[Peace-discuss] Identity-politics nonsense

[C. G. Estabrook]

'...While acknowledging that “our people are hurting,” Congressional Black 
Caucus member and California Representative Maxine Waters said at a Town Hall 
meeting after the job fair that the aim was not to “put pressure on the 
president.” This would be harmful, she said, because everyone loves Obama, the 
first black president.

'Because Obama is African American, Waters said, to oppose him would mean to 
oppose all African Americans. This of a president who has presided over the bail 
out of the banks; the devastation of the social conditions of the vast majority 
of the population of all races, including an immense growth in poverty and 
unemployment among African Americans; and now plans for trillions of dollars in 
cuts to social programs...

'“We’re supportive of the president,” stated Waters, “but we’re getting tired, 
y'all… We want to give the president every opportunity, but our people are hurting.”
Even in the largely sympathetic audience, Waters' promotion of Obama evoked 
opposition. When Waters said, “When you let us know it is time to let go [of 
Obama], we’ll let go,” several people in the audience yelled, “Let go!”'

[Full article at <http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/aug2011/jobs-a18.shtml>.]