In 2008, then Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin gave a speech to an adoring group of supporters. She chided elitist urbanites and “appealed” for supporters of the “The Real America” to come forward. Palin’s populist appeal intentionally or not led many people (liberals in particular) too accuse her of having racial undertones.

To her loyal critics Palin was promoting a false utopia of the past based on the white protestant work ethic of years gone by. A time free of ethnic diversity when mothers stayed home and fathers went out to work. A time when there was no welfare, and a time and a place far removed from the fast pace of America’s Urban Cities. For many others, however, “The Real America” slogan, as it was interpreted, was a reference to hard work; faith; and simple living. “The Real America” slogan was irrespective to one’s race.

“When I hear someone say something along the lines of ‘why do we have to be talking about race? Why can’t we just be people and let that stuff alone’, I hear someone who hasn’t had the occasion to think hard about how the past effects the present.”

Governor Palin is an ethnic escapist dream where simple rural girls best slick urban intellectuals.

I was an innocent - not pure as the driven snow, but certainly unwise as to the level of the stakes at which we were playing. I entered the debate believing it would be an intellectual exercise; we would joust with each other and after it was all over shake hands and exit with mutual respect. I couldn’t have been more wrong.

Black Republicans running for various offices this election cycle seem to be running from race while running their race. This is one of the most asinine things I have every seen, but not unexpected. This is why Black Republicans have no credibility within their own community

I was shocked to learn about the history of the democrat party and how that party laid the foundation that has influenced race relations in America in the past. Those past political actions by the democrat party continue, to this day, to exploit the impoverished condition of black Americans, which were caused by the democrat party for the purpose of gaining political power.

by Dr. Ada Fisher
As a physician of more than thirty years I get concerned when I see the emphasis put on race and economics as the sole cause of health care disparities. High cholesterol comes not just from diet, but lipid or fat disorders and also has a genetic component as deceased tennis great Arthur Ashe’s life demonstrated. Obesity correlates with diet, lack of exercise and sometimes genetics. Diabetes reflects obesity, diet, and genetics.
High blood pressure results from intrinsic poorly understood likely genetic etiologies in 90%+ of the cases; however, the influence of diet, diabetes, and obesity cannot be discounted. …

By Dr. Ada M. Fisher
 Yesterday while sitting in the corner barbershop, six police cars flew down the street.  The chasers brought back the report that last night one young sixteen year old black man was shot on a lot  next to a house I previously bought, fixed up and sold in an attempt to stabilize my neighborhood.   Today a robbery happened at the Black Credit Union in my community.  And so it goes, . . .increasingly worsening with the economy for there are no Enterprise Zones here like Jack Kemp championed and often it seems that I am the only …

Race has thrust its way back on to the national scene as a topic of dialogue in light of recent events in the campaign. I, for one, think some of the statements being made about Senator Obama with a wink-and-nod give me pause for the ugly underbelly of American politics they appeal to.

Aired LIVE during “Fox News Rising” October 27, 2008
According to a recent CBS/New York Times poll, Senator Barack Obama leads Senator John McCain by 13 points, indicating that this presidential election is practically over. An Associated Press presidential poll conducted the same day shows that Senator McCain has overcome his challenges, narrowing the gap to a slim one-point deficit that reflects the campaign chant, “MAC IS BACK.” Newsweek says that “MAC IS FLAT”, showing a 12-point deficit for the Republican nominee. And, of course, in the Super Bowl of polling, CNN’s “Poll of Polls” has the margin around seven percent …

Claudio Simpkins
The Daily Voice
In the Sunday, September 14th edition of the Washington Post, my Professor, Randall Kennedy, spoke to “The Big ‘What If,’” outlining the potential fallout should Senator Barack Obama lose this race for the presidency.
Professor Kennedy speaks to Black anxiety regarding the seemingly all-but-inevitable conclusion that should Obama lose, it will be because of “a vague, sophisticated, low-key prejudice that is chameleonlike in its ability to adapt to new surroundings and to hide even from those firmly in its grip.”
As an African-American supporting Senator John McCain this election cycle, I find it hard to believe that I am …