Michael Steele & Ken Blackwell Are The Leading Candidates To Head The RNC! Since They Are Black,Is This Tokenism?

The Republican National Committee is a party for white men.How does Michael Steele plan to change that? Whenever I see him on Fox,Mr. Steele presents the same jaded RNC talking points that we've always heard.There's nothing new or refreshing in his rhetoric. As for Ken Blackwell,I don't know much about this guy.All of a sudden,the RNC wants someone black to head up their party.Hmmm...I wonder if the reason why they're being seriously considered is because we have a Democratic black president.This is a prime example of tokenism.Let me give you Wikipedia's definition of tokenism & see if you think that's the case here:

"Tokenism refers to a policy or practice of limited inclusion of members of a minority group, usually creating a false appearance of inclusive practices, intentional or not. Typical examples in real life and fiction include purposely including a member of a minority race (such as a black character in a mainly white cast, or vice versa) into a group. Classically, token characters have some reduced capacity compared to the other characters and may have bland or inoffensive personalities so as to not be accused of stereotyping negative traits. Alternatively, their differences may be overemphasized or made "exotic" and glamorous.

Tokenism can also be used in newspapers and other media. Newspapers will often only criticise a minority group by using a pundit from that minority group. An asian columnist arguing that immigration is too high, or a black pundit arguing that affirmative action is wrong could be considered a token minority."(END OF EXCERPT) Read the rest here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokenism

Did you see the part that I emboldened? Well,Michael Steele is the pundit that Fox uses on a regular basis to criticize members of his own race.Will he really lead the RNC out of the dark ages & into the 21st century? I think not! Like I said earlier,I don't know Mr. Blackwell at all.Here's more about these men from the Washington Post:

"Former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele, an accomplished speaker, and former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, not well known for dazzling performances, each repeatedly drew sustained applause and appreciative laughter during Monday´s debate among the six candidates for the Republican National Committee chairman post.

"Ken Blackwell talked about a revolution today, and we're going to see some of that happening because we've lost our way as a party," said North Dakota GOP Chairman Gary Emineth.


Six candidates vying to be the new chairman of the Republican National Committee greet each other before taking part in a debate hosted by the Americans for Tax Reform at the National Press Club in Washington on Monday. Former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele and former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell drew the most applause from the audience.

Carolyn Meadows, a former RNC member from Georgia, said: "I thought Steele and Blackwell both hit it out of the park."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the whole article here:http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/06/steele-blackwell-take-limelight-at-rnc-forum/

Here's the video of the RNC Chairman Debate that they participated in.