Francis L. Holland Slams HRC in WaPost
by Manic Lawyer, Fri May 09, 2008 at 10:54:06 AM EDT
Today, Francis L. Holland, a Black blogger who helped start the AfroSpear blogger group with his fiery essays, strongly criticized Hillary Clinton in the Washington Post for Clinton's "color aroused appeals" for animosity based on skin-color.
"We are tired of Hillary Clinton telling America that we are less than American simply because we refuse to vote for her," said Francis L. Holland, an African American blogger. "Ironically, the Clintons embraced us, and even embraced Pastor Jeremiah Wright for support during their impeachment scandal." Holland was speaking of the congressional trial that followed former president Bill Clinton's liaison with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. "She has forfeited the black vote for the forseeable future with her color aroused appeals." Washington Post
Washington Post staff writer Darry Fears wrote,
There was yet another sign of racial disharmony in the Democratic Party today, as the leader of the influential black online advocacy group ColorOfChange.org lashed out at Hillary Clinton, calling her claim to owning the white, blue-collar vote "race baiting."The access that afrosphere bloggers now have to the national press means that when Blacks are aggrieved it is not only Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton who can speak out on our behalf. Every Black person with a blog and raise a voice, and these blogs interlinked through the AfroSpear and Color of Change are making Blacks' voices heard as never before in the presidential race."The politics of division now seems to be her core strategy" to overcome Barack Obama's lead in the primary, said James Rucker, a co-founder of ColorOfChange who once worked for the liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org. "It's a strategy where everyone loses; we can do better and we should be able to expect better from Senator Clinton."
ColorOfChange, which has 400,000 members and relies on a large network of black bloggers to spread its message, recently circulated a petition warning the Democratic party that adopting rules that would allow Clinton to overcome Obama's lead "could be the worst mistake the party has ever made." Washington Post
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In addition, this report on Holland in the Washington Post marks the first time that his "color arousal" concept has been reported in the national press, as an empirically-based and scientific alternative to charges and counter-charges of "racist" and "racism".
Earlier, Francis L. Holland and the Afrosphere Action Coalition circulated another petition through the afrosphere, urging "Concede Now, Hillary!"
Tags: Color Arousal, Francis L. Holland, Hillary Clinton (all tags)
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