Ishmael Reed: Barack Obama and the Jim Crow Media: The Return of the Nigger Breakers

23

21

56

MW

20

25

55

West

19

27

54

Def

22

23

55

Vote

22

24

54

Not Like

19

25

56

Def Not

18

27

55

Not Sure

17

27

56

QUESTION: Do you believe Sarah Palin is more qualified to be president than Barack Obama?

YES

NO

NOT SURE

All

53

14

33

Men

55

13

32

Women

51

15

34

White

54

12

34

Other/Ref

45

31

24

18-29

52

16

32

30-44

53

14

33

45-59

53

14

33

60+

53

13

34

NE

47

19

34

South

57

12

31

MW

52

14

34

West

50

16

34

Def

54

13

33

Vote

53

14

33

Not Like

52

15

33

Def Not

51

17

32

Not Sure

51

18

31

QUESTION: Do you believe Barack Obama is a racist who hates white people?

YES

NO

NOT SURE

All

31

36

33

Men

34

34

32

Women

27

38

35

White

33

35

32

Other/Ref

12

44

44

18-29

28

38

34

30-44

30

37

33

45-59

31

36

33

60+

33

34

33

NE

27

40

33

South

35

33

32

MW

30

37

33

West

28

39

33

Def

32

35

33

Vote

31

36

33

Not Like

30

38

32

Def Not

29

39

32

Not Sure

30

39

31

QUESTION: Do you believe your state should secede from the United States?

YES

NO

NOT SURE

All

23

58

19

Men

27

56

17

Women

19

60

21

White

25

57

18

Other/Ref

7

66

27

18-29

21

60

19

30-44

22

60

18

45-59

24

56

20

60+

23

58

19

NE

10

66

24

South

33

52

15

MW

18

61

21

West

16

63

21

Def

24

56

20

Vote

23

58

19

Not Like

21

61

18

Def Not

21

62

17

Not Sure

21

62

17

QUESTION: Should Congress make it easier for workers to form and join labor unions?

YES

NO

NOT SURE

All

7

68

25

Men

6

70

24

Women

8

66

26

White

6

71

23

Other/Ref

15

44

41

18-29

6

69

25

30-44

7

68

25

45-59

7

68

25

60+

7

67

26

NE

11

64

25

South

5

71

24

MW

7

68

25

West

9

65

26

Def

6

69

25

Vote

7

68

25

Not Like

9

67

24

Def Not

9

67

24

Not Sure

9

67

24

DKOS REPUBLICAN POLL 2010

The Daily Kos Republican Poll was conducted by Research 2000 from January 20 through January 31, 2010. A total of 2003 self-identified Republicans were interviewed nationally by telephone. Those interviewed were selected by the random variation of the last four digits of telephone numbers, nationally.

The margin for error, according to standards customarily used by statisticians, is no more than plus or minus two percentage points. This means that there is a ninety-five percent probability that the “true” figure would fall within that range if the entire self-identified Republican population were sampled. The margin for error is higher for any demographic subgroup, such as for gender or region.

GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN

Northeast:

DC, ME, VT, NY, MD, PA, CT, DE, MA, NH, RI, WV, NJ

South:

FL, NC, SC, AL, MS, GA, VA, TN, KY, LA, AR, TX

Midwest:

IL, MN, MI, OH, WI, IA, MO, KS, IN, ND, SD, OK, NE

West:

NM, CA, OR, WA, AK, HI, MT, ID, UT, NV, AZ, WY, CO

[1] The Directors Guild of America reports that just 4 percent of its director membership is black. The Writers Guild of America says that 4.5 percent of members employed as television writers and 3.2 percent of members employed as film writers are black (2007). Paris Barclay, Director-Showrunner of “In Treatment” and co-chair of the DGA’s Diversity Task Force, estimates that up to 82 percent of all episodes in television are “directed by Caucasian men.”

[2] A version of this essay was first published at Counterpunch.org , January 14, 2008.

[3] A version of this essay was first published at Counterpunch.org, March 24, 2008.

[4] First published in Black Rennaissance Noire , Volume 9, Issue 2–3, Fall 2009/Winter 2010.

[5] A version of this essay was first published at Counterpunch.org, June 24, 2008.

[6] A version of this essay was first published at Counterpunch.org, August 11, 2008.

[7] A version of this essay was first published at Counterpunch.org, October 24–26, 2008.

[8] Boogie Man, The Lee Atwater Story , was shown in thirty-five cities before election day. For more information go to www. boogiemanfilm.com.

[9] A version of this essay was first published at Counterpunch.org , November 5, 2008.

[10] A version of this essay was first published at Counterpunch.org , April 7, 2008.

[11] This satire was first published at Counterpunch.org , on November 2, 2009.

[12] A version of this essay was first published at Counterpunch.org , July 27, 2009 after Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s arrest by a policeman in front of his house in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

[13] A version of this essay was first published at Counterpunch.org , August 6, 2009

[14] ACORN was found to have broken no laws by a congressional report issued in December 2009.