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“She’s appealing to people who do believe that Obama’s success is because he’s black. These same people are very likely among the “victimized white people,” those who think that somehow they have been denied something…because of affirmative action”
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“Spokane attorney Mark Kamitomo is said to be one of the best personal injury attorneys in the area…Apparently five of the jurors referred to him as “Mr. Kamikaze” and “Mr. Miyagi” (from the Karate Kid).”
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“Barack Obama had to “denounce and reject” Louis Farrakhan (with whom he has no official ties whatsoever) but Hillary can send her “best wishes and thoughts to the governor and to his family”?”
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“The extent to which Obama’s white support has been directly related to his downplaying of race issues simply cannot be overstated, as evidenced by the kinds of things many of these supporters openly admit”
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“If the fallout from Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s raging hypocrisy and penchant for prostitutes really does force him to resign, Paterson, formerly a state senator representing Harlem, will become the state’s first black governor and the first blind governor.
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“does it make sense for a museum exhibition to use Asian American identity as its organizing principle? Based on “One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now,”…at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo on May 4, the answer is yes.”
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“An 18-year-old Pakistani man has been convicted of hate crimes after he forcibly cut the hair of a Sikh student during school in Queens, violating the boy’s religion.”
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“and when I saw the Clinton ad’s central image — innocent sleeping children and a mother in the middle of the night at risk of mortal danger — it brought to my mind scenes from the past. I couldn’t help but think of D. W. Griffith’s “Birth of
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“Geraldine Ferraro defended her controversial comment that Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign was successful because he was black, telling an interviewer Tuesday that she was being attacked because she was white.”
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
Black Canseco wrote:
What Ferraro said has always been at the core of american feminism in particular along with whole segments of the white female community: this notion that people of color—black folks in particular—are children, lesser thans, mascots that exist to prove how progressive whites can be and should only “be” on the paternalistic and yes, maternalistic terms as set forth by white women and white males. Any deviation is to not play your position.
We live in a nation where every single president has been a white male, all but 2 governors have been white males or white females(—make that 3 counting D. Patterson, courtesy of Client #9), all but 2 supreme court justices have been white males and white females, all but 2 senators have been white males and white females and less than 5% of the House of Reps have been People of Color. Ever…
but Barack’s just some lucky negro who should know how good he’s got it and white women like ferraro are the real victims?
uh, yeah.
http://knockthehustleblog.typepad.com/hustleknockin/2008/03/obama-is-lucky.html
Posted 12 Mar 2008 at 6:44 pm ¶
EH wrote:
I have to admit I’m a bit irritated at all the defense Ferraro is getting. I hate making comparisons that seem blatantly obvious but you know if she had been black and stated a candidate was winning because they were white there would be cries about the race card, political correctness, racism, etc for days.
The general response I’ve seen from many whites (I’m not generalizing and saying ALL whites) has been “Well she’s just stating a fact.”
Now I’m not saying I don’t think Obama’s race hasn’t played some role in his success just like I’m sure Hillary’s gender has played some role in her’s.
But the sheer hypocrisy of the reactions to the statements she’s made make me want to scream.
Then this woman does something that many (once again not generalizing) whites do when faced with accusations of racism. Play the victim and try to turn it around onto someone else.
Some recent examples would be Michael Richards. “Well what he said was racist. But what about those two black guys heckling him they started it.” Or Don Imus. “He’s not racist. Rappers say that. What about hip-hop?? Let’s talk about hip-hop.”
In all honesty though I’d rather have the racial aspect covered instead of ignored and thought of as “not mattering” in this country. It does matter and people should talk about it. But with the way the media is they tend to take race issues, hype them up, stir up problems, and cause more problems than they fix.
If anyone gets a chance Tim Wise has another article (not “Uh-Obama”) on his site that talks about blacks voting en masse for Obama and what that means. Something the media doesn’t seem to have a clue about.
Posted 12 Mar 2008 at 8:26 pm ¶