Comments on: Black on Black Crime: African-American Politicians No Longer Have to Stick Together

By: [Article Comment]Obama My Brother The President, Again! - The Village Square

[Article Comment]Obama My Brother The President, Again! - The Village Square — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:02:21 +0000

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By: Scholars and Rogues » Beer votes and rock quotes: Nota Bene for 28 September 2009

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:09:19 +0000

[...] a day” … How far we’ve come: Elie Mystal says black politicians no longer have to stick together … But apparently being a fancy-dressing, preciously-coiffed loon is just dandy … Gary [...]

By: emilio

emilio — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:57:13 +0000

In the end what does race really count for? We enter and depart this world, apparently, without sense of self, let alone race. Yet whilst we’re here we tribalize into groups, and differentiate our various groups for various reasons, the most glaringly obvious of which is by what we look like. Why, we even try to stratalize ourselves by intelligence quotient. Our existence on this planet is not only accidental, in geological terms it’s very temporary. Just like the 99% of creatures that ever roamed this planet, we too are marked for extinction. Moral is, enjoy the now, let others live in peace, because the future is a void and our self-importance is just plain vanity, and deep down I think we all realize that.

By: hassia

hassia — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:35:47 +0000

fab article. I have been sick of the old ideaology that all blacks stick together.I also was for Hillary untill it was clear she was not going to win, then I started to look into Mr Obama.I live in Europe so it is not so hard, but when In America I have to explain, that I am not African American,and having street cred is nothing that I desire.

By: Jessica Faye Carter

Jessica Faye Carter — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:52:25 +0000

Nice to see an article where Blacks aren’t portrayed as monolithic. Much of the media assumes a camaraderie among Blacks that is frequently non-existent in real life. Among politicians, it’s obvious that the motivation of Black pols is similar to the rest of the pols: self-interest.

Good piece.

By: Elie Mystal

Elie Mystal — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:45:39 +0000

My sarcasm meter goes all the way to 11.

By: Elie Mystal

Elie Mystal — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:45:11 +0000

Yes. I agree with all of this. But, I distinctly remember Bill Maher saying something to the effect of “in the end, black people came ‘home’ to Obama.” And that’s not really a fair way of putting it. So I think it’s worth pointing out, often, that we’re are well beyond the point where blacks reflexively rally around other blacks, just because they’re black.

By: rockyinlaw

rockyinlaw — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:34:37 +0000

“Obama’s post-racial age” — are you kidding?

By: Sara Libby

Sara Libby — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:27:47 +0000

This seems to be the opposite situation from Colin Powell reaching across parties and endorsing Obama and being met with accusations from Limbaugh and others that it was “all about race.” You certainly don’t see many politicians, black or otherwise, sticking up for Roland Burris.

By: caligula

caligula — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:24:15 +0000

Poor old David Paterson. Interesting point on this issue Elie.