On Jan 15, 4:45=EF=BF=BDpm, Stevie Nichts <nix2nic...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/opinion/15brooks.html
>
> Both Clinton and Obama have eagerly donned the mantle of identity
> politics.... All the habits of verbal thuggery that have long been used
> against critics of affirmative action, like Ward Connerly and Thomas
> Sowell, and critics of the radical feminism, like Christina Hoff
> Summers, are now being turned inward by the Democratic front-
> runners.
When multi-culti worlds collide, can the tsunami of identity politics
be far behind?
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http://www.wa****ngtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/06/AR2008020600=
044.html
Yesterday's primary voting laid bare a profound racial and ethnic
divide among Democratic voters, with African Americans
overwhelmingly preferring Sen. Barack Obama and Latinos largely
favoring Sen. Hillary Clinton.
The results of preliminary exit polls in nine key states indicate
that Obama attracted the sup****t of two-thirds to nine-tenths of
black voters, except in Clinton's home state of New York. That
pattern suggests that the first-term Illinois senator's strong
appeal among African Americans -- first on display in the South
Carolina primary last month -- is more widespread. It also means
that Clinton is not the automatic heir to the wide popularity her
husband enjoyed among black voters as president. [...]
The divergent choices by minority voters reflect broad issues of
loyalty and identity, observers said, rather than specific
differences in the candidates' stances on issues. "There is so
little distance between the policies, it comes down to
personality, style and name recognition," said Arturo Vargas,
executive director of the National Association of Latino Elected
and Appointed Officials, based in Los Angeles.
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