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

[ceo]

So in the US, statements such as "typical white person" or "black community" are acceptable among friends / co-workers, but not for a prospective POTUS to use?

I would say not generally, although it would probably depend on one's circle of friends. However, when running for a public office, one can't afford to be so careless with their choice of words. As we see, the media will jump all over that shit, and people do get offended.

I would say that people would get more offended over POTUS or their governor/mayor/senator saying something like this than a friend or business associate, because the elected official is someone in a position of power, and possibly power over them directly. I know I wouldn't want someone running the country to be perceived as a racist (even though I don't think Obama is a racist).

 

[-SD-]

embrace racism.

embracism.

embracist.

 

[jestro]

typical != community

typical most of the time has negative connotations.

 

[ceo]

typical most of the time has negative connotations.

very true.

Especially when used in context referring to a person or group of people.

I just think he chose his words poorly.

 

[rykertest]

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.

ah the good ol days.

 

[rykertest]

All you did was confirm the double standard. There's nothing to disect. But thank you. Your response was what I would have expected. Typical.

Man you must be sore from reaching for that answer.

 

[buffer1]

Typical black dood.

you mean nugga

 

[jnevin]

ah the good ol days.

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

 

[Tytan]

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.

 

[Delinquent]

The more tolerant people become, the more this country goes down the shitter.

I really think that speech by that Colorado governor is true regarding multiculturalism

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/lamm.asp