Comments on: The Obama Effect http://helenl.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/the-obama-effect/ where I'm a Rank Stranger Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:41:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jessie Carty http://helenl.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/the-obama-effect/#comment-55209 Jessie Carty Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:23:54 +0000 http://helenl.wordpress.com/?p=4195#comment-55209 I hate being pessimisstic on these things but is it even a battle that is ever measurable? i think that is where i get daunted by the discussion. what makes the final equality? is it the opportunity to do things? because everyone can go to college and apply for the same jobs? when does it stop being an issue and instead just be life? i talk myself into circles :) I hate being pessimisstic on these things but is it even a battle that is ever measurable? i think that is where i get daunted by the discussion. what makes the final equality? is it the opportunity to do things? because everyone can go to college and apply for the same jobs? when does it stop being an issue and instead just be life?

i talk myself into circles :)

]]> By: helenl http://helenl.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/the-obama-effect/#comment-55208 helenl Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:53:10 +0000 http://helenl.wordpress.com/?p=4195#comment-55208 Thanks for your comments, Jessie and Jana. I guess my question is this: Does black people's perception really matter? Or just the provable? Are race relations better because "we" think they are, or will things come to a head once again some time in the future, when blacks realize they still don't have the wealth and power that white people do? (i.e., Will they still want "forty acres and a mule"? And should they get it?) More questions than answers, right? Fighting racism is not for the faint of heart. Thanks for your comments, Jessie and Jana.

I guess my question is this: Does black people’s perception really matter? Or just the provable? Are race relations better because “we” think they are, or will things come to a head once again some time in the future, when blacks realize they still don’t have the wealth and power that white people do? (i.e., Will they still want “forty acres and a mule”? And should they get it?) More questions than answers, right? Fighting racism is not for the faint of heart.

]]> By: Jana Allard http://helenl.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/the-obama-effect/#comment-55207 Jana Allard Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:45:03 +0000 http://helenl.wordpress.com/?p=4195#comment-55207 I'm not sure if things are better or not. In some ways, I see things worse and some ways better. I think it really depends on what one is looking for. If you look for the good, you can find it or, if you look for the bad, it will be found, too. I would tend to agree it is more perception than reality. I’m not sure if things are better or not. In some ways, I see things worse and some ways better. I think it really depends on what one is looking for. If you look for the good, you can find it or, if you look for the bad, it will be found, too. I would tend to agree it is more perception than reality.

]]> By: jessiecarty http://helenl.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/the-obama-effect/#comment-55201 jessiecarty Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:55:15 +0000 http://helenl.wordpress.com/?p=4195#comment-55201 sadly, it seems like an almost impossible thing to guage. I'm reading Blink right now by Malcolm Gladwell and he talkes about how even he, biracial, has his own stereotypes about whites and blacks (who is good versus bad) etc. very interesting read. i think, if nothing else, it has made people more thoughtful about the issue again. did you see that they have elected an african american mayor of philadelphia, mississippi where that movie mississippi burning was set? and the city is 55% white. that is some nice news :) sadly, it seems like an almost impossible thing to guage. I’m reading Blink right now by Malcolm Gladwell and he talkes about how even he, biracial, has his own stereotypes about whites and blacks (who is good versus bad) etc. very interesting read.

i think, if nothing else, it has made people more thoughtful about the issue again. did you see that they have elected an african american mayor of philadelphia, mississippi where that movie mississippi burning was set? and the city is 55% white. that is some nice news :)

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