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I hope all who have commented here will join my Obama phone-in on 19th August.

Among grassroots organizers and cultural professionals I know, I see a lot of back and forth respect between the generations and for those who've come before any of us. But everyone likes to have something they can call “their stuff.” However, the environment, jobs, energy, Iraq, and globalization are and have been black issues. They will be regardless of the outcome in November.

Jill Tubman suggested I share my take on “generation Obama.” It's like a border group between Gen X and the Baby Boomers. [As of this election year we were kicked out of the Boomer group]. Our influences were the WW II generation (pragamatism) – grandparents, uncles, aunts, and perhaps parents. They were our rocks. They only had one TV and stereo (yep, that's what we called it) in the house. We watched what they watched. We listened to Nat King Cole, Sinatra, Sarah, maybe a little Johnny Cash. They were unselfishly sentimental. Second influence was the civil rights and black power generation (justice issues, multiculturalism, African diaspora). They may have been our older siblings or parents. If they were into the diaspora, they gave us the multi-cultural perspective. We were encouraged to demand, not ask; fight not flight and call it when we saw it. We were proud of who were were as we were – “Say It Loud…” Finally there's the coming of age years (Reagan). We were the test market for MTV and video games. Hip Hop was Rap and some of it stuck with us or we slipped our parents'/siblings'Nina Simone, Coltrane, Aretha and Sarah stash into the trunk of the car and headed back to campus where we fused with Ruben Blades, Willie Colon, Celia Cruz. Participated in panels hosted by the Asian Student Association, and pushed the board to divest from South Africa. AIDS came on the scene. Crack on the city streets. The divestment movement taught us something about investments, globalization, and commerce. It may have been the first serious encounter with the Wall Street Journal. We were intrigued.

All that said (and it's just a sprinkling), this group that includes Obama can't be neatly put into a box. “Border crossers” may be the closest label. The generations opened the doors. So many influences; and we probably have been receptive in some form or fashion to all of them.