According to a Duke University professor, Obama has gained the support of a new generation of young blacks precisely because of his “color-blind” approach to politics.
A large majority of the young Democrats who cast ballots in the South Carolina primary voted for Barack Obama. That’s because Obama’s largely “color-blind” approach to racial issues may appeal to young voters who embrace multiculturalism and reject the politics of the old civil rights guard, says a Duke University political science professor who studies race, politics and gender….
“Obama’s message seems to resonate more with a particular generation of African Americans who are relieved by his stance on race,” says Kerry Haynie, an associate professor of political science. “He often leaves race out of it. Removing ‘the burden’ of race may be a relief for some black people. And it’s an idea that may be comforting to a new generation.”
Actually, I can say with a good deal of unimpeachable authority that the color-blind idea is also appealing to many in the old generation as well.
Uh oh, this probably does NOT
bode well for the majority of professors that
RELY on “Yay for our side in the eternal struggle” for their future class enrollment and attendance.
I suspect professional administrators are scrambling, along with teachers unions, to somehow generate an evolving “crisis” in dire need of
evaluation. Keep an eye on the “tenure book” release
lists from university presses.
if that were the case “Actually, I can say with a good deal of unimpeachable authority that the color-blind idea is also appealing to many in the old generation as well” then this blog would not be needed. But until you end all of the discrimination in the world, you will always have money in your pocket. :)
If true, that is the best news I have heard all year about Barack Obama.
If the best statement Kerry can put together includes “seems to”, “some”, and “may” we’re not even reading speculation. This is pure spin.