Re: Ishmael Reed: "What Progressives Don’t Understand About Obama" Keeping Cool & Caring" NYT

[alice wellintown]

I'm sure Reed would say, "Amen."  The invisible backpack full of white
privlidges never weighed so heavy on the minds of those who are made
conscious of the contents of its character  now that President Obama
is in the White House and a lot of whites be eatin crow in the kitchen
withe Mexicans.

On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 11:27 AM,  <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
> How does Reed feel about "white progressives" badmouthing Michael Steele and Condoleezza Rice?
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> Laura
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> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Robin Landseadel <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
>>Sent: Dec 12, 2010 10:51 AM
>>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>>Subject: Re: Ishmael Reed: "What Progressives Don’t Understand About Obama" Keeping Cool & Caring" NYT
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>>Unlike white progressives, blacks and Latinos are not used to getting
>>it all. They know how it feels to be unemployed and unable to buy your
>>children Christmas presents. They know when not to shout.
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>>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/opinion/12reed.html
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>>On Dec 12, 2010, at 7:41 AM, alice wellintown wrote:
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>>> The president, the coolest man in the room, who worked among the
>>> unemployed in Chicago, knows too.
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