January 5, 2009
What does it mean to be authentically black?
When Democratic U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush said last week that an African-American should fill President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat, he didn't mean just any black person. He meant an "authentic" black person.
It's fair to say that a Condoleezza Rice, Clarence Thomas or even an Alan Keyes-type wouldn't suffice. Rush meant a black person, such as former Illinois Atty. Gen. Roland Burris, who has a certain street cred, someone considered "black enough."
In 2000, when Rush and Obama competed for Rush's congressional seat, Rush said his opponent wasn't black enough or authentic.
It is indeed that Bobby Rush used the same tactic against his opponent - Barack Obama.
I just hope that someday my people will understand my main argument:
There are BLACK BEST INTERESTS
and then there are OPERATIVES who seek to USE Black people to advance THEIR viewpoint of what those interests are.
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