Do you think Barack Obama is a racist
I am neither Democrat or Republican. However, I have seen some of Obama's writings and I have to say, they seem extremely racist and bigoted to me. The preacher at his church is extremely racist, almost fanatically so, and the author he grew up as friends with was apparently very racist as well. In his memoirs, he wrote that, upon hearing the white grandmother was afraid of a black panhandler, this author told the teenage Obama that she was right to be afraid because she knows that black people have a reason to hate. What kind of thing is that to say??
It really seems to me that, maybe even against his will or unbeknownest to him since he was a child, this man has been groomed to hate white people. How is this a good candidate for our President? If it was a white man who had written these same things about black people, he'd never have been put in office ANYWHERE and as well he shouldn't. A racist has no place in the White House.
Update:Actually, chick, he DID say it. He has published memoirs in black and white that he can never take back. YOU are the one who isn't listening.
Update 3:And by the way, BOTH of my sisters' kids are all bi-racial. Black and white. That's 7 kids that are half-black in my family. Their husbands are black. I am not racist and I know what it is to be bi-racial. And it ISN'T picking which color to identify with.
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Yes I do, he really is a racist!
There's a difference between racism and truth. Racism is a belief or doctrine that inherent (born) differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others. White men have gone around the world oppressing and ruling white and black women and black men and others. All I've heard so far is the truth about how white America had mistreated Black America. Read and be informed about hangings, denial of public accommodations (hotels, restaurants), jobs, housing, bank loans, unequal justice system etc. A black rreporter was attacked and called the "N" word and other horrible names a few days ago trying to cover a story on a white family but a white crew trying to cover the same story was not. You should read more and you'd know the difference between a racist tirade and a fiery sermon of truth by an angry man who has lived through hell. Obama does not have to share his views. Read the definition of racism again.
I totally agree with you. Obama is the most openly racist Presidential candidate I have ever seen. He actually uses race to get more votes. That's really bad. But what's worse is that isn't even the biggest problem about Obama.
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Ok I am a McCain supporter but I will try to give you a neutral answer.
Fact: He attended a Chruch for 20 years whose preacher practiced Black liberation theology and said controversial statements.
Fact: In his books he definitely has some racial undertone in some of his words although alot of people blow them out of proportion.
Fact: He is supported by various racist African dictators such as Farrakhan.
I am not sure if he is a "racist" in the full meaning of the word but his history is something I would look into with more details.
As a person of mixed ancestry( white & Mexican) I can tell you for certain that I recognize the language he uses and he is most certainly a racist. I have been personally exposed to this at various times in my life.That man has no business in the White house. His attidude and opinions DO NOT represent the majority.
Yes I certainly do believe he is a racist as well as his wife. Not only does his writings illuminate that fact but his wife's writings do as well. Note what she wrote in her college thesis. Is it any wonder that they were drawn to the group of Jeremiah Wright?
Racist is a strong word.
I think he feels that he is a member of a "superior race" and is not scared to talk about it. Does that make one racist, or just a elitist? I dont think it means he hates white people-i think it does mean that he feels he is better than alot of people of many colors. Regardless his actions and words have convinced me not to vote for him.
Yes he is. And he has a good reason to be a racist. His people were your slaves.
His being a socialist controlled fake is the biggest failure. Racist? Who cares? That term is so overused it is becoming useless. What will you do when someone calls you a racist for your question? Think about it, because someone will.
We've had plenty of racists in the White House.
Secondly, No one White would be able to write the things Barack has written about because you all don't live being Black.
Third, it's apparent that the reason you think Obama is racist, is because you don't understand what Blacks go through when they are dealing with their racial identity. You don't have that problem, Blacks do.
Here's a question that I'm sure will puzzle you:
What is your class and ethnic background?
Did you pause a little on the last end of the question?
Most Whites cannot answer this question or either you answer with a "I'm just normal" or "We're all a part of the human race."
Well, if you're normal, what's abnormal? people who don't look like you? You see, Whiteness is the unexamined norm, we don't examine Whiteness, we don't examine what's considered to be normal. You all can easily reach adulthood without having to worry about your racial group. Blacks can't do that.
In a race-conscious society, racial group membership has psychological implications. Messages of superiority and inferiority shape our perceptions of reality and influence our interactions with others. For Blacks and Latinos our tasks are to resist negative societal messages, while empowering each other in a racist society.
An example is this, a man grows up in a predominantly White area, with hardly any Blacks, a speck here and there, but here's the interesting part. There's really no one to compare yourself to. You can drive through other neighborhoods and there is a distinct message, whether you realize it or not that, that Whites are superior. The underlying message is very subtle, your parents may not have directly stated bigoted comments, but they didn't need to, the underlying message is usually, White people are generally good, they are like us (your family), us and them (Blacks, Latinos etc...)
Here's another distinction, Whites are considered "individuals" while Blacks and Hispanics are not. Blacks and Hispanics learn from an early age that anything they do or say is attributed to the whole race, while Whites don't have this "rule." An example, Whites can curse, dress in hand me downs, be loud etc...and not have these elements attributed to their whole race, Blacks and Hispanics cannot.
Black Identity:
Black children absorb the many beliefs and values of White culture, including the idea that it's better to be White (not saying that anything is wrong with being White), but the "better" part is the critical word.
The stereotypes, omissions and distortions that reinforce notions of White superiority are breathed in by Black children and White children
(which is why we have our own channels, we don't have too many representations of who we are, and if we do, it's from a White perspective).
Here was Barack's challenge, he was grappling between two worlds, a world that said he wasn't good enough because he was Black and the other world, the Black world where he really didn't have access to, but he saw himself as a man with a wide nose, brown skin, thick lips and nappy hair-Black. He saw a world that excluded people like him and he began to dislike his White side, although he loved his grandparents and he loved his mother to his core. He still had to grapple with the fact that the same people he loved, were also restricting people who looked more like him from equal opportunities. This is a struggle for many Blacks who are Biracial.
At this stage, Barack, is attempting to acknowledge the personal impact of racism (He's been called ****g*e*r etc... As a result of his trying to grapple with this, he's beginning to have a more heightened sense of awareness of the importance of race, and so he begins to grapple with what it means to be a member of a group targeted by racism...this is very common in the Black community.
Barack isn't racist, his book simply recounts his feelings at a time in his life while he was struggling to find his racial identity (as a young guy)and so, he's identified with the Black community because he understands the struggle, he's had to deal with it.
How was he reared to hate Whites? Those are the people who raised him.
ADD: I never said you were racist, you did. Ethnicity has nothing to do with color. You might be biracial, but you're not a Black person who is Biracial. Also, when they grow up, these kids you mention will have the same problems, it's a given, this is what it's like when you are trying to find your racial identity as a biracial Black person.
Ethnicity deals with who you identify with, not race. I can be Black and identify with the Hawaiian background. My ethnicity is Hawaiian, but my race is Black.