It's Perf and I'm mad again. Mad as hell. The first time I was mad at the conservative media (which, sadly, just recently got
voted 'Most Trusted' news), the second time I wasn't even mad at anything but this time I have two beefs with the world... or more specifically the liberal media and California.
Liberal Media
If you direct your attention to the last post on this blog, I mentioned an article from Jack & Jill Politics that my girl Chay drew my attention to. In the article Leutisha Stills, who goes by the name the Christian Progressive Liberal, complains that Obama needs some more diversity in his Administration.
I have issues with this. Now, I don't usually read JJP but I would consider myself to agree with the majority of things on this site. However, this time I could not disagree more. I, too, would love to see more people of color in high ranking positions but I will not tell our President Elect how to do his job.
Barack Obama must choose the right people in order to deliver on the promises that he and his campaign made to the American people over the last two years. He isn't holding a popularity contest. Obama must be able to choose people who can do their best within their responsibilities, no matter what color they are.
I am all for diversity but I think this article's suggestions and calls to President Elect Obama are slightly too much. I do, however, tend to agree with the comment posted within the article at the end. A reader suggested that it would be great if Obama could fill lower staff positions with people of color. This way, Obama is opening up doors for POCs that may not have been opened before; doors in which once entered, POCs can then work their way within the Washington, D.C. political system and open doors for POCs after them.
For the confused: I am not saying that people of color belong in lower level staff positions or that they don't belong in high level administration positions. I think that all of these positions should be filled in a color blinded matter.
I wish Barack Obama luck in the next two months and hope that he can withstand both the liberal and conservative medias.
Here's the post I wrote containing the Jack and Jill Politics article and here's the article.
California
November 4th, 2008. Barack Obama was elected as the next president; great. California passes Proposition 8; not so great.
If you're still confused on the whole Prop 8 happenings, I urge you to check the wikipedia article on it. I'll try to explain it quickly: California already allowed same sex marriages/partnerships to be recognized in the state. The proposition which landed on the ballot on November 4th, asked Californians to take the recognization away from same sex couples.
When the Proposition got passed on November 4th, thousands of marriages and partnerships became null and void.
Originally, I was not pleased with the decision but my anger only mounted after I realized the full scope of the Proposition's passing. I did not realize that a state could void a marriage that it once allowed. That pushed it over the top for me.
I'm not sure exactly where the organizing is centered as of now but I think if you disagree with the Proposition's passing that you should hit up the Courage Campaign's site and sign the petition. There are many states that have not even considering allowing same sex couples to marry. California has been in debates about it for years. It's just so much more upsetting in California because I'm sure that many couples moved to California so that they could marry their loved one and now the state revokes the privledge and voids all same sex marriages. It's a big blow to the Gay Rights Movement. It's a big blow to this country.
If you want more information to decide where you stand on the issue, please check out both www.noonprop8.com/ and www.protectmarriage.com/ which are against and for Proposition 8, respectively.
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