Barack Obama says, "...typical white person."

[ceo]

I think the real question should be " Why is there an uproar over Obama`s statement?" It`s his grandmother and he is half white, so isn`t he only speaking from his family background? We all know that the "typical white person" proly has some sort of fear towards black people. Especially in the 40 and over crowd.

Strange, you'd think it would be the other way around, since segregation was still around 40 years ago. Black people couldn't sit in the front of the bus, couldn't drink from a white fountain, couldn't use a white toilet, etc. If a black person did do something they "weren't supposed to" they were punished. I think back then there were more black people walking around in fear of whitey (unfortunate that anyone has to walk around in fear of another person regardless of skin color). So now you think older generations of white and black folk have had a role reversal?

 

[Spartacus]

No double standard. White people are all a little racist. We all owned slaves. Even my family did. And I'm the first one born in America.

I learned last night on the history channel that the word slave is derived from all the slavik people enslaved in the viking slave trade

slavik people are white you know

blacks are a bunch of bellyachers

 

[Dial_tone]

Strange, you'd think it would be the other way around, since segregation was still around 40 years ago. Black people couldn't sit in the front of the bus, couldn't drink from a white fountain, couldn't use a white toilet, etc. If a black person did do something they "weren't supposed to" they were punished. I think back then there were more black people walking around in fear of whitey (unfortunate that anyone has to walk around in fear of another person regardless of skin color). So now you think older generations of white and black folk have had a role reversal?

It's not a role reversal. White people were afraid of us back then too. Afraid we were going steal from you; integrate your schools; rape your women; move into the house next door.

 

[-SD-]

i wish the whole world was olive colored, would make things so much easier.

 

[ceo]

It's not a role reversal. White people were afraid of back then too. Afraid we were going steal from you; integrate your schools; rape your women; move into the house next door.

true...but I think when it came to fear of physical harm, it was much worse to be black in the 60's, no? Even if some blacks did beat up a whitey, that would be a death sentence for them.

 

[nimbus]

i wish the whole world was olive colored, would make things so much easier.

unless you're a cop

 

[Mr. dB]

I learned last night on the history channel that the word slave is derived from all the slavik people enslaved in the viking slave trade

slavik people are white you know

blacks are a bunch of bellyachers

My people were enslaved by the Roman Empire. I want reparations.

 

[rykertest]

That was sarcasm. Kind of dull aren't you?

You are an idiot.







NOT sarcasm.

 

[seaking420]

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Below is what Chairman Ann had to say about the double standard as it pertained to Obama's minister and I think she's right. Per the question at had though, I believe Obama can say "typical white person" for the same reason that one can make a movie called "White Men Can't Jump," but not one called "Black Men Can't Swim." Racism towards white people is considered funny, cute, or richly deserved. While any criticism of blacks makes one a member of the Klan.

exactly.....or white entertainment television, or starz in white. If Mccain said typical black person, he would be gone already.....double standard now is very big here in the US.

 

[Jon79]

this is why we are all fucked up

we concetrate on things like this