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Brown Man Thinking Hard

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I swore I'd never have a blog - "too much to maintain" was my constant refrain - but when the mainstream media routinely ignored the facts in order to hew to preconceived notions of how this particular presidential race should play out, I had no choice but to do my part to keep my family and friends more fully informed.

Added on: Aug 25th, 2008
Country: United States
Language: English

Author: Kris Broughton
Listed in: Politics Online Activism
Tags: Barack Obama african american election 2008 political commentary democratic nominee

Recent Posts

Brown Man Has His Say On BBC Radio

Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 12:05 in bbc, hate, racism, president obama

I joined a panel yesterday on "World Have Your Say", a BBC Radio show that focuses on hot topics from around the world, to try to answer the question "if it’s not racism, why do some Americans hate President Obama so much?"The online article toutin...
Suffering In The Name Of Freedom

Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 09:07 in china, obama, freedom, palin alternate universe

It's bad for this president to bow to the Japanese, but it's good for the last president to kiss the Saudis.With that kind of logic, I'd hate to think what President Obama should do for the Chinese. After all, what's a couple of trillion between frie...
Senor Dobbs: Adios!

Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 19:45 in cnn, lou dobbs, red brown and blue

It just so happens that I was on the phone yesterday with a staffer from www.RedBrownandBlue.com, asking her about the reception they'd gotten from the black bloggers they'd reached out to recently as they launched their publication - we ended up tal...
Watching By The People: The Election of Barack Obama

Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 10:47 in documentary, Barack Obama, HBO, by the people review

I've been toying around with some comments on the Obama campaign documentary that aired last week, but every time I got started on them, something else came up. Election Night. The Fort Hood shootings. The healthcare bill passing in the House of R...
Can Kasim Reed Leave Maynard Jackson "Amen" Corner Out Of Mayor\'s Race?

Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 14:21 in maynard jackson, kasim reed, atlanta mayor race

Miles Davis might have had the right idea.Sometimes you just need to turn your back to the audience and blow.Bwwwwwwaaaap!What is going on behind the scenes in the city of Atlanta's mayoral race?Bwwwwwwaaaap!Can Kasim Reed win without the help of the...
Saturday Night Special: Healthcare Bill Passes House

Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 04:37 in house democrats, president obama, healthcare bill

It looks like the Affordable Healthcare For America Act, better known as the "healthcare act" if you support it, or "Obamacare" if you are against it, will live to see another day as it moved forward from the House of Representatives about 11 o'clock...