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February 18, 2007

Are there two blogospheres, black and white?

Jack and Jill Politics, a blog found via MyDD, has two excellent posts on the issues of race and the blogosphere:

Building a United Front and a Better Future for All Americans, is an in-depth look (by blog standards), at how race impacts American politics in the progressive blogosphere:

For progressives, it is essential that we do a better job understanding this dynamic than our competitors for the nation's hearts and minds. The demographics of our country are changing rapidly. This has the potential to create a solid base of power for progressives if we tap and expand traditional alliances among minorities, liberals, labor and spiritual communities. Costly missteps such as those seen in the 2004 election cycle that will undermine this fragile connection can be avoided with greater awareness and discussion.


The Trouble with Francis - Whitosphere vs Blackosphere, addresses the issue of Francis L. Holland, the African-American blogger recently kicked off DailyKOS:

Calling sympathetic people "racists" and generally adopting a defensive, belligerent, aggressive stance is not likely to open constructive dialogue. What happened was that the discussion became about that instead of some valid points Francis brought that clearly resonate with other black bloggers

Also, while you're at Jack and Jill, check out one of the most diverse blogrolls in the 'sphere.

Posted by Mel at February 18, 2007 2:08 PM

Comments

In a mashup of two post topics, I offer this random factoid: in my two days farting around in Second Life, I believe I only bumped into one black avatar.

Huh.

Posted by: shelby [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 19, 2007 1:31 PM

Would-be progressives whose agenda does not include a frank discussion of the issues specific to people of color are easy prey for the same divide-and-conquer faction who deny a woman’s right to choose or same-sex partners to be a family. Social exclusion in its many forms generates the same strong feelings. Intolerance is intolerance.

Posted by: ProgReader1 [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 20, 2007 12:09 AM

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