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question: do white people love barack obama because he is light-skin?
posted by Shawna at 8:23 AM
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question: do white people love barack obama because he is light-skin?
posted by Shawna at 8:23 AM
2 Comments:
Nah, I think white people love him because he doesn't culturally alienate them. That's why my parents loved Alan Keyes - in the 2000 Texas primaries they actually voted for him because they felt most in tune with his constitutional beliefs. I don't know anyone - even in Texas - who gives a damn about skin color anymore in any politically significant way. I'm sure those people exist, but they alone can't be the sole reason for Obama's popularity. My guess is most people see Obama as tearing down a cultural, not racial divide.
9:13 AM
My question was posed as food for thought in part because I believe there is truth to the rumors—white people find black people intimidating particularly when blackness is coupled with physical presence, dark skin, athleticism, what have you. And I do hope that your comments concerning “cultural alienation” are not meant to suggest that other black leaders alienate the white masses. Obama has positioned himself as a political figure who is black, not a black political figure. There is a difference, for better or for worse. Skin color—that is black skin color across the entire spectrum not necessarily fair skin—matters greatly in the political arena. To suggest otherwise is, quite frankly, short-sided.
Of course, Obama’s complexion is not the real or exclusive reason behind his fame. My comments were respectfully tongue and cheek.
And Alan Keyes? Don't get me started on black republicans? Or, on men who throw lesbians daughters out of their houses. Or, more generally, people who sit on perches of judging judeo-christian morality.
4:05 PM
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