Regarding: "For black men, a redefining moment?" printed in the LA Times, November 12, 2008.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-aftermath12-2008nov12,0,7121616.story?track=rss
The election of Barack Obama changed nothing in this country. We woke up on November 5 the same people we were on November 3. For that matter, we are the same country we were in 1996 when a majority would have voted for Colin Powell: namely, a country who will elect a black man for its highest office. It is therefore the perception of white America as racist that should be transformed by the election of Obama.
That having been said, to young African American males like Hakeem Holloway dressed in hoodies and jeans who complain of being eyed by white women, please know that my white, bald-headed son is rightly eyed by women of all colors when dressed in a similar fashion. And I have witnessed women hold their purses more tightly when being approached by my 6'2" white husband.
Women are not reacting primarily to your race; they are reacting to your thug attire.
And to UCLA's dean of public affairs who is queried about being a record producer when he flies first class, wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to better education, and therefore more opportunities and success, being made available to children of all races during Barack Obama's presidency? But with Barack Obama's steadfast rejection of vouchers, I'm afraid we have little improvement to look forward to in that arena.
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