tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622232437741046135.post7773815706130673555..comments2023-10-03T10:11:11.439-07:00Comments on Tome of the Unknown Writer: Redemptive Blacknessboukman70http://www.blogger.com/profile/03136977500437036141noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622232437741046135.post-5528081870368948592011-04-13T16:23:40.914-07:002011-04-13T16:23:40.914-07:00Ha that is a laugh! First of all Jesus isn't b...Ha that is a laugh! First of all Jesus isn't back. He is a Jew, by blood, which were not black. <br />Second, Obama is no savior.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06973903650818476926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622232437741046135.post-75706030713348854762009-01-12T06:14:00.000-08:002009-01-12T06:14:00.000-08:00Sue,I agree. This past election night was the most...Sue,<BR/><BR/>I agree. This past election night was the most amazing thing I think I've ever witnessed before in my life. I cried with my 14-month-old daughter in my arms. She probably wondered (not for the first time) why her father's so weird. And I agree that Obama is about much more than that. I also agree with Deepa that most people probably didn't get all caught up in the race bit--though I think it was definitely a factor--pro and con. <BR/><BR/>For me, I was just hearing all this "magical Negro" talk and got to thinking. "Redemptive Blackness" is what I came up with. I'm glad you enjoyed it.boukman70https://www.blogger.com/profile/03136977500437036141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622232437741046135.post-38988382343260151442009-01-09T12:50:00.000-08:002009-01-09T12:50:00.000-08:00What a wonderful and thought provoking post. I ha...What a wonderful and thought provoking post. I have to say, though, I think the very election of Obama said quite a bit about this country. Like so many, I have been full on embarrassed by my president for 8 years, and now... You touched on it a bit: with all of America's warts, America is the only place, as Obama likes to say, where his story is possible. A minority has not become president of another industrialized country. Not France, not Canada, not England, nowhere. We elected the candidate that DIDN'T go negative, which goes against everything we knew to be true in politics. And, this candidate was the first to be funded by over 3million contributors. I think it's more than being Democrat, more than being black, more than his intellectualism, I think he's more than the sum of his parts. I think he inspires that hope because he just is. Isn't that a good thing?Sue Jacquettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18239607998896069478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622232437741046135.post-19987311657669726632009-01-05T11:15:00.000-08:002009-01-05T11:15:00.000-08:00Amazing, historically thorough post. And even as ...Amazing, historically thorough post. And even as I am nodding my head up and down at your portentious words--that Obama will ultimately disappoint--I find myself firmly in the camp that still sees the guy as the personification of hope. While I now find myself a little embarrassed to be a part of the culture of "the magical Negro," I defend myself by saying that I (along with much of the country it seems) got caught up in the magic part without being fully engaged with the race part. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing is up for debate...deepahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04591691453280770041noreply@blogger.com