Local women show their true Presidential primary colors

A group of self-described 'white-haired women' register their support for their preferred candidate on YouTube

Email | Print By A.C. Kleinheider

It isn't just in Pennsylvania, where polls show a slow erosion of support, that white women are turning away from one of their own in the Democratic primary for President.

Here in Nashville, an intriguing collective has taken to video sharing site YouTube to challenge the notion that Barack Obama is the candidate of the African-American community or the young. A group of seasoned female Nashvillians, several of whom are quite prominent in the community, have proudly declared themselves "White Haired Women for Obama."

The video – available at this link – was the brainchild of Belle Meade resident Patricia Burton, who wrote the script and tapped local filmmaker Travis Nicholson to direct. The video was produced as an entry in Moveon.org's "Obama in Thirty Seconds" contest. The winner, selected by a panel of celebrity judges, will see their ad aired nationally courtesy of Moveon.org and will receive a $20,000 gift certificate for video equipment. The deadline for entries is Tuesday.

For at least one member of the group of women, this video could be seen as something of a logical extension of past activism. Eugenia Moore, who appears in the video shouting "strong" as one of Obama's admirable qualities, worked with prominent Rev. Will Campbell, a pastor who broke with his conservative Baptist denomination to become a leading white supporter of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

The video, which was featured on the national progressive blog Daily Kos, was posted late last week and has received just over 1,000 views as of this writing.