Ethnic Media Cautiously Laud Obama’s Nomination From: news.newamericamedia.org

Editors of the country’s leading ethnic newspapers are celebrating Barack Obama’s historic nomination as an important step for all Americans. Yet the candidate has a tough fight ahead of him, they warn, as Obama’s lack of communication with non African-American ethnic media could finally catch up to him.

Obama’s nomination was proclaimed on the front pages of Korean, Chinese, Spanish, Russian and other ethnic newspapers this week as a personal victory.

“The impossible has happened,” says Sung Tae Kim, chief editor of the metro desk for Korea Daily in Los Angeles. “The White House may not be a house for whites anymore. Regardless of the turnout in November, a new chapter in U.S. history has opened. Personally, I think this moment will open doors for Asian Americans, Hispanics and other minorities, especially for Korean Americans.””*

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