Sarah Palin said of Barack Obama, he’s “not one of us”, and John McCain is asking, “Who is Barack Obama?” in a tone many find unsettling. Speakers at McCain-Palin rallies have been ramping it up this week, referring to the Democratic candidate as "Barack Hussein Obama" - the emphasis on his middle name. Most famously, this week, John McCain called Barack Obama, "that one" during the second presidential debate. A lot of people heard a lot of nasty echoes in that.

With McCain/Palin numbers down in the polls, critics say that McCain/Palin are tapping into racist themes that may be resonating in ways we don't even understand.

JLove Calderon sees Sarah Palin as a good example of white affirmative action, and wonders why when Palin's daughter is pregnant it's a private family matter but when young women of color have babies outside of wedlock...well, you know.

JLove has spent her young lifetime trying to understand how white supremacy works. She is the author of "That White Girl"; her latest book is "Conscious Women Rock the Page -- Using Hip Hop Fiction to Incite Social Change" And she has a new one coming out next year: "Till the White Day is Done: White Privilege, Hip –Hop and Social Change." JLOVE. She's also the co-creator of the We Got Issues! Leadership Institute for Young Women, and worked for over a decade with the peace and justice youth organization, El Puente.

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