Washington Post Reporter: Obama ‘Is Much More White Than Black’
Washington Post Reporter: Obama ‘Is Much More White Than Black’
During a washingtonpost.com web chat today, a questioner noted that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) has launched a new presidential campaign television ad, claiming it is “playing up his white family.” “Until now he’s been ‘African American;’ now suddenly he’s a white Midwesterner?” wrote the questioner.
He or she then asked Post reporter Jonathan Weisman if Obama would be “criticized” for allegedly changing his image. Weisman responded by saying Obama’s “great irony” is that he “is much more white than black“:
Alexandria, Va.: Obama’s new ad (which plays a lot in Alexandria) shows pictures of his mother and grandparents, playing up his white family. Until now he’s been “African American”; now suddenly he’s a white Midwesterner? During the primary Hillary was criticized for changing her image too many times. Won’t Obama be criticized for doing the same thing?
Jonathan Weisman: I haven’t heard that criticism, but it is striking. Not a single picture of his father. Now, that really is consistent with his upbringing. He really did not become immersed in black American culture until he left college and went to Chicago. The great irony is that he is much more white than black, beyond skin color.
It’s unfortunate that as a Washington Post reporter, Weisman’s rhetoric is echoing that of right-wing blowhards Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh.
Beck once described Obama as “colorless” and said that “as a white guy…you don’t notice that he is black. So he might as well be white.” In 2007, Limbaugh said Obama should “renounce” his race and “become white.” Nearly a year later, he claimed that “Obama has disowned his white half. … [H]e’s decided he’s got to go all in on the black side.”
Later in the chat, another questioner told Weisman, “I would caution against making statements such as ‘he’s more white than black,’” adding, “The problem is that this is a discussion the media (and perhaps society) is not familiar with, and consequently generalizes in a rather simplistic fashion.” Seeming to recognize his error, Weisman responded, “I expected this response, and I defer to you.”
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Does this mean that he’s less scary?
June 23rd, 2008 at 2:55 pmWashington Post Reporter: Obama ‘Is Much More White Than Black’
And Weisman is more moron than oxy.
June 23rd, 2008 at 2:56 pmI wonder what Imus would think about that.
_AIO_
June 23rd, 2008 at 2:59 pmThis is so stupid. Of course he shows his white mother and grandparents, they raised him. His dad took off. He never really knew his father who did not raise him!
OMG, is he too white?? is he too black???
These are not the question, the question is can he govern this country? I believe he not only can, that he will do it well.
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:02 pmPerhaps Weisman is more Jewish than American.
_AIO_
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:03 pmIs this the best the NeoCons can throw out there? This guy has written some strange sh!t in the past about protecting Israel. Maybe he also has dual citizenship, like most of the NeoCons in this country.
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:03 pmJonathan Weisman: I haven’t heard that criticism, but it is striking. Not a single picture of his father. Now, that really is consistent with his upbringing. He really did not become immersed in black American culture until he left college and went to Chicago. The great irony is that he is much more white than black, beyond skin color.
Yeah , especially when you stop to consider he married a black woman and has attended an all black church for over 2 decades…..
Jonathan Weisman is neither wise nor much of a man , btw…..
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:05 pm.
Again,
WaPo race baits…
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June 23rd, 2008 at 3:07 pmI love my relatives from both side of my family. Equally. I identify with the heritage and lineage of both my mother and my father. I have never had to choose one over the other.
So why should Obama have to? And why is the amount of “whiteness” or “blackness” even an issue? Yeah, yeah, I know. Obama’s critics really don’t have that much, so they have to make “issues” of stupid stuff.
If this is going to be a campaign about race (and deep in some awful part of my gut, I suspect it will be on a number of levels), I would just as soon see both Obama and McCain made up like members of the Blue Man Group for the duration of the campaign. And instead of focusing on blackness or whiteness, we could focus on HUMANNESS and which candidate would be best for AMERICANS regardless of color.
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:08 pm.
Has Jonathan Weisman immersed himself in black American culture… or is he too busy being a white racist?
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June 23rd, 2008 at 3:08 pmWell, tech wise, he is exactly half of both.
And why the fcuk does it matter to these guys?
I believe the term should be - He’s American, ALL American, what else matters?
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:12 pmZed Lefflin Says:
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I always wondered why Obama was considered “black”??????? He is bi-racial by definition. Whats all this “black” stuff? As a dark skinned Frenchman, who is darker by far than Obama it was never a question that I am “white” to other people. I guess its my nose and hair that gives me away????? To me and my family Obama is WHITE!
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:08 pm
You and your family aren’t the MSM (in case no one has let you in on that).
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:12 pmrogerse Says:
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The ad itself actually was quit different, and just effectively at the start of the GE.
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Yeah , but for someone like Jonathan Weisman to believe he is qualified to try and discuss or assess anything about Obama is the equivalent of making Chimpy the singular judge on who should win the Nobel Prize for Literature each year………
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:15 pmlol
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:16 pmNot black enough, not white enough. Not chritian enough, too muslimy back to too christian. The so called pundits in this country are more like a bunch of whirling dervishes only much more pathetic. Maybe the best thing to do is get rid of the so called pundits entirely because they are a danger to our sanity.
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:18 pmMy guess is that it’s your idiocy that gives you away.
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:18 pmCan anyone explain how this question affects the candidate’s ability to govern?
Thanks.
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:19 pmWell except for that fist bumping thing which is really a black gangster rapper/terrorist/late library book returner criminal thing and gives him a “bad boy” edge.
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:20 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
My guess is that it’s your idiocy that gives you away.
Smirk.
Tough weekend, Ralph?
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:21 pmZed Lefflin Says:
I always wondered why Obama was considered “black”??????? He is bi-racial by definition. Whats all this “black” stuff?
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:08 pm
John Shaft: Warms my black heart to see you so concerned about us minority folks.
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:21 pmVic Androzzi: Oh come on Shaft, what is it with this black sh*t, huh?
[Vic holds a black pen up to Shaft’s face]
Vic Androzzi: You ain’t so black.
John Shaft: [Holds a white coffee cup next to Vic’s face] And you ain’t so white either baby.
And Bush was elected because he could clear brush on his very recently purchased ranch. Ya know, the ranch with no cattle, no crop, no income source, no cowboys, no indians. Just 1800 acres of scrub brush. Yep, a real American. /snark off
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:22 pmI have often wondered… is David Bowie more blue-eyed or brown-eyed? I just don’t know how to feel about his music if I can’t figure out which eye color he identifies with more…
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ralph the wonder llama Says:
Can anyone explain how this question affects the candidate’s ability to govern?
Thanks.
It doesn’t. But Americans are always obsessed with the trivial.
When in doubt, read Sandberg’s “I am the People, the Mob”.
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:25 pmOh
My
Fcking
Gawd!!!!
When one has to ascertain if a candidate is more white than black, or vice versa, then one should not be qualified to vote!!!!!!!!!
PERIOD
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:27 pmbarackocarter Says:
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ralph the wonder llama Says:
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Can anyone explain how this question affects the candidate’s ability to govern?
Thanks.
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Apparently, it affects how O’Carter decides to run his campaign. Does he run it as a 20 yr. follower of Black Liberation Theology, or does he try to re-invent himself?
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:23 pm
You mean like the crusty old stupid curmudgeon on the GOP side , who bears absolutely no resemblence to the guy that was running in 2000 , yet carries the bogus titles of “Maverick” and “Straight Talk Express” ?
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:27 pmOr maybe the candidate most likely to run out of Depends during a critical time in the WH?
Or who will be doing those Bob Dole Viagra commercialw in January, after he has had his wrinkled up arse handed to him.
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:30 pmAnd it’s supposed to matter, why?
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:30 pmWhat a ridiculous statement.
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:30 pmThese people just plain SUCK.
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:31 pmI am so totally fed up with talking heads who can’t get it that Obama is neither white or black, nor what is usually defined as African American. He’s what used to be called biracial, a first generation African and American person. Stop trying to pigeon hole him, and take him for who he is, not who you want to make him!
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:34 pmRUCerious Says:
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And it’s supposed to matter, why?
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:30 pm
So idiot GOP flunkies like Weisman can set up to talk about how Obama is now a ‘far-left’ white man for months ; while trying to laughably portray a wrinkled old moronic adulterer who was an even shittier pilot , as some sort of staid , stable , family-man and loving individual………
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:35 pmOf course he’s more white. Didn’t you see him dance with Ellen?
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:38 pmralph. My first inclination is that race is only a distraction and should be ignored to better realize that ‘all men are created equal’.
But, I also believe that while it seems idealistically appropriate to ignore race, it may be practically impossible.
I know that I have posted that Obama may be uniquely suitable to facilitate a national discussion on race. Because he’s black (and part white), he may be seen as a more credible arbiter. I’ve also applauded a speech Obama gave on the importance of black men meeting their obligations of fatherhood (in response to statistics showing a high incidence of fatherless black families). A white politician could never have given that speech.
The caller was right:
“I would caution against making statements such as ‘he’s more white than black,’” adding, “The problem is that this is a discussion the media (and perhaps society) is not familiar with, and consequently generalizes in a rather simplistic fashion.”
Race is a highly charged issue. And the easiest, most politically astute response would be to ignore it.
I wish we were at a point all men were considered equal. And race was never considered. But, in this real world, we have real racial problems.
And because we have racial issues, Obama’s racial background (which I wish was unimportant) is an asset, not a liability.
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:40 pmI’m beginning not to care about Obama. He promised in October to not support any bill including telecom retroactive immunity. Change? How is this a person for change?
Maybe the country needs four more years to feel, really internalize, what Republicans are doing to them and our country. Then, we might get some change. I’m sick of the Democratic complicity, including Obama’s. Very VERY diaappointing.
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:42 pmAnd why the fcuk does it matter to these guys?
these guys are so racist that the only way they can tolerate a biracial brown person, is to convince themselves that that person’s “white side” is dominant than their “black side.” I have seen this same attitude in biracial people who identify European/ Asian heritage as superior than their African/ Latin American heritage. I pity these people. My family has been blending for nearly two centuries some voluntary, some not. We made a practice of not falling into the “too much” this “not enough” that because it fall in line with the Willie lynch mindset of divide and conquer.
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:42 pmThere are so many mixed race people these days that I find it totally ridiculous how much attention Obama’s skin color is getting!
I happen to be a mixture of at least three ethnic groups, but, of course, we ALL ultimately come from Africa so who cares if your ancestors got lighter because they moved north or whatever?!
Obama’s mixed heritage will serve him well. Plus, he’s very intelligent and educated. Unlike the current WH resident.
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:42 pmbackup,
You describe Obama as “black (and part white).”
Why not describe him as “white (and part black)?”
Each is equally racist.
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:43 pmStu Gotts Says:
Of course he’s more white. Didn’t you see him dance with Ellen?
- - Of course he’s more black. Didn’t you see him play basketball?
Stu Gotts, indeed.
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:45 pmCareful there, alphainfinityomega, you may have just revealed more about yourself than you realize or intended to. Bias is bias, and harboring a different bias than your neighbor harbors doesn’t make you any less of a bigot than your neighbor.
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:49 pmIn general I think mix-raced people are much prefered to peolpe who are inbred. Republiscums are the result of cloning fifth generation inbred offspring of Reagan.
Who ever said “We are what we eat” wasn’t referring to the diet of bullcrap republiscums relish, but it still fits.
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:56 pmI don’t give a crap if he’s blue, purple, red, green…..hell make him a rainbow. I don’t care.
The only thing I care about is his bringing this country back after 8 long years of mismanagement from the shrub. That’s all I care about.
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:00 pmZooey. You’re right. Maybe ’since Obama is considered both white and black’ would have been better.
I think we all wished we lived in a world where race truly didn’t matter.
BTW, You linked me to TheZoo a month back and I checked out your link to a Pfleger video.
Although I still thought Pfleger’s comments at Trinity were inappropriate, I can agree with you that he has done a lot of good for many people and that the sound bite comments at Trinity don’t accurately reflect his more admirable efforts.
TheZoo looks like a great site. It’s well done. Congratulations.
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:03 pmOf course he’s black.
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:04 pmHomer Plessy, of Plessy vs. Ferguson fame, was one-eighth black–That means that seven of his great-grandparents were white, and one was black–and was prevented from sitting in a white railway car.
The Supreme court said that was OK, not only legitimizing segregation but supporting the principle that black blood was a pollutant.
Then I take it your answer is, “no, I can’t explain how it affects the man’s ability to govern.”
Thanks.
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:05 pmbarackocarter Says:
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To many progressives, racism is bad but anti-Semitism is o.k. See evidence above.
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Oh , but it was certainly okay for you asswipes to claim that we are all “anti-American” and/or “terrorists/terrorist sympathizers” , for correctly identifying Chimpy himself and his idiotic and illegal invasion of Iraq for the sham that it always was and always will be , eh dummy ?
You Chimpy Adoration Brigade members have absolutely no business criticizing others for questioning where loyalty lies , after 7+ years of partisan foolishness and utter bullshit ; including the sad and sorry display of defending the despicable intentional outing of a covert CIA agent , which is outright treason , that you clowns still try to apologize and excuse-make for………..
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:05 pmWhy is that the GOP, the party that always gushes about rugged individualism, consists of a-holes who immediately try to typecast people based on the people that came before?
Obama apparently is not allowed to be unique, or an individual. He must either be white or black, according to the party who only sees things as white or black.
Those soo schnozzles can vote for the color (or lack thereof). I’m voting for the candidate.
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:08 pmSome campaign the neocons are mounting. The RNC must have a brilliant strategist on board. Mr. D. Duke.
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:08 pmThis is the way it will always be with a liberal or Democratic candidate. The press will never allow them to measure up. Look at Obama. He is a member of the elite. Remind them of his humble beginnings and the problem is that he skipped the middle class. If he goes to an African American church, he is too black. If he wants to note his diverse background, he is too white. If he made a lower middle class wage as an organizer, he is too wealthy to understand the poor or to be credited with sufficient empathy or community spirit. Nothing will ever be good enough to qualify him as a candidate.
Now look at McCain. Every position he has taken has changed to the right. However, he is a straight talker. His flip flops are only because he must lie to every one to win the election. He is the anti-Bush although he has voted for Bush initiatives 95% of the time this session. He is a war hero although as a POW he made more than 36 broadcasts for the N. Vietnamese. He is of the common people although he was the son and grandsons of four star admirals. He is not elite although he went to Anapolis. He is of humble means (as long as we do not count his wife’s money.)
Yes, this is what we want to see in our press.
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:09 pmLinus Says:
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Re #5: alphainfinityomega says:
Perhaps Weisman is more Jewish than American.
Careful there, alphainfinityomega, you may have just revealed more about yourself than you realize or intended to. Bias is bias, and harboring a different bias than your neighbor harbors doesn’t make you any less of a bigot than your neighbor.
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Questioning someone with Jewish ancestry being a Zionist , who are very powerful these days in the US and highly numerous , is not the same as attempting to make an issue out of someone’s MIXED HERITAGE background.
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:09 pmbarackocarter
Linus
rogerse
lock_box
What is “69″ x 4?
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:11 pmWhat type of white is Jonathan Weisman?
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:16 pmSome variation of a circle jerk?
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:17 pmCorrect, ralph! Your prize is the TP version of a Klondike bar — a troll grenade!
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:29 pmI would like to consider race irrelevant. But, consider affirmative action:
If you declare that race is irrelevant, you strengthen the argument that policies that attempt to redress inequalities due to race, like affirmative action, are unnecessary.
Like it our not, we have racial issues that are unresolved. They will not go away if we ignore them.
On one hand, Obama’s race is absolutely unimportant. On the other hand, it’s absolutely essential as our best hope to a better understanding in race relations.
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:31 pmThe Washington Post has YET to report the story of how the Pentagon used retired generals to spread the propaganda that led us into war.
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:31 pmThat little escapade only caused hundreds of thousands of death and injuries, millions of displaced persons and will ultimately cost over a trillion dollars which we will put on the national credit card for our children and grandchildren to pay.
Yet the Washington Compost Pile has no problem wasting time on irrelevant nonsense; white? black? Who gives a sh**!
I don’t care if he’s African-American, German-American or Icelantic-American
What are his policies?
The corporate media has less than ZERO credibility.
As to tv reporting; Why does one missing coed get 24/7 coverage, but the dead bodies in Iraq could have filled football stadiums, yet Iraq is NOT an important enough story to warrant coverage?
Washington Post Reporter: Obama ‘Is Much More White Than Black’»
This is ridiculous… Obama’s win will be a landslide and NO one cares about the skin color.
When America elects a black president, will those from the black community, not all but some, come to terms that it is not the color of their skin but maybe attitude problems projected creating a sense of rejection?
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:34 pmAs Americans I thought we were trying to get passed racial issues yet the media is always bringing it up. Why can’t we stick to the issues of the elections and what affects us directly versus whether the candidate is too white or too black or too old?
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:37 pmI know that in California anyone who is applying for a job race or age is not suppose to be considered a factor for employment.
Annie, Annie, Annie, if they really did then they’d be good for ONE thing.
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:50 pmWeisman has the perfect face and smile to be a “Fluffer” at a skin movie shooting!
June 23rd, 2008 at 5:03 pmMcWars Says
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:11 pm
barackocarter
Linus
rogerse
lock_box
What is “69? x 4?
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Oh geez — it’s a visual I’m now trying to flush out of my mind…
June 23rd, 2008 at 5:21 pmJMOHR Says
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:09 pm
This is the way it will always be with a liberal or Democratic candidate. The press will never allow them to measure up. Look at Obama. He is a member of the elite. Remind them of his humble beginnings and the problem is that he skipped the middle class. If he goes to an African American church, he is too black. If he wants to note his diverse background, he is too white. If he made a lower middle class wage as an organizer, he is too wealthy to understand the poor or to be credited with sufficient empathy or community spirit. Nothing will ever be good enough to qualify him as a candidate.
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Oh! Oh! You forgot that he’s “too eloquent”! This is the first time I can remember in all the presidential campaigns I’ve seen a candidate getting slammed for his oratory skills. Yet if he made his speeches in fluent Ebonics, he’d get slammed for that, too.
June 23rd, 2008 at 5:24 pmJonathan Weisman is a shmegege. alphainfinityomega, don’t be a shande far di goyim!
June 23rd, 2008 at 5:34 pmJonathan Weisman: Another clown on the block. Some of the nimrod journalists don’t know what to make of Obama. So instead of knowing the fact that Obama is bi-racial, white mother from Kansas and a Kenya father from Africa and a half-sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, born in Indonesia, nimrods like Weisman who has two asses instead of one have to make total fools out of themselves to claim that Obama is more white than black.
Weisman is more ignorant than dumb. He left his brain in the closet.
June 23rd, 2008 at 5:39 pmPrytania Says:
Say and do anything to get elected is the dem way.
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June 23rd, 2008 at 5:39 pmHow did you and your aunt feel about The Bush campaigns smear of Mr McCain’s child? Did you find any racial issues and or say anything to get elected type nonsense with all of that or were the two of you cool with that?
those who are too stupid to discuss issues will focus on race instead. not surprising, as the republican party is an evil organization of racial hatred
June 23rd, 2008 at 5:45 pmPeople just don’t get it. Obama is both not white enough and not black enough.
June 23rd, 2008 at 5:53 pmPrytania Says:
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dbadass Says:
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I think all politicians are PATHETIC!!! My aunt taught me that. And since she passed away some time ago, I can’t answer how she feels.
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June 23rd, 2008 at 5:53 pmSo if this is true why do you only single out the democrats as say anything to get elected types? Sorry to hear about your aunt. How did you feel about the illegitimate black child incident? These weren’t democrats…
That picture says, “Dude, where’s my hash pipe?”
June 23rd, 2008 at 6:30 pm“..is much more white than black…”
Only in a nation of baffoons could someone write this headline and not be immediately thrown into a padded cell.
Dear idiot…
June 23rd, 2008 at 6:56 pmWhat part speech are the words: “black” and “white” in your sentence?
Jonathan Weisman. Much more Jew than American.
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:07 pmB. Hussein Obama Carter’s nothing but a lying racist Marxist communist dumb moron who’s only claim to fame is that he reads a teleprompter well!!
June 23rd, 2008 at 8:38 pmAnd thus making this reporter more mundane and idiotic than actually substantive or actually reporting.
Seems more opinionated than reporting. Sort of like comedian Rush Limp-paw.
June 23rd, 2008 at 9:02 pmBarackocarter- Black Liberation Theology, oooh how scary! Preaching that black people have a long history of being mistreated and that God thinks the mistreatment should stop- what a frightening theology! Ain’t race just the scariest thing. I demand all of my would-be friends and acquaintances give me an exact breakdown of their racial background. I accept nothing less than 90% white, how ’bout you?
June 23rd, 2008 at 9:07 pmJ. Kerry, the sun must be shining where you live- you crawled out from under your rock. Then you wrote five adjectives in a row- way to go, champ!
June 23rd, 2008 at 9:14 pmZed Lefflin Says:
John McCain has yet to inform us of his color.
Pasty Republican white.
June 23rd, 2008 at 9:29 pmThis is more insidious nonsense that comes from people who have issues with the hue of the skin. The only thing that makes one skin lighter or darker than another is the amount of melanin one’s body has. I hate to break it to those who are uninformed or in denial, but at least one-third of those who check the Anglo-American box on the job application/census/ have some heritage of color and African descent. I am Irish/Cherokee/African and my grandfather used to “pass” when he needed to go to the bathroom while traveling. What I want to know is: what is “white” and what is “black”? Is it culture, is it education, is it just because people need to have something that they can use to believe that they are better than? If one was to use culture and education, I would be considered “what”? I like a very diverse number of things, from many cultures. I don’t fit anyone’s stereotype, nor do many, many people I know. Just as I don’t believe that the majority of Anglos are spoken for by the minority who hide behind their computers or microphones or whatever, making hatefilled, minimizing comments in some weak attempt at leveling , I would hope that thinking, conscious people would begin to do whatever is necessary to stop the madness because there is no such thing as being more “white” than “black”. There is however the posibility of being more inhuman than human.
June 23rd, 2008 at 10:47 pm“hes exactly half white and black, ” haaa nobody knows what he is here. His name is Barack Hussein Obama. Wo here has met a man named anything like that. He is partly white and Arabic. That is sketchy and scary. Not sure why u guys dont have a problem wiht that.
Hey Barack can you pass the Coffee?
Sure Akmed
Thanks Hussein
Welcome to America Obama
sound weird?r
eplace those name woth Mike, John and Andy, or maybe ur name
June 23rd, 2008 at 11:50 pmoh wait we need change…
June 23rd, 2008 at 11:51 pmThis is ridiculous. First, there is no need for pictures of Barack Obama and his father, after all, he was abandoned by his father. Secondly, he was raised in a mostly white family. If anything, Barack Obama should have a really good understanding about race issues in this country. As a grandson and son of admirals, McCain only understands the privilege and special treatment while serving in the Navy. Just one more McCain and Bush similarity. No wonder Johnny boy hugs Georgie. They have so much in common.
June 24th, 2008 at 8:36 amTanqueray Says: Barry can’t win, He ain’t black enough
He ain’t black enough
Cute. Black enough to whom, African Americans? Hate to break it to you, but, most of us really don’t give a sh*it about this stuff (most of us under the age of 50, anyway)
BTW. Even if the quantity/quality of one’s “blackness” did matter to Black voters, how are John Kerry, Al Gore and Bill Clinton “blacker” than Barack Obama? What did these gentlemen do to “blacken” themselves sufficiently so that they were acceptable to Black voters?
June 24th, 2008 at 8:37 am