Devil’s Advocate: Rabbi Lerner is Wrong about Rahm
My latest over there can be found here.
Month: November 2008
New Devil’s Advocate Posting
My latest Devil’s Advocate posting on our first modern Muslim president, and it’s not about Obama.
What He Said
President Elect Barack Obama’s victory speech. Yes we can. Obama, Election 2008
I don’t have to worry about Canada this year
h/t David at Joho This is the first time in a long time when I haven’t even had to joke about moving to Canada. I did start thinking, where do Republicans threaten to move to? There really is no country that repressive, except for Saudi Arabia, and I don’t think they’d go there because of all the colored people. Perhaps that’s why they are so intent on tearing this country apart, so they have a place to move to. Election 2008, humor
Election Results Map
2008 Election Results from Google Gadgets powered by Google Election 2008
More on “Obsession” [Updated]
Aziz links to a thorough review of the movie. Josh finds a good break down at TPM. And of course, check out Obsession with Hate. Update: Both Aziz and Svend point me to a new deconstruction by Jews on First. The point is that this fight is bigger than us, and we have many natural allies who can take this apart without making it about identity politics.
Stirring the Pot
My friend Moushumi has a piece up on how immigrants should enter the American discourse on race. I think it’s a good message for the first-generation, but my feeling is that if the second-plus generation doesn’t get it now, they aren’t going to. Election 2008, race
Voting for Obama is Racist
Ta-Nehisi Coates has a piece at The Atlantic that got me thinking. For a white person to vote for Obama is racist. The one drop rule means that they are voting along racial lines. Normally I like Coates’ writing, and I agree with his general sentiment. However, it still seems like we are stuck in the same mode of racial thinking. Obama has one white parent and one black parent. Why is he still considered black? I know there is an element of self-identification involved, but as a society, we treat him as black because of the one-drop rule. Black…