Comments on: Obama and Generation Jones http://voxygen.net/2008/11/obama-and-generation-jones/ Mon, 14 Mar 2011 01:35:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: ~LS~ http://voxygen.net/2008/11/obama-and-generation-jones/comment-page-1/#comment-222 ~LS~ Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:16:00 +0000 http://voxygen.net/temp/2008/11/obama-and-generation-jones/#comment-222 Eh, I guess I have to read Joshie's blog. I mean, you're suggesting that Obama is a token. I'm not sure I agree with that. Also, I'm not sure that someone who doesn't take the "angry ethic" route is a token or is misdirecting social injustice. It seems like you're putting Obama in a double bind of being either a token or an angry black man. Post-identity politics has got to open up the array of choices here for him. I have to reflect on this. Eh, I guess I have to read Joshie’s blog. I mean, you’re suggesting that Obama is a token. I’m not sure I agree with that. Also, I’m not sure that someone who doesn’t take the “angry ethic” route is a token or is misdirecting social injustice. It seems like you’re putting Obama in a double bind of being either a token or an angry black man. Post-identity politics has got to open up the array of choices here for him. I have to reflect on this.

]]> By: Anonymous http://voxygen.net/2008/11/obama-and-generation-jones/comment-page-1/#comment-221 Anonymous Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:34:00 +0000 http://voxygen.net/temp/2008/11/obama-and-generation-jones/#comment-221 Interesting, I share your puzzlement on Gen X vs Jones... but I think there's a big difference between cynicism and skepticism. As for Obama's "post-race identity politics" I'm profoundly skeptical (surprise). If anything, he symbolizes the conservative race narrative, a Horatio Algier success that completely subverts institutional racism and white privilige with tokenism. As Josh notes on his blog, Obama misdirects the "angry Black man" stereotype and the very real social injustices behind the anger.<br/><br/>~Shaun Interesting, I share your puzzlement on Gen X vs Jones… but I think there’s a big difference between cynicism and skepticism. As for Obama’s “post-race identity politics” I’m profoundly skeptical (surprise). If anything, he symbolizes the conservative race narrative, a Horatio Algier success that completely subverts institutional racism and white privilige with tokenism. As Josh notes on his blog, Obama misdirects the “angry Black man” stereotype and the very real social injustices behind the anger.

~Shaun

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