, who were the children of slaves. They're among those truly entitled to cry as well as marvel at what to those of us who are younger, modern, and mature, was merely a matter of time. “If you look Black, and you are walking through a wealthy all-white enclave . . . the police aren't going to ask if your DNA be mixed when they toss you in the back of the cruiser.”

As I've stated elsewhere, in different circumstances, today, while too many whites flirting with being patronizing lose emotional control they ought never lose,

[what is silly -- note idiocy about Reagan, too]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122593335544203...

what Marlowe is describing in fact is mentioned in passing (at the end) in describing others whom I hope emerge from obscurity. (Actually, Holder is known already to many, but the others are not.)

[note not only Washington, but Martha's Vineyard]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122593315880903...

The people in the foregoing (latter) are intriguing and respectable, unlike the former (joining so many silly, immature others).

Who may best enjoy the moment? As I also have said — the most touching news stories don't involve naive college-campus kiddies or Sixties retreads, but the two centenarians I heard about, at least one of whom voted, who were the children of slaves. They're among those truly entitled to cry as well as marvel at what to those of us who are younger, modern, and mature, was merely a matter of time.

]]> By: Marlowecan http://themoderatevoice.com/24124/a-post-election-post-in-which-i-get-all-emotional-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-162877 Marlowecan Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:17:12 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/barack-obama/24124/a-post-election-post-in-which-i-get-all-emotional-stuff/#comment-162877 Kritt and SD . . . I would argue "mixed race" is a modern overlay of the reality of race in America . . . the "One Drop of Blood Rule" still holds sway, I suspect.<br><br>I recall seeing Chris Rock do a bit on this once. <br>If you look Black, and you are walking through a wealthy all-white enclave . . . the police aren't going to ask if your DNA be mixed when they toss you in the back of the cruiser. <br><br><br>A fine post, Shaun. Kritt and SD . . . I would argue “mixed race” is a modern overlay of the reality of race in America . . . the “One Drop of Blood Rule” still holds sway, I suspect.

I recall seeing Chris Rock do a bit on this once.
If you look Black, and you are walking through a wealthy all-white enclave . . . the police aren't going to ask if your DNA be mixed when they toss you in the back of the cruiser.

A fine post, Shaun.

]]> By: shaun http://themoderatevoice.com/24124/a-post-election-post-in-which-i-get-all-emotional-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-162873 shaun Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:12:30 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/barack-obama/24124/a-post-election-post-in-which-i-get-all-emotional-stuff/#comment-162873 SD:<br><br>You should be thankful that The Moderate Voice's comments policy does not include a clause for banning people for utter stupidity. SD:

You should be thankful that The Moderate Voice's comments policy does not include a clause for banning people for utter stupidity.

]]> By: superdestroyer http://themoderatevoice.com/24124/a-post-election-post-in-which-i-get-all-emotional-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-162865 superdestroyer Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:57:50 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/barack-obama/24124/a-post-election-post-in-which-i-get-all-emotional-stuff/#comment-162865 kritt,<br><br>Every media outlet is describing the win as the first win for an African-American. When was the last time you saw a media outlet as describing President-Elect Obama as being mixed race and raised by his white relatives in a state with less than 3% African-American population? kritt,

Every media outlet is describing the win as the first win for an African-American. When was the last time you saw a media outlet as describing President-Elect Obama as being mixed race and raised by his white relatives in a state with less than 3% African-American population?

]]> By: Kathryn http://themoderatevoice.com/24124/a-post-election-post-in-which-i-get-all-emotional-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-162854 Kathryn Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:44:38 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/barack-obama/24124/a-post-election-post-in-which-i-get-all-emotional-stuff/#comment-162854 I had my moment on election day. I was at a phone bank for Obama and I took a break for a minute and was chatting with an African-American woman sitting next to me. She told me about her 93 year old uncle who never, ever thought he would have the opportunity to vote for a black man for President. I really think you have to be incredibly hard-hearted with no empathy not to at least be momentarily moved by stories like this. I had my moment on election day. I was at a phone bank for Obama and I took a break for a minute and was chatting with an African-American woman sitting next to me. She told me about her 93 year old uncle who never, ever thought he would have the opportunity to vote for a black man for President. I really think you have to be incredibly hard-hearted with no empathy not to at least be momentarily moved by stories like this.

]]> By: shaun http://themoderatevoice.com/24124/a-post-election-post-in-which-i-get-all-emotional-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-162851 shaun Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:36:00 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/barack-obama/24124/a-post-election-post-in-which-i-get-all-emotional-stuff/#comment-162851 krit11:<br><br>I kinda think he does now. krit11:

I kinda think he does now.

]]> By: kritt11 http://themoderatevoice.com/24124/a-post-election-post-in-which-i-get-all-emotional-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-162849 kritt11 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:27:45 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/barack-obama/24124/a-post-election-post-in-which-i-get-all-emotional-stuff/#comment-162849 SD- Obama is mixed race, remember? So he has his pick.<br><br>Shaun- I was emotional too about what the Obama win meant to the long struggle to realize MLK's "dream". But it is worth noting that Jackson found himself fading in importance because he played the race card when it wasn't a factor, while Obama advanced because he largely ignored it, even when it was a possible or probable factor. Wonder if Jesse gets it? SD- Obama is mixed race, remember? So he has his pick.

Shaun- I was emotional too about what the Obama win meant to the long struggle to realize MLK's “dream”. But it is worth noting that Jackson found himself fading in importance because he played the race card when it wasn't a factor, while Obama advanced because he largely ignored it, even when it was a possible or probable factor. Wonder if Jesse gets it?

]]> By: pabel http://themoderatevoice.com/24124/a-post-election-post-in-which-i-get-all-emotional-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-162843 pabel Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:48:11 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/barack-obama/24124/a-post-election-post-in-which-i-get-all-emotional-stuff/#comment-162843 Excellent post, Shaun. I feel the same way you do about Jesse Jackson, but I too choked up when I saw him crying. Many people I've talked to -- white and black -- felt the same way. Excellent post, Shaun. I feel the same way you do about Jesse Jackson, but I too choked up when I saw him crying. Many people I've talked to — white and black — felt the same way.

]]> By: superdestroyer http://themoderatevoice.com/24124/a-post-election-post-in-which-i-get-all-emotional-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-162838 superdestroyer Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:11:06 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/barack-obama/24124/a-post-election-post-in-which-i-get-all-emotional-stuff/#comment-162838 Shaun, <br><br>I wonder which overwhelmingly white private school the Obama will enroll their daughter's? My guess is national catherdral that is 85% white and Asian. <br><br>Also, you should see the business page of the Washington Post about Obama core economics advisors. Everyone an older white male. I guess diversity stops when real results are required. Shaun,

I wonder which overwhelmingly white private school the Obama will enroll their daughter's? My guess is national catherdral that is 85% white and Asian.

Also, you should see the business page of the Washington Post about Obama core economics advisors. Everyone an older white male. I guess diversity stops when real results are required.

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