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TODAY in BLACKNESS: Hey Obama, Where’s the Blacks?

On January - 30 - 2009 View Comments

The CBC (Congressional Black Caucus) wants Obama to put more chocolate in the Cabinet. They’re calling for the appointment of John Thompson to be placed as Commerce Secretary.

“Thompson is chairman and chief executive officer of Symantec Corp, the software security company best known for its Norton computer protection products. He is expected to step down in early April.

In a letter to Obama, the caucus members stressed that Thompson is the only African-American leading a major technology company.

The letter, sent last week and obtained Thursday by The Hill, also lists the seven black Cabinet members chosen by President Clinton during his two terms. Obama has selected four African-Americans for Cabinet positions. ” - The Hill

Um, guys? It’s term #1. His seat isn’t even warm yet. He’s JUST GETTING INTO THE GROOVE of things. Plus, have you not noticed that the MAN IS BLACK? We don’t have to continue yelling for mo’ black from the black guy. Should he just hire an all-black cabinet? Screw it. Why not? Let’s make Chocolate City reeeeeally Chocolate City.

Why don’t we all relax for a second before we start demanding more black folk be thrown into the situation? This isn’t a hook-up, folks.

But if he appoints Thompson that would sorta rock. Just sayin’.

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Bill Bradley Sr.

YES 'PRESIDENT ''OBAMA'' WHERE
ARE THE ' BLACKS'' OR HAVE YOU NOW LOST ''SIGHT''... ON ATLEAST HALP OF WHO YOU 'ARE''!!
Bill Bradley Sr.

instead of giving so much of taxpayes money too the crooks of this world, why did'tn the taxpayers receive up front money instead Billions of american tax dollars went right back too many of the very same know ''Goods''
Bill Bradley Sr.

Gay's & others plan to use the newly elected President to spread their filthy lifestyle's
Bill Bradley Sr.

My number ''One''conclusion from the very start of Obama's election to becomming the President, was that 'He was never ment to be the President for Blacks,his life style was centered around people who were not Black at all
muoka

This Conference sounds to be great! They have very interesting panels on identity and a featured panel on Barak Obama and you can also make a real African Safari…
The Institute of Identity Research (IDmap) announces an international conference
on Identity Politics on the Internet to be held in Kenya on the 27th to 29th of
August 2009. The aim of the Conference is to create discourse in the area of
Identity politics on the Internet and other related topics.
The Conference will be graced by several leading scholars who have written and
researched extensively on issues of Identity. We hope that this conference will
result in solutions and better understanding of the problems facing issues of
identity in the contemporary context.
AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
IDENTITY POLITICS ON THE INTERNET
August 27-29, 2009
Organized by Institute of Identity Research (IDmap)
www.idmap-conferences.net
Will be held in Amboseli Wildlife National Park, Kenya
Featured panel: Barack Obama' Election and Kenyan politics of Identity:
Will he identify himself with the World or with his People?

• The Dead line for submission of the Abstracts is 01.05.2009 (200-500 words)
in Word or PDF formats
• The Dead line for submission of full-text papers is 01.07.2009
Preliminary program of the Conference includes the following panels:
• Kenyan 2007 Presidential elections and the Internet
• Traditions and Identity in Kenyan politics: Barak Obama as a Luo
representative of Kenyan identity politics
• Facebook and Identity: do old ethnicity definitions still matter?
• World Identity politics: Case-studies and Comparative Analysis
• Parties and recruitment in the digital world
• Gender, ethnicity and empowerment: what is better to be a white man or a
black woman?
• When religion comes to the Internet: the new ways to build and reinforce
religious identity
• Government on the Internet: new ways to preserve Nation-state and its
identity on the Net
• New English and E-Linguistic: jargon and vocabulary of Internet campaigns
Participants are welcomed to join the following working groups:
• Computers and identity
• Culture and identity
• Mathematical expressions of identity
• Internet and Politics
• Internet Vocabulary
Best Identity MA/PhD Thesis work award:
During the conference the Institute will award the best MA/PhD work submitted
for the evaluation. The work should reveal an original and innovative approach
in the field of Identity with its expression on the Internet. Information
regarding submission procedure can be found on our site or through direct
contact of our Administrators.

www.idmap.net