So whats new? Blacks like to act like ALL other races besides whites are on their side. Guess what? Asians HATE you, middle eastern people hate you, mexicans hate you. In fact WHITES are more tolerant of blacks than ANY other race out there!

These professors are both community activist and instructors, so their personal opinions have nothing to do with their place of employment but everything to do with the ethos of liberal arts education in this country.

The political machine is all about constituency and strategy. It appears that these gentleman are simply employing techniques that have been used by minority groups throughout the history of U.S. Women, Jews, Homosexuals, Latino/Latinas- there’s nothing NEW, or morally questionable about the ideas being express.

(Doesn’t Mary Norwood have a constituency? – I wonder what THEY look like… what’s THEIR economic status? Do THEY have healthcare ?)

Perhaps the roll call of “minority groups” is what’s really at the core of this issue. It seems that the status quo has been a lot more agitated by the “other” as of late. The fear of losing power seems to be at the core of all of this (on both sides.)

If you need proof as to whether or not racism is still an issue, simply look at some of the above post. We still have a lot of maturing to do as Americans, regardless of who’s in the White House.

While the teachers are employed by Clark Atlanta University, let us not forget that they do not represent the views of everyone at the school, nor were they representing the school in their electoral strategies memo.

So whether one likes it or not, they have a right to voice an opinion about what they believe and what they feel is best for Atlanta’s African American electorate and for Atlanta.

We all have a right to disagree or agree with points made. However, it is obvious that race is an issue here in Georgia–look at some of the absolutely blatant racist posts that have been sent about this matter.