Book: "How to get stupid black women out of office"

Oops! A wee bit of a typographical error there. The book's title is actually "How to get stupid white men out of office":

How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office documents 20 success stories from the past five years of young people who have swung or won elections - from city councils to the Senate - in 16 states, South Korea, and on the Internet.

• Alisha Thomas, a 24-year-old black woman won a state legislative seat in suburban Cobb County, Georgia, the heart of Newt Gingrich country.
• University of Michigan students leveraged a student government election to catapult themselves into and shift the national debate about affirmative action.
• A 21-year-old city council member in Providence, Rhode Island, and a 25-year-old mayor in New Paltz, NY - both Greens.
• Young Native Americans in South Dakota who swung a Senate seat by 528 votes in 2002.
• Ras Baraka, Newark's hip-hop deputy mayor.
• The young Latina campaign manager who beat the Daley machine in Chicago.

How to Get Stupid White Men Out Of Office puts its finger on the pulse of an unprecedented historical moment when the blossoming youth - led political movement - from Seattle to peace to sweatshops to immigrant rights to hip-hop - has awakened and begun to flex its cultural influence and organizing muscle in the nasty new battlefield of electoral politics.

...Editor William Upski Wimsatt created the League of Youth Voters, a political action committee designed to raise awareness amongst younger demographics...

Just keep repeating to yourself: It's not racist, it's true! It's not racist, it's true! It's not racist, it's true!

MultiCultiCult · Mon, 03/22/2004 - 22:38 · · Importance: 1