Aug 24, 2011
Is Obama losing black voters?
In today’s Huffington Post, Rebecca Carroll looks at Pres. Obama’s sagging support in the black community. I’m quoted toward the end:
“At the heart of the debate is the absence of a clear black policy agenda for the post-civil rights era,” says Omar Wasow, co-founder of BlackPlanet.com and a Ph.D candidate in African American Studies at Harvard University. “And, whether President Obama wins or loses in 2012, that debate is unlikely to be resolved any time soon.”
I am currently a PhD candidate in African American studies and Government at Harvard. Previously, I helped launch BlackPlanet.com and the Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School. I can be reached at owasow -at- gmail dot com.