05-02-2008, 03:56 AM
from above article, ths is very strong idea
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Black nationalism, Dawson explained, refers to a way of thinking that "takes race as the fundamental dividing line in the U.S." and the "primary determinant for making political judgments."
It is a collective identity that can hold the most pessimistic view of the prospects for full equality. That pessimism can tumble into what â to whites at any rate â appears paranoid, as in Wright's avowal that the American government is not beyond intentionally inflicting AIDS on the black community.
Black nationalism can manifest itself in attending the Million Man March or in cheering the acquittal of O.J. Simpson, a reaction that Obama, in an interview with ABC's "Nightline" in March, said made him "ashamed for my own community."
Black nationalism can also find expression in places like Trinity United Church of Christ on Chicago's South Side, where Wright built a huge congregation, including Obama, that identified itself as African-centered and "Unashamedly Black."
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Loury supports Clinton because, he said, Obama's candidacy "is a place where the racial contract is being negotiated and renegotiated," and he simply doesn't want to entrust Obama with that power.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Black nationalism, Dawson explained, refers to a way of thinking that "takes race as the fundamental dividing line in the U.S." and the "primary determinant for making political judgments."
It is a collective identity that can hold the most pessimistic view of the prospects for full equality. That pessimism can tumble into what â to whites at any rate â appears paranoid, as in Wright's avowal that the American government is not beyond intentionally inflicting AIDS on the black community.
Black nationalism can manifest itself in attending the Million Man March or in cheering the acquittal of O.J. Simpson, a reaction that Obama, in an interview with ABC's "Nightline" in March, said made him "ashamed for my own community."
Black nationalism can also find expression in places like Trinity United Church of Christ on Chicago's South Side, where Wright built a huge congregation, including Obama, that identified itself as African-centered and "Unashamedly Black."
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Loury supports Clinton because, he said, Obama's candidacy "is a place where the racial contract is being negotiated and renegotiated," and he simply doesn't want to entrust Obama with that power.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->