02-27-2008, 09:44 PM
Mudy thanks for the link. I saw the blogger who talks about Oprah etc - is the the one you were referring to ?
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Ramana, more then studying the candidates and strategic impact on India its absolutely essential to demystify other societies. US is the sone-ki-chidiya right now and India has to build a mental image of the US just like a mental image of India was built back then.
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Anyways an interesting take.
http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=...7293d6a0&k=9716
Post-racial
by Michael Crowley
Even white supremacists don't hate Obama.
Post Date Wednesday, March 12, 2008
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Yet it also reflects the fact that, unlike Jesse Jackson, Obama simply lacks certain cultural signifiers--not to mention an urban-centric policy agenda--that would viscerally threaten racist whites obsessed with maintaining "white rights," ending affirmative action, and cutting off nearly all non-European immigration.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Ramana, more then studying the candidates and strategic impact on India its absolutely essential to demystify other societies. US is the sone-ki-chidiya right now and India has to build a mental image of the US just like a mental image of India was built back then.
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Anyways an interesting take.
http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=...7293d6a0&k=9716
Post-racial
by Michael Crowley
Even white supremacists don't hate Obama.
Post Date Wednesday, March 12, 2008
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Yet it also reflects the fact that, unlike Jesse Jackson, Obama simply lacks certain cultural signifiers--not to mention an urban-centric policy agenda--that would viscerally threaten racist whites obsessed with maintaining "white rights," ending affirmative action, and cutting off nearly all non-European immigration.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->