Slog - Comments on Really? Not Even One? http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/really_not_even_one The Huffington Post's Thomas B. Edsall recently asked 15 opinion leaders variations on the question, "Is John Edwards' presidential campaign the test of progressive populism that Democratic activists have long awaited?" Their answers are somewhat interesting; you can read them here. But the question the piece raises in my mind is this: Out of all the opinion leaders in the US, Edsall couldn't find one who wasn't a white man?... Copyright 2008 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:23:15 -0800 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:05:06 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by idaho What's it matter what color they were? They were representing publications and organizations, not racial groups.

]]> idaho http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/really_not_even_one#c855524 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/really_not_even_one#c855524 Media Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:29:02 -0800 Comment by jon Are Teixera and/or Yglesias Latino?

]]> jon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/really_not_even_one#c855525 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/really_not_even_one#c855525 Media Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:29:49 -0800 Comment by idaho Sorry -- I read that wrong. For some reason I thought they were all non-white, writing about political issues but avoiding the race one. My bad.

Yglesias sounds quite hispanic/latino/non-white.

]]> idaho http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/really_not_even_one#c855531 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/really_not_even_one#c855531 Media Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:35:34 -0800 Comment by Jim C. @1 Are you saying it was a total coincidence that all were white men? Because if color and gender really don't matter, that would really be some outrageous coincidence.

]]> Jim C. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/really_not_even_one#c855532 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/really_not_even_one#c855532 Media Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:36:33 -0800 Comment by ecce homo Duh,

White men are EEeEEEEEEEEvvvvvviiiiilllllllll

right ECB?

Grow the F*&k up...

]]> ecce homo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/really_not_even_one#c855544 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/really_not_even_one#c855544 Media Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:03:20 -0800 Comment by brandon here's the real test - did any of them make their thanksgiving turkey look like it was wearing a bikini?

]]> brandon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/really_not_even_one#c855545 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/really_not_even_one#c855545 Media Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:05:25 -0800 Comment by ecce homo Only knitting black lesbian single mother NPR listeners with breast cancer and AIDS can be trusted to be represent the majority of the population and the segments of the country whose influence actually matters.

Got it? Don't you ever watch Enrique?

]]> ecce homo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/really_not_even_one#c855551 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/really_not_even_one#c855551 Media Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:11:41 -0800 Comment by unPC yeah and what about Edsall's editor/boss, that dude Mr. Huffington????

What a WASPy name.

]]> unPC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/really_not_even_one#c855568 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/really_not_even_one#c855568 Media Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:22:40 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Sheesh, and the answer is obviously No in the first place, makes you wonder why they even bothered.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/really_not_even_one#c855577 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/really_not_even_one#c855577 Media Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:29:45 -0800 Comment by Michigan Matt I only trust white men to tell me the truth. Like President Bush, for example.

]]> Michigan Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/really_not_even_one#c855584 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/really_not_even_one#c855584 Media Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:36:17 -0800 Comment by tiptoe tommy Reason #3476 to vote for Hillary. Her staff is the only one with any gender or ethnic diversity. The rest--even Obama--dominated by white men.

]]> tiptoe tommy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/really_not_even_one#c855646 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/really_not_even_one#c855646 Media Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:34:13 -0800 Comment by vooodooo84 jeez ecce go back to your log cabin and let the rest of us work on this actual problem

]]> vooodooo84 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/really_not_even_one#c855684 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/really_not_even_one#c855684 Media Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:05:06 -0800