tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post1353797878491535378..comments2023-11-03T04:29:29.498-04:00Comments on Paleo-Future: Negro President by Year 2000 (1965)Matt Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09360406896692501416noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-85705139553686006782008-11-08T14:31:00.000-05:002008-11-08T14:31:00.000-05:00Esquire magazine wrote about a black President of ...Esquire magazine wrote about a black President of the USA in 1958, an even bolder thing to do than in 1965.<BR/><BR/>The article is online here:<BR/><BR/>http://www.esquire.com/features/predicting-the-first-black-president-1258<BR/><BR/>Thank [insert favorite deity here] Obama will be our next President! There is a light at the end of the tunnel.<BR/><BR/>America is finally entering the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-16026164733187918202008-11-05T22:02:00.000-05:002008-11-05T22:02:00.000-05:00Thanks for sharing such an interesting article. H...Thanks for sharing such an interesting article. He didn't miss the mark by very much. If Colin Powell would have agreed, we would have had a black vice president years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-76821940684268814762008-08-22T21:51:00.000-04:002008-08-22T21:51:00.000-04:00For those of you wondering, there were 37 black Re...For those of you wondering, there were 37 black Representatives in the 107th Congress.Phil Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05873964045079204344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-24259980968229694982008-05-11T23:15:00.000-04:002008-05-11T23:15:00.000-04:00It should be noted, I believe, that the Delta Demo...It should be noted, I believe, that the <I>Delta Democrat-Times</I> was relatively progressive for a Mississippi paper of the 1960s on issues of race, whereas several of the state's other dailies of the time were beholden to the White Citizens Councils and the state's then-racist political establishment.<BR/><BR/>As others have stated, this is surprisingly accurate, with one notable exception -- it views things in solely black-white terms. But to be fair, I might have then as well; it was in that year of 1965 that changes were made in immigration law, and it would drastically change our society, making it multi-ethnic, multi-racial...even in the American South.VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-23519396823216704972008-05-09T14:03:00.000-04:002008-05-09T14:03:00.000-04:00racism might be comnon but I can honestly say as a...racism might be comnon but I can honestly say as a black man it has little day to day effect on my life. Alot of white people have helped me in my life. <BR/><BR/>The population estimates for NY and Chicago seem right. The one for LA was way off I think it's like 8 percent black. LA became a Mexican city and Compton has as nearly many blacks as LA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-33730730698088400662008-04-06T07:10:00.000-04:002008-04-06T07:10:00.000-04:00Regarding the last paragraph, does anyone have lin...Regarding the last paragraph, does anyone have links to the actual fraction of the population made up by those of African descent in those cities as of 2000? I wonder how well the projections worked out.RichMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10059448317668966899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-70005644832583048622008-04-02T15:27:00.000-04:002008-04-02T15:27:00.000-04:00Not that it's entirely comparable, much less the s...Not that it's entirely comparable, much less the same thing, Allen, but try telling that to the Know-Nothings or Al Smith. <BR/><BR/>But yeah, this is surprisingly accurate, especially given it's from about two weeks before the Voting Rights Act was passed, when there were only (says Wikipedia) about 100 African-Americans in elected positions in the US.jeff n.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15064235001469626273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-24203961567698339292008-04-02T10:13:00.000-04:002008-04-02T10:13:00.000-04:00I find it difficult to imagine that Irish American...I find it difficult to imagine that Irish American Catholics ever had as much difficulty with electability in the US as African Americans.Allen's Brainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15017088126061040113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-91213457707368758762008-04-01T23:43:00.000-04:002008-04-01T23:43:00.000-04:00Sincere racism in the United States has been margi...Sincere racism in the United States has been <I>marginalized</I>, but by no means is it uncommon, among <I>any</I> racial demographic. What ivory tower do you call home, Bob?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-60666097978456107872008-04-01T13:12:00.000-04:002008-04-01T13:12:00.000-04:00Man, it's been a wild ride. From the racist theori...Man, it's been a wild ride. From the racist theories of the 1800's to the atrocities of eugenics, then the transition into the pleasant myth that race doesn't exist and is merely a social construct, on to the discovery that race does exist in genetic terms but that nobody except for nutcases really care about it anymore.<BR/><BR/>If the author were told by a time traveller about how marginalized and uncommon sincere racism has become by now he'd probably dismiss it as unrealistic, hyper-optimistic lies..https://www.blogger.com/profile/12127308959156527284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-43731828777420594522008-04-01T11:20:00.000-04:002008-04-01T11:20:00.000-04:00It's interesting though that he seems to believe t...It's interesting though that he seems to believe the political power of Blacks/AA would increase with a higher number of Black/AA voters, but we'd still be completely devided by issues of race (whites automatically voting for whites and blacks automatically voting for blacks).<BR/><BR/>He's mostly right, it's obvious, but personally I like to believe race is becoming less of an issue as all ecthnic groups are starting to see we're all humans instead. Hey, I can dream...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-26147265321029614842008-04-01T04:43:00.000-04:002008-04-01T04:43:00.000-04:00This shows a pretty stark contract to most other p...This shows a pretty stark contract to most other posts here, in that the contents are quite accurate. There's a black Senator, and there have been others, there are dozens of black Representatives, and there might be a black president in 2008. New York has a black governor. Pretty accurate.wlievenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16162030556669130162noreply@blogger.com