Weisman apologizes for racially-insensitive comment.
Weisman apologizes for racially-insensitive comment.
This past Monday, ThinkProgress reported that Washington Post’s Jonathan Weisman critiqued Barack Obama as being “much more white than black.” The newspaper received several complaints from readers about that comment, including one from Kendall Ridley of Houston who wrote, “Please let Mr. Weisman know that black culture is the all-encompassing experience of being black; there is not just one kind of black culture, as black America is neither monolithic nor single-minded.” The Post’s ombudsman Deborah Howell reports today that Weisman offered this apology for his insensitivity:
Weisman replied to me: “I was trying to say that chronologically, Obama spent his entire childhood either in the white environment of an elite Hawaii prep school or in Indonesia. But frankly, I’m not defending myself. It was a really stupid, insensitive comment, and I have apologized for it to the people who have e-mailed me.
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weisman is still much more shmegege than mensch
June 28th, 2008 at 1:36 pmWell McCain is old, stupid and senile but gee I don’t want to be insensitive. You racist, who are scared to death of having a Black President, should be thrilled that Obama has been in both worlds, he can walk the line.
June 28th, 2008 at 1:41 pmThe neoconservative WaPo lets yet another stooge b!tch it up — and twist in the wind all by his ugly lonesome.
This is getting to be like “Gilligan’s Island” — same story, different week.
June 28th, 2008 at 1:41 pmBut what does it have to do with what he said? Nothing
June 28th, 2008 at 1:42 pmroger, you are a one-celled brainless life form. Chronologically speaking of course…
June 28th, 2008 at 1:47 pmwell, at least weisman apologized (though I’m sure his publicist had to twist his arm to fo it). most neocons are PROUD of their stupidity
June 28th, 2008 at 1:48 pmHere we go again, another racist expressing his views on Obama. This man should be fired for being stupid, not to mention racist. What is it going to take for the racists in this country to wake up and realize that blacks are not the enemy? Apparently they hate blacks more than terrorists. We are all Americans, but some don’t want it that way. It is a sad commentary that racists are so stupid that they can’t see who the real enemy is. That would be like the United States invading Canada for the 9-11 attacks. You have to be really stupid to hate blacks more than terrorists. But there are some in this country who feel exactly that way.
By the way they refused to post my actual comments so I had to revise them because they hit to close to home. This site doesn’t really want to hear the truth about racism in this country.
June 28th, 2008 at 1:50 pmignore rodgers. he’s just upset because we liberals took away his slaves
June 28th, 2008 at 1:51 pmYou know other countries have had women leaders, black, white leaders, guess who is behind times ? Obama is the face of a new America, get on board or get out of the way.
June 28th, 2008 at 1:53 pmI agree racism is alive in America and not just against Blacks. Guess some people are so threatened they have to try and feel superior to others.
June 28th, 2008 at 1:56 pmThe Shadow Says:
That would be like the United States invading Canada for the 9-11 attacks
or like invading Iraq for the 9-11 attacks. Iraq had about as much to do with it as canada did (that is to say, it had nothing t o do with it)
June 28th, 2008 at 1:59 pmSo he apologizes for cheap-shotting Obama. Big deal. He’ll do it again, just wait and see. He’s a Villager, and they don’t let go of a talking point, if it can be tweaked, and re-used in a slightly different form.
June 28th, 2008 at 2:02 pmLet the neocons do their best, or worst. It shows that they are sinking into the swamp. Such a shame that they can’t forget Party and realize America is listing. Get on board to bail it out and make it whole once again, so we can be proud to be Americans again.
June 28th, 2008 at 2:03 pmHere we go again, another pathetic racist ruling-class Republican pointing his finger at Obama, trying to claim that Obama is “elitist.” The real question is, which right-wing Republican moron will make the last racist remark before Election day?
June 28th, 2008 at 2:05 pm17. texaslady Says:
Let the neocons do their best, or worst.
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Thanx to the Internets Tubes, it’s comin’ back on’em WAY faster than the old 24-hour news cycle — and Friday afternoons don’t matter any more.
June 28th, 2008 at 2:07 pmWell McCain didn’t exactly grow up in the barrio, now did he ? And he certainly has not had to sell shoes on the weekends for the last 25 years with Cindy’s budget. People get over it ! Thank goodness Obama did have a great education with many different cultures. That is a good thing.
June 28th, 2008 at 2:15 pmThe Republicans are in dire need of an “I didn’t do it” or “That’s not what I meant” non-apology apolgy website. SorryAssRepublicans dot com should do the trick.
June 28th, 2008 at 2:18 pmBarack Obama and the Ethanol Scam: Serving the Captains of Capital
June 28th, 2008 at 2:23 pmhttp://takingaimradio.com/mp3/takingaim080624.mp3
Alejandro Says:
off topic….flagged. this thread is about racist remarks made by republicans. Your post is spam as well as a lie.
June 28th, 2008 at 2:26 pmWell, first reichwingers smear Obama for supposedly attending a madrassa in Indonesia.
Now it turns out it was an elite all-white school.
Who knew!
June 28th, 2008 at 2:37 pmelite Hawaiian prep schools? these people sound like such tools – it’s time for McCain’s attack dogs pick a new one
June 28th, 2008 at 2:55 pmrodgers Says:
June 28th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Flagged.
June 28th, 2008 at 3:02 pm19. jonnyy Says:
Thanx to the Internets Tubes, it’s comin’ back on’em WAY faster than the old 24-hour news cycle — and Friday afternoons don’t matter any more.
I had a great time earlier this week telling my republiscum friend that his taunt about Michele’s ‘proud of America’ remark just shows that he gets his news from Fox. I told him to first check at Obama’s anti-smear site first to make sure the latest republiscum lie hasn’t already been proven wrong.
June 28th, 2008 at 3:05 pmThat’s really the only way to deal with the troll. He’s clearly throwing this trash out to try and get a rise out of us or otherwise derail the thread. Go find another place to play, troll.
June 28th, 2008 at 3:10 pmRog2 really has brought nothing to any thread He/she/it has been to recently. I flag and ignore it now.
We are seeing the final throes of the Repug trolls; They got nothin’ left in their rover/faux goodie bag anymore.
June 28th, 2008 at 3:16 pmHey Rog2, how original, flagging because you have nothing else! Aren’t you ashamed to bring your racist, small appendage and empty sack little mind to the adult discussion?
Run along, time for that self-medication.
June 28th, 2008 at 3:20 pmMatt,
What has happened to the real discussions here? Have the Repugs ran out of the intelligent troops, or have they all defected and left the 19%ers to provide the retreating covering fire?
HMMMMM
June 28th, 2008 at 3:24 pmThis thread is about Barack Obama, who is beholden to certain corporate interests. You don’t think he would have gotten this far without that, do you?
June 28th, 2008 at 3:34 pmAlejandro Says:
off topic….flagged. this thread is about racist remarks made by republicans. Your post is spam as well as a lie.
This thread is about Barack Obama, who is beholden to certain corporate interests. You don’t think he would have gotten this far without that, do you?
No, this thread is about racism, and Rog2 is one of your REPEATEDLY ADMITTED racists. Are you also one?
June 28th, 2008 at 3:37 pmJust so you know who you are debating here, rogerse would fail any history, and/or English proficiency test.
He still has to show he understands what the words ultimate, territory mean, and that he knows the difference between Theodore and Franklin D Roosevelt.
June 28th, 2008 at 3:40 pmGregor,
Guess all that home schooling in his basement and that one semester at that 3rd tier Junior College and auto repair academy hasn’t exactly worked wonders, huh?
June 28th, 2008 at 3:44 pmrogers,
rogerse,
who cares?
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good luck.
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true.
÷
June 28th, 2008 at 3:44 pmWow, Alejandro slinked away, too. Guess he wasn’t up to answering the racist accusation or to defending his ‘buddy’, Rog2. How telling.
June 28th, 2008 at 3:46 pmupside99,
Sadly, yes, rogerse is yet another child left behind.
On a brighter note, I can use him as a example to teach my kids to say no to drugs and stay in school ;-)
June 28th, 2008 at 3:49 pmGregor,
I wonder if Zoloft Laura would hold Rog2 up as one of her ’shining examples’?
June 28th, 2008 at 3:56 pmDon’t you realize what really affects you?
June 28th, 2008 at 4:13 pmDon’t you realize what really affects you?
We all realise what affects you. Idiocy.
But that is not the topic of the thread either.
June 28th, 2008 at 4:15 pmAlejandro Says:
I’m flagging this fool, again. Alejanro, you know the difference and you still want to change reality. No more responding to your childisness.
June 28th, 2008 at 4:19 pmAlejandro Says:
No, this thread is about racism, and Rog2 is one of your REPEATEDLY ADMITTED racists. Are you also one?
This thread has nothing to do with corporate interests, it is about racist remarks. Are you really that stupid?
Don’t you realize what really affects you?
Well, the price of bananas in Costa Rica affects me, but that isn’t the topic of this thread, either. Try to keep up.
June 28th, 2008 at 4:24 pm“It was a really stupid, insensitive comment”
Yes, it was, bonehead. So, why in the hell did you make that bonehead comment???
Love the comment by the reader who responded to Weisman’s comment:
“If Obama is ‘more white,’ ‘beyond skin color,’ I entreat Mr. Weisman to delineate precisely what he means. . . . Is he suggesting there is ‘white behavior’ and ‘black behavior’ or ‘white thought’ and ‘black thought’?”
June 28th, 2008 at 4:54 pmA point well taken!
Crap. Next thing you know, he’ll be telling us that some of his best friends are black…
*eyeroll*
Flarking idiots.
June 28th, 2008 at 5:02 pmTalk about ignorance. The “white environment of an elite Hawaii prep” is not factually correct. Punahou, the elite Hawaii prep school you are referring to is dominated by Japanese, Hawaiian, and a mix of other cultures. Whites are a distinct minority at this school.
June 28th, 2008 at 5:56 pmRoger is a low life PIG racist.
June 28th, 2008 at 11:01 pm