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That's it. Keep putting the emphasis on the fact that he's
black. It will go against him. He is half white. The black
half ran out on him when he was 2. The white half took
the responsibility to bring him up.
That doesn't mean he didn't experience the trials and tribulations that go along with being an African American growing up in America.
We all experience trials and tribulations growing up anywhere. All i'm saying is that if they keep bringing race
into this election people will get turned off and vote for
mcCain instead.
I have this odd sense that people will notice that Barack Obama is not white regardless of whether or not they saw this cartoon. Anybody who is not moved by any positive racial progress in this country is small indeed. Obama being the Democratic nominee for President is a remarkable milestone for all of us.
And Bulldog, I'm not sure where you're coming from with your statement about his racial "halves." What does race have to do with his father being a jerk and leaving? I know fathers of all hues who fit that miserable category. Barack Obama himself appears to be a great father.
A remarkable day, indeed! I was a teenager growing up in the 60s in the South, and I never would have thought that would have lived to see this day. I am thrilled that I did.
Race seems to have to do with everthing these days Matt. Your
cartoon even shows it. A black man being served at a lunch counter where in the past he might not have been. First black president. Sharon saying she thought she'd never live to see this day. First black coach to win a super bowl.
All we are is focused on race. It's become a joke. We will
never become one people in this country if we continue to
divide ourselves by race. How about a cartoon on the
achievements we accomplish as a country or just saying
Obama is a great choice for president? Get my drift?
Oh yea, with a rebel as a wife who is only now proud to be an American and a close relationship to a racist preacher i'm
not so sure he's going to get in anyway.
AS a life long conservative I will, in all likelihood, not be voting for Senator Obama in the fall. However, it is a good thing to take a moment to wonder at how far we have come. Race matters here as far as Obama's victory ,at least in part, shreds to ribbons centuries old policies of exclusion.
I'm a life long (whatever)who sees this as a chance to REALLY discuss race/religion… once again. It's been WAY too long since we said what we really thought.
I believe Obama's possibly being our first black president is a great step forward for this country. His candidacy itself is a starting point to let us get everything off our chests. Like it or not, we've still got that pesky first ammendment.
Lots of you guys are saying what you really believe. Fantastic! Afterall, we don't have to like what the other guy says. Can't we just let him/her say it?
The point, in my opinion, is that in our country white, black, Asian, biracial… Americans have beliefs that we can't simply ignore. Come on, guys,we've all been down this road before: blacks, whites, gays,"For whichever language, press 1"
Don't hold it in!?
BULLDOG: All we are is focused on race. It's become a joke. We will never become one people in this country if we continue to divide ourselves by race.
OK, so let's ignore it and just be American. Because, you know, ignoring a problem usually fixes it, right? I mean, after all, it's worked so well for poverty, workers' rights, health care costs, etc., right?
Race is not a joke to those who, by virtue of melanin in their skin, are forced to live outside the inherent privilege that goes with being white (and male) in America. White males can (ignorantly and falsely) continue to deny that they are born into special privilege in this country, but this behavior will do nothing to heal the racial scars that continue to haunt this country. Are we as a nation expected to be miraculously healed when black slavery and Asian/Hispanic disenfranchisement were institutions that lasted 300 years while it has been barely more than 50 years since the Equal Rights Amendment was ratified? It's naive to believe that current discussions of race are overblown and non-progressive, because we will never manage to move past the sins of our forefathers if we don't at least acknowledge and try to come to terms with them.
You must be talking about the white man of the past toaster.
There is no white male privilage anymore. If anything it's gone the other way. Anyone who is NOT white male seems to
get all the breaks,programs and help needed but not the white man. seen any programs for JUST white males only lately? .
I haven't!!! Wake up you are living in the past.
Toaster,
You sound like Michelle Obama.
Toaster,
Michelle Obama made a remark that white Baby Boomers I talked to (I'm not 1 of them)took very personally. Remember she said this was the first time she was proud of her country? A white woman asked the TV what SHE ever did to black Americans that gave Michelle Obama the right to forget the past 50 years.
It started an honest talk about race. To recap:
-One African-American woman & one white one talked about their experiences (they were both from the Northeast & middle-aged). The black woman said racial discrimination was still happening in this country. The white woman asked "Where?" The African-American woman said, "I still see Confederate flags displayed proudly." The white one said, "Not on my bumper sticker. But you'll see the AMERICAN flag"
-The black woman said when she went somewhere w/a white person, she got better treatment. The white one answered that she was sorry; she just didn't see it. "But you talk like everyone treats you that way."
-Both woman agreed that jerky salesmen (sorry for the non-jerks out there)treated anything w/boobs like idiots when they tried to buy a car or anything @ Circuit City.
It went on from there, seriously.
I'm not making this up. And, yeah, I did take part some of the time.