In today's Huffington Post Alec Baldwin showcases the tact of his hometown paper. Can we really say that race isn't an issue in this election?
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In another slant to election news, I've been getting into some heated arguments recently over race in this sensational election. I must really like to argue because, frankly, no candidate has yet to capture my imagination. In fact, each time I hear Obama and Clinton talk about race and gender, I get annoyed. I'm a cynic, and amid all the left wing, grassroots fanaticism over this election, I often feel like I'm the only one. As Kameelah Rasheed wrote today on WireTap:
"When I say that I need more, this is the more I need. I need an alternative. I need more then the recycled script of hope. I cannot be hopeful when a candidate proclaims that the same free-market that binds me can also free me. I am not hopeful when candidates dance around and do everything but explicitly talk about racial politics. Hope requires not only the articulation of a one-syllable word, but the transformation of our values and structures so that this hope is grounded in some realistic possibility for change. I cannot hope for an end to poverty when that hope is confronted by the abruptness of continuing labor exploitation."
Give me more than dreams.
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