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Now What? The Aftermath of the Obama Speech
By Rashad
Senator Barack Obama decided to take a risk yesterday. He could have easily denounced his former pastor’s words and the person himself to appease himself to the “on the fence” voter. He could have listened to the pundits that have labeled him a fraud because he preaches about unity, but attends the [...]
Obama’s Pennsylvania Speech (Transcript and Video)
Borrowed the idea from our friends over at Jack and Jill politics, below is a copy of the speech transcript and the published video directly from Barack Obama’s website. Be on the lookout in the coming days for some great commentary from the family of black blogs, including a possible surprise from this site.
As Prepared [...]
Not Your “Trophy” First Lady??
Last month I posted a video about Michelle Obama and we’ve all seen the circulating picture that culminates black love and speaks a thousand words. Michelle Obama is a great woman, a role model, and the most supportive wife I think any minority presidential candidate could have. Barack is the lucky one. So why is [...]
7Mar2008 | Kimberly | 3 comments | Continued
President Bush does Africa right
What will G Dub’s legacy be when he leaves office? September 11th? The Florida recount? The “fool me once…shame on you; fool me twice…I won’t be fooled again” quote?
I’m sure we can all create a laundry list of negatives when it comes to our beloved leader, but Africa, we have to give him some props. [...]
Are you happy now?! … probably not
Barack Obama once again disassociated himself with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrkhan at the final presidential debate Tuesday.
“I obviously can’t censor him, but it is not support that I sought. And we’re not doing anything, I assure you, formally or informally with Minister Farrakhan,” he said.
Read more about it here.
A YBP Facebook Debate: Barack vs. Hillary pt. 3
Parts 1 and 2.
I didn’t watch the debate live, but I did catch the videos on CNN. Here is the last half of my debate with Tahani (via IM) regarding Barack and Hillary. Be sure to leave your comments and join the discussion!
(Before yesterday’s debate)
Tahani: I’m not saying Hillary is more right than Barack. All [...]
Check It Out
If you haven’t added TheRoot.com to your regular reading of issues affecting black Americans, perhaps its time to start.
There’s some good stuff about Obama not attending Tavis Smiley’s State of the Black Union for the second time in a row; The Bush Family’s slave-holding past and the Blackness Diet.
A YBP Facebook Debate: Barack vs. Hillary pt. 2
Part 1 can be found here.
Fredric: Interesting points.
First, I’ll go ahead and relent that your particular political knowledge of ‘what did he vote for, what did he not vote for’, especially in Illinois, is a lot more tight than mine. While I understand the questions around ‘why would he take a neutral ground on an [...]
Stop responding to every dam thing cracker has to say whether good bad or indifferent, the first baby mama was ...
THAT WAS FABULOUS!!!!! She killed it. Yep, there'll be some ugliness, but who cares. She made an awesome statement (whether ...
luv it;) 
Leaving Obama aside on this, I found it quite interesting. I'm not American, but even I found it slightly uncomfortable ...
What does Obama have to do with this? Unbelieveable. Why is it when black folk do something that is not ...
‘SEE! SEE! I told you! They are already replacing the National Anthem!’
OMG I bet some people will actually say that! ...
No doubt. It's heating up now, though. Google Trends is spiking with searches for 'Black National Anthem' and 'LIft Every ...
I say more power to her. I do not find it disrespectful at all. However, I'm sure FOXNEWS ...
Check out all the confused faces, lol. They are like 'wtf' 
Interesting article. I think God-centeredness makes life better, even our business experiences. BUT...
I am not sure that it's appropriate in ...