Black Into the Future- Why Barack?

First, thanks to all those that have visited, posted and commented on our blog, Black to the Future. We started the blog as a test to gauge peoples interests, and on most accounts, the blog was a success. In only one week’s time, we had over 150 visits, over 60 comments and 30 people have taken our online poll. We managed to get those numbers based on our networks, friends and family. We have resisted sending the blog out to the broader internet community because we wanted to see if there was interest and what it would take for us to maintain the blog at a smaller level and, we like it.

Many of the responses about the blog through e-mail and in verbal communication has centered on why we believe this blog is so important and what are our ultimate goals. We thought to begin week two of the blog by answering those questions to offer clarity, generate deeper discussions around race, gender and politics in American society and to re-introduce the liberating, conscious building and discipline of community organizing to the mainstream Black community.

Why Barack?
As you may have noticed, in the above paragraph, we did not mention that we wanted to use the blog to help get Barack Obama elected as President. That is not our goal. Although we believe Barack should be the next President of the United States and we will not hide that in our articles and posts, we believe that a better use of the blog is to use the Barack candidacy to generate meaningful discussions and conversations about race, gender, politics and community organizing. It is our hope that this blog will be used to strengthen the Black communities analysis and tactics in ways that will increase political power for Blacks, now and in the future.