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Politics and Culture with Brandon Whitney

Brandon Whitney is an African American writer and political commentator who grew up in Detroit, Michigan and now resides in Washington D.C. He is a frequent contributor to News and Notes’ Blogger’s Roundtable is the main contributor to Homelandcolors.blogspot.com, a blog that focuses on African American issues. He also writes for BlackMeninAmerica.com and MyVoiceDC.com. Brandon is very passionate about issues that affect the African American community and is dedicated to a philosophy that embraces individual action for the benefit of the whole.

The African American Vote

The African American vote has not meant much to the Democratic Party, at least not until recently. Too many politicians idea of African American outreach is campaign literature on car windows at Black churches the Sunday before and election. This is mostly due to the fact that the Republican Party has not created a welcoming environment for African Americans and has not made a serious attempt to win us over as voters which allows the Democratic party to take us for granted. Some of this is the fault of the Black electorate, who do not demand enough from their elected politicians, but for the most part it is the result of the Democratic leadership pandering to independents at the expense of African American issues, that is until this year.

The Obama/Clinton primary battle has created an environment where a Democratic candidate has to fight for the Black vote. Before South Carolina both leading candidates desperately tried to win over the Black electorate. What we do not know yet is whether this attempt to woo Black voters is a fluke or whether this is a permanent change in the Democratic Party. What is apparent is that African American voters have the potential to wield as much power in the Democratic Party as Christian Evangelicals do in the Republican Party if we but make the effort.

We are looking at a time of change in America. Whether this is good or bad is difficult to determine, but what is known is that if the African American people are to gain political and economic parity with the rest of the country it will be because we demand more from politicians and use our numbers as a lever to get what we want. Hopefully the lesson learned from the 2008 primary is that we are worth more that campaign literature on car windows the Sunday before an election.


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	Politics and Culture with Brandon Whitney Brandon Whitney is an African American writer and political commentator who grew up in Detroit, Michigan and now resides in Washington D.C. He is a frequent contributor to News and Notes’ Blogger’s Roundtable is the main contributor to Homelandcolors.blogspot.com, a blog that focuses on African American issues. He also writes for BlackMeninAmerica.com and MyVoiceDC.com. Brandon is very passionate about issues that affect the African American community and is dedicated to a philosophy that embraces individual action for the benefit of the whole. The African American Vote The African American vote has not meant much to the Democratic Party, at least not until recently. Too many politicians idea of African American outreach is campaign literature on car windows at Black churches the Sunday before and election. This is mostly due to the fact that the Republican Party has not created a welcoming environment for African Americans and has not made a serious attempt to win us over as voters which allows the Democratic party to take us for granted. Some of this is the fault of the Black electorate, who do not demand enough from their elected politicians, but for the most part it is the result of the Democratic leadership pandering to independents at the expense of African American issues, that is until this year. The Obama/Clinton primary battle has created an environment where a Democratic candidate has to fight for the Black vote. Before South Carolina both leading candidates desperately tried to win over the Black electorate. What we do not know yet is whether this attempt to woo Black voters is a fluke or whether this is a permanent change in the Democratic Party. What is apparent is that African American voters have the potential to wield as much power in the Democratic Party as Christian Evangelicals do in the Republican Party if we but make the effort. We are looking at a time of change in America. Whether this is good or bad is difficult to determine, but what is known is that if the African American people are to gain political and economic parity with the rest of the country it will be because we demand more from politicians and use our numbers as a lever to get what we want. Hopefully the lesson learned from the 2008 primary is that we are worth more that campaign literature on car windows the Sunday before an election.
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