He has really stepped in it now. The sermons are coming home to roost.
Who is a "typical" white person?
The weirdo flaming gay communist with a PhD in SF?
The uneducated redneck living in a backwoods trailer in Appalachia?
The old lady from Michigan living in a trailer in Florida during the winter?
The skin head living in suburban Chicago?
The ex-pat living on the other side of the world trying to make the world a better place?
Or are we like his preacher insinuates, ALL evil and should all be damned.
I think his religious teachings are coming through.
The "New" Black Panther party endorsed him, placing their endorsement on his website. He may have removed this and said he did not accept it, but it is clear this "activist" group feels his values align with their extremist views.
What is a "white person" anyway? Is that someone who has no Asian, African, Native American, or Latin blood in the them? The only people who are truly "white" are albinos which include African Americans. The rest of us are beige, pink, red, bronze, olive, freckled or other hues. And what about the people who have 1/128 native american blood in them. Are they white or native American? Or people who have 1/64 latino blood in them, are they white or latino? My point is that in America, we need to look at a person's work and life and let that be our guide, not the color of a man's (or woman's skin).
RobertN Wrote:Oh come on. You know you get scared when a black man you don't know walks past you. You know he is telling the truth.
Says a northerner. Southerners aren't like that, RobertN. Blacks and whites in the South have been living next to each other for years.
Typical northern projection.
Yep. It's funny how people think of the south as being so racist, yet the most segregated communities are in the north & midwest where people are exposed to very little diversity.
RobertN Wrote:Oh come on. You know you get scared when a black man you don't know walks past you. You know he is telling the truth.
Says a northerner. Southerners aren't like that, RobertN. Blacks and whites in the South have been living next to each other for years.
Typical northern projection.
Amen to that!
Some of the most noted excessive force cases against African Americans have occured in places like L.A. and NYC. Places that call themself "progressive" open-minded integrated.
Major gaffe for Obama. Totally kills any momentum he might have had after his speech on race.
The inexperience and increased scrutiny is starting to have an effect.
Oh come on. You know you get scared when a black man you don't know walks past you. You know he is telling the truth.
I would of had to spent the last 4yrs in sheer terror as St. Thomas is 90% black. I also got conditioned to walk by shady looking black guys carrying machetes in one hand and a beer in another. Only took a few times to figure out the West Indian locals were nothing to fear.
Second time in my life as a white guy I have lived as a minority the first being in the Middle East so unless I am mistakenly walking down a dark alley in a drug district, I usually don't care who I pass or what color they are.
the other Greg Childers Wrote:It's much ado about nothing. Examining every single offhand comment under a microscope is ridiculous.
Words have meanings....and concequences....Comments such as this do not speak well for him. Is this the kind of person we wish to represent our nation?....BUT..I hesitate to be overly critical of Obama after the last 7 years of brlliance from our present POTUS.
I would hope we would not have another POTUS afflicted with the same foot and mouth disease.
Major gaffe for Obama. Totally kills any momentum he might have had after his speech on race.
The inexperience and increased scrutiny is starting to have an effect.
Oh come on. You know you get scared when a black man you don't know walks past you. You know he is telling the truth.
depending on what he's wearing.
Ditto. If Obama or Condi Rice walked by me dressed like they usually do, I'd have no problem. Now when 3/4 of the blacks that live in Durham walk by, of course I don't instinctively trust them.
