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For yet another election cycle, the Democratic National Committee is utilizing the help of bloggers to get the word out.  In this election cycle, the DNC is giving black bloggers a seat at the table.  Well, actually, it’s the card table that the little kids sit at for family dinners.

What black bloggers are finding out is that the “new media” is still as white as the old one and these bloggers are often not on the DNC’s radar.

Thankfully enough, there are black bloggers out there getting organized.  Who knows, maybe soon these bloggers will be able to argue from a position of greater strength so that in the next cycle, the Democrats will have to beat a path to their doors.

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Of course, when issues of race rise up in this country, there are people on either side. However, when those on that other side cross the line, there should be some accountability. Case in point - the FBI is currently investigating a white supremacist web site which allegedly listed the addresses of five of the “Jena 6″. In their own words, they posted them “in case anyone wants to deliver justice.”

According to an agency spokeswoman, this action “essentially called for their lynching.”

This site is run by the same idiot, Bill White, who posted the address, telephone number and name of the wife of columnist Leonard Pitts, who derided white supremacists for playing the victim card over a carjacking incident involving black suspects and a white victim.

We need to remember that, in cases like this, there are nutcases who come out the woodwork so, we need to remain vigilant and be prepared. Sadly, we are far from where we need to be on issues of race and this latest twist only further solidifies the fact.

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