Posted on 10/15/2013 2:00:24 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Del. Jolene Ivey
After Del. Jolene Ivey told a Baltimore crowd she hopes to be Maryland's first African-American female lieutenant governor, she discussed what it means to be a fair-skinned black woman whose racial heritage is often questioned.
Ivey, 51, is the daughter of a white woman who was raised by her black father and stepmother. She said her racial heritage was the "No.1 issue" when she launched her first political campaign in 2006 — repeatedly being asked by voters to "clarify" her racial identity.
"As much as I'd like to believe that we're in a post-racial country, we're not," Ivey said during an interview after Democrat Douglas F. Gansler announced her as his running mate in the 2014 race for governor.
The Prince George's County lawmaker emphasized her roles as a black woman and mother of five boys. "I am Trayvon Martin's mom," she said.
Ivey joins a contest in which Gansler has taken fire for his remarks on racial politics — in particular, for accusing chief rival Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown of having a campaign slogan of "Vote for me, I want to be the first African-American governor of Maryland."
When asked about Gansler's comments that Brown relied on his race in the absence of substance, she sidestepped the question. "I would say [Brown] was only running on endorsements," she said.
Gansler, the state attorney general, introduced Ivey with anecdotes showing she has felt the sting of prejudice. "Jolene Ivey understands what it's like to be a victim of sexism. She's going to help us fight discrimination," he said.
Ivey added: "We both understand the need to be a voice for the voiceless."(continued)
(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...
Maybe her soul is black cause there’s NOTHING ELSE that is!!
Am I a stupid man?
She’s whiter than that “racist white” george zimmerman
daughter of a white woman who was raised by her black father and stepmother. It doesn’t mention anywhere in the article that she actually have black ancestors/blood, other than that she was raised by a black father.
Sounds like 1/32 Cherokee. The Leakey’s say we’re all descended from Africans a few million years back, maybe that’s what she’s going on. In that case, time for me to get some affirmative action set-asides...
George Zimmerman REALLY is black!
George Zimmerman’s Black Ancestry is Revealed
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2876811/posts
George Zimmerman: the black, Hispanic, Peruvian, kind-hearted non-white, not-racist poster boy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2876692/posts
George Zimmerman Has ‘Black Roots’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2876518/posts
I wann'a see a family photo.
Yeah....I gotta think she probably shouldn’t put that “black father” thing to a DNA test....Mama’s baby, Papa’s maybe.....
Don’t you just love it when a “black, half black, half whatever” says we should be living in a post-racial country and then makes his/her campaign about race. I guess none of them respect MLK’s content of character over color of skin.
"her black father"
Just when you thought that things in America could not get any stupider....
Can’t find a THING on the net.
Half Caff, Frappachino, DOUBLE Latte, Grande with Cinnamon Sprinkles.
“As much as I’d like to believe that we’re in a post-racial country, we’re not,” Ivey said ...
We used to be, but after Obama, we are in danger of a time machine taking us back. I don’t want that to happen, but I can’t control how other people view the blind trust of Obama supporters.
I don’t know, I used to have a dog that 1/64th black bear.
The only way you could tell is that he had a bare black spot just beneath his tail
If you’re talking about race and using it to justify why you should be given something then you aren’t past the ‘whole racial thing’.
the key word is RAISED by black father. I think they’re attempting to hide the fact its a step father, not biological father
She’s not bad. I’d throw her a bone.
It would also count as a black chick if I was keeping score.
That's pretty much all you need to know about this racist.
YEP, definitely black....she’s got the heritage. Wow, nothing like living among crazy people in a crazy world. Check that box AFRICAN AMERICAN lady... you’ll get far gaming this system...!!!!
She’s more white than I am too, and I have Italian blood in me. These libtard white guilt trash are something else.
The plot here is just too much like Steve Martin’s “The Jerk” movie made back in ‘79-’80. Worked for O’bama, why not for Jolene? What a laff.
OMG...we are completely surrounded by idiots and reprobates.
I don't find Jolene's skin tone at all surprising. Off the top of my head, I personally can think of three sets of kids from mixed marriages who are "black" like her. In each of these three cases, the mother is Caucasian. The fathers are of mixed heritage; in the parlance of the old south, light enough to "pass." The kids look like Jolene.
What is disturbing is the emphasis Jolene places on racialism. In the mixed race families of my acquaintance, no one makes a big deal about it. But they aren't democrat pols trolling for votes.
I wonder if the price for a Trayvon franchise various according to your skin color. It must have cost her a fortune!
My last name was Black before I was adopted.
Believe me, I know the sting of racism and feel suppressed by carrying a white man’s name.
Come on why pile on her. She overcame many obstacles to get where she is today. The prejudice she had to endure on a daily basis must have been hard to overcome. It was not something she could easily hide from. Ivey and people like here should have special rights for people with moms that are bad spellers. (Ivy)
Come on why pile on her. She overcame many obstacles to get where she is today. The prejudice she had to endure on a daily basis must have been hard to overcome. It was not something she could easily hide from. Ivey and people like here should have special rights for people with moms that are bad spellers. (Ivy)
I don’t know what color she is nor do I give a damn.
The fact that she claims to be Trayvon Martins Mother is enough to make me puke.
Why would any woman running for Government office want to claim to be the mother of a dopehead thief and would be murderer?
My guess is she has watched Maryland politics and believes if she is black she can get elected. Is she married to a black man?
I don’t know anything about her, but she has me convinced to work to see she doesn’t find her way into the Lt. Governors spot. The last thing we need in Maryland is a woman who wants to be the mother of a sneak thief.
Watch it Ivey. Barry Cupcake has announced he’s Tray-Von’s daddy.
Ivey is a left-wing moron who, like the Kingfish and Andy is a race hustler!
Glen F. Ivey. Jolen's hubby and politico lifer.
Uh-oh...good luck with the black female vote, Jolene...
I’m a Panda. I want to become the first Panda President.
Well, she can’t very well run on a platform of being a liberal pro-Obama supporter, pro illegal immigrant amnesty, pro big government, pro Obamacare. So her only hope is to play the race card.
Why doesn’t she skip right to the head of the line and run for president?
The way the country is now, she’d win in a heartbeat.
Bad statement. If she wants votes she should say, “I am Ben Carson’s mother....and I’m proud of what my son has accomplished because of my caring and sacrifice.”
The limousine crowd will love her, but I am afraid she is going to find she isn't really part of the club.
“Well, she can’t very well run on a platform of being a liberal pro-Obama supporter, pro illegal immigrant amnesty, pro big government, pro Obamacare. So her only hope is to play the race card.”
Alas, you do not know Maryland politics. Only three jurisdictions are necessary to win the entire state — Baltimore, Montgomery County, and Prince George’s County — and that platform would win about 90% of the votes there. No kidding.
I wonder whether it is primarily "progressives" or conservatives who ask her to "clarify" her racial identity".
I consider myself a conservative, and I do not even know what a "racial identity" IS.
I’m ethnic Carthaginian...
She’s Trayvon’s mom? Wait, she thinks raising a thug who stupidly attacks people who might be armed and dies is a positive thing?
Too stupid to be elected to anything. Self ID’ed as a liberal.
That is probably why she will be elected. Plus the crowd from D.C. that settled in Maryland along with the student voters worship everything associated with being Black.
DId Maury ever do a DNA test cause I bet black babydaddy ain’t the real babydaddy?
Betcha.
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