Amazing

[MrLabGuy]

Originally Posted by brian5

That does NOT prove the nation is not racist. I thought many people had said that a lot of those that weren't voting for Obama were racists --- if that's true, that's a lot of racists...

And Obama is only partially black --- he's as white as he is black. Why do people want to insist he's black? It's like all of those people that say that Tiger Woods is black.

LOL...His very comment is racist. It always seems that those who cry racism are the first to invoke race as an issue.

[4.6is Ryder]

Originally Posted by brian5

That does NOT prove the nation is not racist. I thought many people had said that a lot of those that weren't voting for Obama were racists --- if that's true, that's a lot of racists...

And Obama is only partially black --- he's as white as he is black. Why do people want to insist he's black? It's like all of those people that say that Tiger Woods is black.

Say what

[Meiac09]

google it and you will see. I was thinking the same thing, but brian5 had the balls to bring it up first. In WHAT manner is that racist, other than calling in the media for driving with blinders on. We've all bitched about his heritage before, and IIRC, we decided that the MEDIA was making a mountain out of a freaking bump.
His comment is NOT racist, it is simply dicking out the media. Stop looking for something to bitch about!

I personally don't give a flying frig whether he is black, white, orange, purple, gay, straight, hell, as long as he speaks english I don't object! My only issues are with the media making it an enormous deal. woohoo we have a president with african-american heritage, we can have a big deal made next time because the next president will be left handed.

I would have hoped that our society had passed this "color" crap 50 years ago, but this is a prime example at why we're sitting in the clusterfook we're in. People don't learn.

I'm not being racist, I'm not being insensitive, I'm not being a bigot. Flame away, since someone will find something in what I wrote to bitch about. Good Night.

FYI: One of many threads related to this: http://www.xoutpost.com/lounge/26492-...ck-enough.html

[realchef]

Originally Posted by MrLabGuy

LOL...His very comment is racist. It always seems that those who cry racism are the first to invoke race as an issue.

Any mention other than his personal or political qualifications, such as 'The First Black President" is a racial statement.

The fact that he is Bi-racial played a role in his being elected. Which makes this partially a race based election. The Republicans screwing EVERYTHING up opened the election for the Democrats. They simply had to pony up a decent candidate.

Do not kid yourself, his qualifications are average. His knack for emulating Kennedy is genius.

Nobama but NoBush is even better!

[X5Dawg]

Originally Posted by x54.4blue

The point is that America elected an qualified new president

Based on what??

[realchef]

Originally Posted by Meiac09

google it and you'll see. I was thinking the same thing, but brian5 had the balls to bring it up. We've all bitched about his heritage before, and IIRC, we decided that the media was making a mountain out of nothing.
His comment is NOT racist, it is simply dicking out the media.

I personally don't give a flying frig whether he is black, white, orange, purple, gay, straight, hell, as long as he speaks english I don't object! My only issues are with the media making it an enormous deal. woohoo we have a president with african-american heritage, we can have a big deal made next time because the next president will be left handed.

I would have hoped that our society had passed this "color" crap 50 years ago, but this is a prime example at why we're sitting in the clusterfook we're in. People don't learn.

I'm not being racist, I'm not being insensitive, I'm not being a bigot. Flame away, since someone will find something in what I wrote to bitch about. Good Night.

FYI: One of many threads related to this: http://www.xoutpost.com/lounge/26492-...ck-enough.html

EXACTLY, they are setting everything back YEARS.

The honorable thing to do would be elect the man and NOT EVEN mention his heritage. THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. I personally find it condescending, ingratiating and insulting for the way he is being treated.

This is not What MLK dreamed of. Equality means no differentiations. He has been regailed due to his color.

Show him some respect. Stop calling him black. Mr. President will suffice.

[MrLabGuy]

Originally Posted by 4.6is Ryder

Say what

I think he is referring to an old belief in the days of slavery where people were considered black if they had any black blood or ancestry which gave them dark skin.

It is ridiculous or silly at best to label someone "African American" who has a multi-racial background. I prefer American if you are going to use a label. But then again I'm not a racist bigot.

[realchef]

[Wagner]

IMO:

The whole "black" thing is only significant from the standpoint of:

1) There has never been anything but a white male as POTUS
2) Blacks during/pre civil war were slaves
3) Blacks were treated like utter dirt by the "general" (not all) masses up until the late 1960's (yes I know nearly 50 years ago, POTUS was born in 1961, well after the majority of travesties and way to young to feel the full brunt of racism of the 60/70s...throw in an Ivy league educations, and I'd say he was far from the average person)

As for being POTUS, last I checked a VAST number of "white folks" voted for him, more than blacks if you go by strict votes and not percentages. So all this equation is simply, rhetoric. The media focuses on the fact that he is black. The media showed primarily blacks during the entire coverage today. Is that a good or bad thing? Who knows. If it encourages folks to work harder from seeing the example set by POTUS, wonderful.

[PersonaNonGrata]

Sorry Quicksilver but this thread turned pretty political so it's now in the Politics Forum.

My $0.02: People have forgotten that he is half Caucasian. Obama has not but the media and public sure have. They love to focus on that one aspect of Obama. Does it matter? Not to me. He could be purple polka dots for all I care so long as he does a good job. The assumption that he is "qualified" is just that: an assumption. I think that he is very charismatic, articulate, and has nailed MLK's cadence as well as JFK's smoothness. That made him a very appealing candidate in the face of a crusty and semi-crazy McCain. Time will tell if he has the substance to match his coolness.

Brian Williams on NBC made an interesting observation about Obama being of mixed race and called him a true African-American since Obama's father was from Kenya. How do other African-Americans feel about that? :eek: Racist? :