This momentous occasion deserves celebration, and with that comess laughter. How many of us laughed out loud through the course of last night out of pure joy? Laughed as we embraced our friends?
Well, Laughing Liberally's Elon James White stayed up all night to cut a video to keep us laughing: the 12th episode of This Week in Blackness.
Last night was crazy in New York City. Drinking Liberally ended up hosting three events in Manhattan just to make sure we had enough space, and our venues still were packed.
Laughing Liberally comedian Elon James White captured the spirit of the night and repackaged it fast into today's episode of This Week in Blackness. Elon interviewed two groups of debate-watchers for their views: people of color, and white women.
Of course, white or black, man or woman, everyone shared one thing: they were drinking...liberally...
You'd think we'd be talking about race a lot. It's incredible that an African American is in the lead for the presidency, and a sad commentary that it's such an unlikelihood in this country. Obama's candidacy could be sparking thoughtful conversations about race in every corner of America.
Ok, ok...the Presidential race too rarely sparks thoughtful conversations on anything -- why should race be any different?
And I think we'd collectively fall out of our seats if Senator Obama started an earnest dialogue unpacking white privilege.
But since he won't (or can't), other surrogates have to:
