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

[Dial_tone]

Please explain to me how saying "typical white person" is any different from saying "the black community", which clearly assumes there is a typical black person?

 

[reno240]

I don't understand the issue. I heard the speech he made and as a white man - I understood the points he was trying to make. I fully understood what he meant regarding his pastor in relation to his grandmother. Why people try to break this shit down to mean something it doesn't is beyond me. The bigger picture is whether you believe him when he says he doesn't believe the same things his church was teaching him for 20 or so years. I don't know and personally I don't care because I was never planning on voting for him anyway.

 

[stosstruppe]

i'm WAY more scared of white hobos than black ones

typical white hobos or the individualist ones?

 

[rnch]

one of my Grambling/Alcorn alumni co-workers makes it a point to leave her copies of "jet" magazine around the break room...ya'll should read what it has to say about obama's campaign!

talk about racism/"unity in action".........

 

[Longhorn85]

I don't understand the issue. I heard the speech he made and as a white man - I understood the points he was trying to make. I fully understood what he meant regarding his pastor in relation to his grandmother. Why people try to break this shit down to mean something it doesn't is beyond me.

Hyper-sensitivity

 

[Mr. dB]

"You people"

 

[rnch]

this man is NOT "Presidential" material.

 

[reno240]

this man is NOT "Presidential" material.

Why do you say that? Just asking what your thoughts are.

 

[Longhorn85]

Obama just said typical white person . He never used anything racial
Now if he said typical cracker or honkey then it would be offensive.

I am a typical male ,I dont get offened that is just what I am .
I am a typical white guy as well Big deal I like bieing a typical white guy

Exactly

 

[jerseyrugger76]

No, that is not the implication at all, it is your inference, based no doubt on your own inherent biases.

You continue to ignore the context, he was talking about his own grandmother, who is white.

No, YOU are ignoring the context. He was giving a speech on race in America. Had he been giving a speech about his grandmother, no one would have shown up and no news organizations would have covered it because now one gives a damn about his grandmother who, according to Obama, is mildly racist.