Race featured on NR

NR finally addressed in an article yesterday what so many people choose to ignore or underscore the importance of: race. In "Black like Me: An overload of identity politics,"  Kathryn Jean Lopez talks about how many black magazines that never endorsed candidates before are now backing Obama. "Vibe," "Black Enterprise," and "Ebony," along with celebrities such as Sophie Okenedo, Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys, and Jennifer Hudson, all support Obama. "At this critical moment in history, Black America --and much of the nation-- are on the verge of realizing a long-awaited dream, a Black man in the White House," CEO Linda Johnson Rice said in "Ebony."

The article then talks about how ironic it is that people are shocked with the idea of Powell's endorsement of Obama having to do with race.

"On change, Obama is, like John McCain, a U.S. senator who is running against Washington. In this way he follows the footsteps of Mitt Romney. (Yes, Mitt Romney.) He echoes Sean Hannity (yes, the Sean Hannity) who continues to repeat Romney's 'Washington is broken' theme near daily. On this theme, he isn't all that unlike the maverickyness of Sarah Palin and John McCain. What makes him different? Could it be ... race?"

"I know Powell's 'inclusive'-'ability to inspire' endorsement sure sounded like it had to do with race. And I definitely know what I'm reading in the hip-hop and black mags. This election is about race to a whole lot of people ..."

FINALLY. Somebody is admitting that race is playing a factor for voters! But yea ... I thought this was an excellent article because it was not slanted conservatively at all, even though this is a conservative publication, and it talked about this important issue that is too often ignored. Other publications either ignore race all together, focus on how race is not an issue, or focus on one side accusing the other of playing the race card. This piece just showed how all these black magazines and people are support Obama because of race, and how it is definitely an issue affecting people. 

And another note, I also liked how NR admitted how Obama and McCain are not all that different either ......