Obama's More Perfect Union

Greetings,

Senator Obama's More Perfect Union speech has sparked what many believe (and I am in this camp) a critical examination of issues of race in the United States. In case you have not had a chance to view this speech in its entirety, I have embedded the youtube video link below.



Not only are many people (at least those that I have had the good fortune to talk with) impressed that Senator Obama did not skirt the issue, or bury it under the rug is that according to the following link, Senator Obama wrote this speech himself.

I must say that it is refreshing to see something addressed head on as Jon Stewart of The Daily Show muses.



Needless to say, dealing with the sensitive and painful issues of race can sometimes only be examined through a comedic lens.



Of course, there are other comedic discourses that add to the fun.

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Nevertheless, I think that win, lose, or draw Senator Obama has approached issues of race in an honest, open way that I think will be examined and discussed for years to come and for me, as a scholar and a person of color it is a discussion whose time has come.

Peace,

Jonathan

Something that I finally have time to write about

Greetings,

As some of you may know (who am I kidding, no one reads this thing) E. Gary Gygax who to many of my friends created Dungeons & Dragons, which growing up was instrumental in growing up. Now I know that anyone who might read this might ask me, "How?" Quite simply, I grew up in a dysfunctional family (But then again, who hasn't?) gave me an out. A way to get away from the madness that I must admit has led me to the University of Washington and working on my Ph.D. in Communication. Anyway, while there has been numerous posts on the web regarding his death there are two that I have run into that I felt are really special. The first one is this one. The second one is from the Colbert Report.



Yes Gary, you will be missed.

Peace,

Jonathan