Desi Grandma for Obama
This was just kind of sweet so I had to promote it off the news tab to get it more attention: This was one of the so-called “YouBamaVideos” clips being generated by Obama supporters. It would be a damn shame … Continue reading
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Obama as a ‘Brown’ Candidate: Name Discrimination
I had a moment of Obama-identification when I saw the following anecdote from the Iowa caucuses in the New York Times last night: The Boyd household, perhaps, is atypical. She supported Mr. Obama, while her husband, Rex, walked into the … Continue reading
Zakaria on Obama, Identity
Ruchira sent me a link to a recent Newsweek column by Fareed Zakaria, and it seems like it could use a comment box. Zakaria says he likes Obama, surprisingly, because of “identity.” It’s surprising because, as Zakaria himself admits, he’s … Continue reading
Further Proof That Bharath Obama is so Desi.
Between the snow, the looming holidays, sundry drama and Keeping up with the Kardashians marathons, it’s gettin’, it’s gettin’, it’s gettin kinda hectic these days. It’s been heavy in addition to hectic, depending on which thread you’ve been marinating in … Continue reading
Kal Penn to Campaign for Obama
Forget Oprah — Kal Penn is going to go out on the campaign trail for Barack Obama, starting with events in Iowa this weekend. He has a statement about it up at his Myspace page: I first met with Senator … Continue reading
Obama, Osama and Tancredo
The big news of this morning is that Musharraf has backed down from declaring a state of emergency after flirting publicly with the idea: Pakistani president Gen. Pervez Musharraf, under intense pressure from his own advisers and the U.S. government … Continue reading
Obama on Pakistan
Today Senator Barack Obama gave a speech outlining his strategy on terrorism if he were to be elected President. The speech has three solid paragraphs relating to Pakistan: As President, I would make the hundreds of millions of dollars in … Continue reading
Obama Just Got Less “Brown” Friendly
[UPDATE: Obama has now distanced himself from this memo. See Anna’s post from 6/18/07 for more details] Today’s New York Times has a story (thanks, anonymous tipster) about the Clintons’ recent financial disclosures, and their decision to liquidate all their … Continue reading
Obama: Looks Like It’s On
If you’re a brown, black, diasporic, immigrant, mixed-race, or otherwise socially and culturally hybrid, globalization-era American, it looks like someone is seriously getting into the 2008 presidential race who has more in common with you, identity-wise, than any previous presidential … Continue reading
All good things
Is our announcement that we are ending another elaborate April Fool’s joke? Long time Sepia Mutiny readers know that SM has deceived its readers with devastating April Fool’s day pranks over the years. Go visit our site on previous April … Continue reading