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

[rnch]

You got nothing

this coming from the political expert here on having "nothing" but still posting it and pwning themselves again and again....

 

[jerseyrugger76]

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.

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As an authentic post-racial American, I will not patronize blacks by pretending Obama's pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, is anything other than a raving racist loon. If a white pastor had said what Rev. Wright said -- not about black people, but literally, the exact same things -- I think we'd notice that he's crazier than Ward Churchill and David Duke's love child. (Indeed, both Churchill and the Rev. Wright referred to the attacks of 9/11 as the chickens coming "home to roost.")

Imagine a white pastor saying: "Racism is the American way. Racism is how this country was founded, and how this country is still run. ... We believe in white supremacy and black inferiority. And believe it more than we believe in God."

Imagine a white pastor calling Condoleezza Rice, "Condoskeezza Rice."

Imagine a white pastor saying: "No, no, no, God damn America -- that's in the Bible for killing innocent people! God damn America for treating our citizens as less than human! God damn America for as long as she acts like she is God and she is supreme!"

We treat blacks like children, constantly talking about their temper tantrums right in front of them with airy phrases about black anger. I will not pat blacks on the head and say, "Isn't that cute?" As a post-racial American, I do not believe "the legacy of slavery" gives black people the right to be permanently ill-mannered.

 

[ceo]

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.

lmfao @ "Black Men Can't Swim"!!!!!!!! lololololoo

And, you're SO right about what you say here. Black people say things like this and it's funny. White people say it and they're racist.

 

[Longhorn85]

Obama told Cataldi that "The point I was making was not that my grandmother harbors any racial animosity, but that she is a typical white person. If she sees somebody on the street that she doesn't know -

You are ignoring the context of your own quote. Obviously he loves his g'ma, but is describing what he sees as the reaction of the typical white person when they pass a black stranger on the street.

He saw it first hand from both sides, as that black person and as the son of the white mother on the street.

You would be silly to deny that many, if not most white folks would be wary of encountering a strange person on the street, much less a black person. That is simply reality.

Also, what does he mean when he says typical? Politicians often try to capture in a phrase the persona of the typical American. Phrases you often hear are "Joe Six Pack", and names like that.

 

[rnch]

...Black people say things like this and it's funny. White people say it and they're racist.

"unity" vs. "racism"

 

[pappad]

Would a typical white go to film school so they could become a film maker and produce programs for the White Entertainment Network? And, that person could benefit from the "American Caucasion College Fund" wait we can't have one of those either! That would be racist!!

DOUBLE STANDARD!!!

I am not a racist I love all races but I do feel there is a double standard in America.

 

[SpyWizard]

610 WIP host Angelo Cataldi asked Obama about his Tuesday morning speech on race at the National Constitution Center in which he referenced his own white grandmother and her prejudice.

Obama told Cataldi that "The point I was making was not that my grandmother harbors any racial animosity, but that she is a typical white person. If she sees somebody on the street that she doesn't know - there's a reaction in her that's been bred into our experiences that don't go away and sometimes come out in the wrong way and that's just the nature of race in our society. We have to break through it. What makes me optimistic is you see each generation feeling less like that. And that's pretty powerful stuff"

What if Hillary Clinton referred to someone as a "typical black person"? Would that be ok? Or would there be an uproar? Would she lose supporters?

Is there a double standard here?

barack drops in the minnesota polls by 17% over the rev's support..

 

[rnch]

"typical white person...." this is NOT a Presidential reply, coming from a ...person...who is NOT Presidential material.

 

[Longhorn85]

one can make a movie called "White Men Can't Jump," but not one called "Black Men Can't Swim."

True, but I don't think that type of racism can be applied in this case. Rather, what we see here is the same type of hyper-sensitivity on the part of the thread starter, jnevin, and others, that traditional victims of prejudice are often accused of.

 

[stosstruppe]

So what constitutes a "typical white person" in Obama's eyes?