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Posted by: zaph22 1 year, 8 months ago"... .. The point I was making was not that my grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn't. But she is a typical white person who, uh, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn't know there's a reaction that's been been bred into our experiences that don't go away and that sometimes come out in the wrong way and that's just t
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stephen-johnson
March 21, 2008, 12:31 a.m.From the article:
"It's becoming more apparent why Senator Obama didn't leave Rev. Wright's church, as well as continued his relationship with him. The truth is that racism works both ways and some of us blue collar folks don't appreciate being called racist by someone who has his own problems with race he is obviously in denial about."
Bingo! Sums up everything nicely.
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tanglang
March 21, 2008, 6:16 a.m.I was hoping somebody would submi something about this. How p^ssed is everyone else at the fact that he called typical white people racist? He said that his granny has the same fears all white people have? Is he completely fcking retarded? Or is he believing his cult followers when they tell him that nothing can stop him?
I don't know about you guys, but I work in neighborhoods that B.O. would not step in and probably would not even drive through with his motorcade. I play football crackheads on occasion when or work is done. We'll break out the ball and anyone who runs up is welcome to play. I think this is typical. I really have never met a white person who is scared of blacks.
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nostalgia
March 21, 2008, 8:05 a.m.It is the same thing which happens every time race is discussed
Each side in the divide jumps on anything which is said.
What Obama said becomes more suspect in the minds of many Whites because they saw the tapes of Obama's minister.
Blacks who have been stopped by police or can't catch a cab for no apparent reason other than their skin color will say Obama was correct.
I'm certain that David Axelrod, Obama's campaign advisor, must have cringed when he heard what Obama said
Look what happened to Geraldine Ferraro when her comment was splashed all over the front pages
The only people who really benefit from this are the race baiters who make their living by keeping racism alive - Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and Wright to name 3
Why would anyone think we can have an open and honest conversation about racial issues in this age of political correctness?
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ningyo
March 21, 2008, 8:55 a.m.i posted this comment on a couple of other stories and got the usual libscape response..lot of negs..neo-con diatribe..another rant from ningyo...get over it..etc..must mean i on target---as is this story from zaph--when he doesnt have prepared text obama looks like the petty immature left-wing zealot that he is
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kboy
March 21, 2008, 9:25 a.m.The real problem is that the Grandmother is statistically correct. Where is the condemnation of the group that causes this to happen? Are we still giving the racist comments a free pass because of skin color? A bigot is a bigot regardless of excuses.
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jumpmaster
March 21, 2008, 9:51 a.m.Obama has been taking a lot of heat for what Wright has been saying.
But this time it was B-O himself who said "typical white person". Now he sounds like his crazy uncle.
This whole episode has given us all a greater insight into who B-O really is and where his head and his heart really are.
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RedRiverJ
March 21, 2008, 10:19 a.m.Obama needs to write another book. He can title this one 'How To Offend White Voters In One Sentence.' Open mouth insert foot Barack.
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rumple4skin
March 21, 2008, 11:36 a.m.You are all so typical. Listen to yourselves. Who's grandmother is she anyway? He said nothing to denigrate her. He can refer to her any way he wants to. Y'all get a life.
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Albmore
March 21, 2008, 1:30 p.m.Thank God the Wright ( and I refuse to use the title rev.) Jesse Jackass and Sharpless along with the idiot Farrakan are not a picture of the "Typical black guy in America." Hey how about Decon on King of Queens"? Aren't we all like Doug and Decon? No matter our color just trying to go through lifes ups and downs and make a better life for our families and ourselves?
While serving in the military a fellow balck soldier was being kicked out for drug use. He laughed and said " I cant even say racism, the NCO is Black, The 1st Sgt is Black and the Commander is Black.
The point is we all new how unimportant but often two sided racism is.
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pc25
March 21, 2008, 2:34 p.m.it's amazing......apparently this guy is not that bright....he is bleeding to death from a thousand paper cuts and he continues inflict more cuts on himself.......he is trying to defend the indefensible in Rev. Wright and it's a battle he is not going to win..........meanwhile today his poll numbers are in free fall
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Wolfie2007
March 21, 2008, 2:46 p.m.I was one of those who marched, protested and voted in the 60's to change things in America. I was proud to walk along side of black people to make things right in America and to ensure "freedom and liberty" for all. Now I feel like I was just told, "go home whitey we don't want or need you around anymore". Btw, white folks have feelings too.
One more thing my Scottish ancestors had to leave their country because they were being hunted down and murdered. The English were practicing genocide against the Highland Scottish Clans. That's mostly forgotten now, just a footnote in history but should I and my family hate all English now because of it? Of course not, because if you live in the past you can never really have a future.
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oldauntjoy
March 21, 2008, 4:34 p.m.Everyone has some degree of personal prejudice against something or someone. (Personally, the strongest bias I currently find within myself is a dislike of the willful ignorance and nasty name-calling enjoyed by so many neoconservatives.) Today's game seems to be picking apart one of the greatest potential presidents this country has ever seen. Because he's half-black or because he's more liberal than they are or simply because he's a Democrat? Certainly not because of any rants from his old pastor or his comments about his grandmother...these are merely means to a preconceived end. Doesn't matter. This old white Southern woman has one bit of advice for those posting mean-spirited remarks: Don't Let the Next Page Knock You Down As It Turns. Your era is coming to an end.
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Topper11
March 21, 2008, 5:32 p.m.Gosh can't wait for obie to be president, and bring us all together lol.
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HOUSEMD
March 22, 2008, 4:14 p.m.Typical White Person? And that was supposed to make the other stupid comments O.K.???
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