Rule of the First
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Just saw this article in the Washington Post about racial incidents that the Obama campaign is facing as they move around the country. As the article mentions, Obama himself is shielded from this, but his supporters, even those who are white, are getting some pretty bad treatment from people who don’t want to see a black president. In addition to the vandalism and racial remarks from people, people, including ethnic officials, are launching ethnic and (completely baseless) religious insults:
In a letter to the editor published in a local paper, Tunkhannock Borough Mayor Norm Ball explained his support of Hillary Clinton this way: “Barack Hussein Obama and all of his talk will do nothing for our country. There is so much that people don’t know about his upbringing in the Muslim world. His stepfather was a radical Muslim and the ranting of his minister against the white America, you can’t convince me that some of that didn’t rub off on him.
“No, I want a president that will salute our flag, and put their hand on the Bible when they take the oath of office.”
Obama’s campaign workers have grown wearily accustomed to the lies about the candidate’s supposed radical Muslim ties and lack of patriotism. But they are sometimes astonished when public officials such as Ball or others representing the campaign of their opponent traffic in these falsehoods.
Someone once wrote that the first person of a specific minority to enter a new field always needs to be above the fray. Jackie Robinson, for example, had to endure people spitting on him and making death threats, while Rosa Parks had to remain a model citizen in the midst of the hoopla surrounding the bus boycott. I think Obama is finding himself in the same situation. So for you 44’s who operate on a higher level of knowledge, I’ll share this small bit of awareness regarding the Obama campaign. For everyone else, let’s keep it under wraps so that the country can focus on the issues.
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nskripchun
1:16 am | May 14, 2008Look at this:
http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/07/14/49/image_7049147.jpg
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/cobb/stories/2008/05/13/mulligans_0514.html
This guy has the nerve to sell t-shirts with a picture of a monkey with a banana and “Obama 08″ on them. Hello, racism!
jaehwan
5:06 pm | May 14, 2008Thanks for the link, skrips!
I just rechecked the link, and it looks like the publisher of Curious George is going to sue them. That’s awesome news. Hit those fuckers in the wallet.
Translation: “It’s the only place where I can be racist!”
nycjoc
7:49 pm | May 14, 2008I’m from Indiana and I tell you all those antics just make you tired. When I saw the T-shirt I just shook my head, almost going into a shrug. Then I had to think to myself, Have I dealt with this shit for so long that I don’t let it faze me. That’s a frightening thought.
I think this country really needs to deal with it race and class issues and I mean quick. Waiting for racism to die out is the cowards way out. We need to talk to those that want to change or are willing to listen and we need to call a spade a spade when confronted with ignorance. It’s time out for skipping around the discussion of race and class. And when I say discuss race, I do mean beyond the black/white dynamic. We all need to keep it real and deal with the prejudice in all our hearts. It’s time for Americans to start acting like adults and deal with it issues instead of an extra large high school filled to the hilt with cliques. But that’s just me.
nycjoc
7:51 pm | May 14, 2008Oh I forgot to add; It is sad but true that people of color who are the 1st at anything always have to be the paragon of virtue and the super best just so they can assure others get through the same door.
Stingson
1:48 am | May 15, 2008CNN on the guy who owns the bar with the Curious George shirts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93ti-26Av7o
LOL, just as in the article he said it’s not racist and it happens so that to him, Obama looks like Curious George.
“Translation: “It’s the only place where I can be racist!””
Haha, caught him red handed.
Xian
7:10 am | May 16, 2008“It’s not that I’m racist or making implications, it’s just that white people’s faces are pale like white sheets with eye holes cut into them!”