“The point I was making was not that my grandmother harbors any racial animosity,” he said. “But she is a typical white person. If she sees somebody on the street that she doesn’t know. . .there’s a reaction that’s been bred into her experiences that doesn’t go away and it comes out in the wrong way.”
Funny. I see people I don’t know on the street quite often. Daily, actually. It’s safe to say that my reaction to these people doesn’t come out the wrong way.
I guess I’m not a “typical white person”. Damnit all.
Is he saying that I come from poor breeding, or what?
Dood, you’re a man; practically a neanderthal. Your reactions cannot be seen as “typical” as compared to, ya know, the weaker sex.
Coach Posted: The nightmare for the super delegates is that Hillary now leads him 49-42 nationally, and has pulled even in North Carolina. They know that Obama probably cannot win in the fall, but if they “select” Hillary, the black vote will desert her and she can’t win either. It may not make a difference, however, as McCain now leads both of them.
This just hit me last night after watching the lastest Reverend Wright apologists make the rounds.
Hillary, steals the nomination and we have major race riots or Obama loses the general election and we have major race riots.
Call me naive, I had no idea that their was this whole group of people that hate me because I’m white and this country because it’s still majority white.
I first became aware of this when Mrs. Obama stated she wasn’t proud of this country even though she got a free Ivy League education and makes $300 grand a year. You don’t think that way unless you husband feels that way also. Now today Obama verifies what I’m now just realizing and of course Rev Rage too.
So I predict if Obama isn’t elected, things are going to get ugly. It will be because of Democrats but I am certain somehow I’ll be blamed again.
Coach Posted: The nightmare for the super delegates is that Hillary now leads him 49-42 nationally, and has pulled even in North Carolina. They know that Obama probably cannot win in the fall, but if they “select” Hillary, the black vote will desert her and she can’t win either. It may not make a difference, however, as McCain now leads both of them.
This just hit me last night after watching the lastest Reverend Wright apologists make the rounds.
Hillary, steals the nomination and we have major race riots or Obama loses the general election and we have major race riots.
Call me naive, I had no idea that their was this whole group of people that hate me because I’m white and this country because it’s still majority white.
I first became aware of this when Mrs. Obama stated she wasn’t proud of this country even though she got a free Ivy League education and makes $300 grand a year. You don’t think that way unless you husband feels that way also. Now today Obama verifies what I’m now just realizing and of course Rev Rage too.
So I predict if Obama isn’t elected, things are going to get ugly. It will be because of Democrats but I am certain somehow I’ll be blamed again.
Excellent post. Unfortunately, I agree with everything you have said and I am afraid that it may very well get ugly. And yes, it will be the fault of the “typical white person.” And this time, it may not even matter if the “typical white person” is a Democrat or Republican.
So I predict if Obama isn’t elected, things are going to get ugly. It will be because of Democrats but I am certain somehow I’ll be blamed again.
Hugh Hewitt and Mark Steyn were discussing this on hugh’s show this evening. Steyn’s point is that the clintons will try to torpedo Barack by convincing the remaining democrat voters that us nasty conservatives will never elect him president. This way they can steal the nomination from him while pointing to us and the villains.
That just sucks but I can see Hillary doing this. It is who she and billy are. I won’t vote for obama because he’s a foolish rabid socialist who will leave america weakened and more vulnerable in this complex world. Reverend Rage (kudos to whoever first thought that up!) is just part of who the guy is and as such simply cements my opinion.
Obama is half-white, people. He grew up in an all-white household. He is allowed to say “typical white person”, just like a Latino can say “typical Latino person”. It might be a generalization, but it certainly IS NOT RACIST. Get over it.
Obama is half-white, people. He grew up in an all-white household. He is allowed to say “typical white person”, just like a Latino can say “typical Latino person”. It might be a generalization, but it certainly IS NOT RACIST. Get over it.
Another troll crawls in from the cold.
And surprisely (not), you are missing the whole point.
>>I predict if Obama isn’t elected, things are going to get ugly. It will be because of Democrats but I am certain somehow I’ll be blamed again.
I’m thinking it may precipitate the discussion Obama was too gutless to have: the one about guilt for Whites and subsidized underachievement for Blacks, and the hyperconsciousness of race—Morgan Freeman famously called for everyone to quit making an issue of an individual’s race, to little avail. We on the right have been on this for ages; the talking points and studies are in the can and ready to go. If some damn “March for Racial Harmony” occurs near me, I’m going to paint a sign that says “I’m Not Guilty” and go.
About a year ago I saw a portion of the series on FX called Black/White. It was a “documentary” about a white family and black family switching races using the magic of makeup and wigs. In one scene the white daughter disguised as a black girl walks into a store without making a prior appointment, asked for a job application and was told they were out of applications. The white husband and wife, dressed as a black couple go into a country western bar and get “stared” at. The wife just “felt” the tension in the room. There were several scenarios like this in which racism was read into situations that could just as easily have been innocuous, the players presumed guilty of thought crimes.
The black couple disguised as a white couple similarly read absence of racism in events like a white woman who leaves her wallet on the bar in plain sight near them to go to the bathroom. If the woman had known they were really black, she wouldn’t have left her wallet behind, they naturally concluded.
One of the most telling aspect of “racism” in the experiment was when the white husband disguised as a black man and his wife (who is still white) walk down the street in a black neighborhood. As a mixed race couple, they not only get “stared” at, they get cursed at, they are approached, and they realize they could be at real risk of harm and have to leave.
The most enlightening scenes for me had to do with the black son (who disguises himself as white teenager). He didn’t see racism in every white person’s actions. His father spent a great deal of time trying to change his mind, explaining to his son what the typical white person is really thinking about him when he walks down the street, applies for a job, hails a cab, etc.
Here’s a potentially useful experiment: the next time you go to a party, say in a loud voice “Typical Jew,”
I’d come over. I consider myself a typical Jew (except for my politics - but you’ll see the rest following me in the not-too-distant future). I also consider myself to be a typical American, and would respond to that call.
I’m not saying that I consider myself to be the average Jew or the average American (I certainly don’t) but I share enough of the common sensibilities to fall squarely within those categories. And I’m extremely proud to be identified as both.
POP: I assume that you know I meant no disrespect. If someone spoke to me, as sometimes happens, of a “typical Jew,” I’d be offended, although I’m not sure what a typical Jew would look or act like. In some places, among some people, “typical Jew” means a large nosed, money grubber—that’s offensive.
Though I disagree with the approach either way, it is more acceptable for the powerless to make broad-brush generalizations about the powerful than the other way around.
Powerless? The man is a United States Senator, and a leading contender for the Presidency. Talking about the rest of us. Give me a break.
And besides, on what basis does BHO figure out just what a “typical white person” is thinking, anyway? Sounds to me like someone is working from stereotypes and assumptions. Unless Rev. Wright told him what typical white people think.
I am curious if anyone noticed the coincidence between when Obama stopped wearing his flag lapel pin right after 9/11 and Pastor Wright’s inflammatory sermon immediately after 9/11 blaming the attacks on the US?? It seems to me there was more than a little cognitive dissonance involved with his pastor.
