Comedian, Author Baratunde Thurston on V

Comedian, Author Baratunde Thurston on Vote Suppression & Romney’s 0% Support from African Americans http://bit.ly/RYxCgo A recent poll by NBC and the Wall Street Journal found zero percent of African-American voters support Mitt Romney, compared to 94 percent supporting President Obama. Critics say Republicans have lost support among people of color by pushing controversial laws to crack down on undocumented immigrants and suppress voting rights. Democracy Now! producers Sam Alcoff and Amy Littlefield had a chance to discuss some of these issues when they ran into the black comedian and author Baratunde Thurston at the Republican National Convention in Tampa on Monday. Thurston is the author of How to Be Black and co-founder of the black political blog “Jack & Jill Politics.” Watch/Listen/Read