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How could Obama be a true black. His mother was white. He never had any black influence in his life. He was raised in a white family. His black father never was in his life so how is Obama really black.. skin color does not make one black yet many think it is... it goes deeper. It is a culture and Obama had more influence by his mothers radical beliefs than any black person. Obama is a mix.. his skin color is only part of what he is. His ideology is white radical and Obama has more in common with whites than blacks.
If he's not black then I guess that means Obama supporters can't blame every instance of criticism on racism.
And mock Freeman all you like, but his point goes right to the heart of how thoroughly tedious our propensity is to view everything through the prism of race has become. Why is Obama considered black? Why isn't he considered white? He's just as much of one as he is the other, so why is the white half totally subsumed into his "black" identity?
In the February issue of Esquire magazine, the ousted governor, semi-professional Elvis impersonator and reality TV contestant refers to Obama as "this guy" who was elected based simply on hope, implying that the president isn't genuine.
"What the (expletive)? Everything he's saying's on the teleprompter," Blagojevich told the magazine. The story hits newsstands on Jan. 19.
"I'm blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes. I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little laundromat in a black community not far from where we lived," Blagojevich said. "I saw it all growing up."
If he's not black then I guess that means Obama supporters can't blame every instance of criticism on racism.
And mock Freeman all you like, but his point goes right to the heart of how thoroughly tedious our propensity is to view everything through the prism of race has become. Why is Obama considered black? Why isn't he considered white? He's just as much of one as he is the other, so why is the white half totally subsumed into his "black" identity?
Imangine if Obama was married to a white women and came out and said that he grew up in hawaii raised by his white grand parents and that he identified more with his white side, do you think he would have gotten 90%+ of the black vote? That the media would have fallen in love with him and been their little darling?
In the February issue of Esquire magazine, the ousted governor, semi-professional Elvis impersonator and reality TV contestant refers to Obama as "this guy" who was elected based simply on hope, implying that the president isn't genuine.
"What the (expletive)? Everything he's saying's on the teleprompter," Blagojevich told the magazine. The story hits newsstands on Jan. 19.
"I'm blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes. I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little laundromat in a black community not far from where we lived," Blagojevich said. "I saw it all growing up."
So that's why Black-ojevich was driven from office and persec -- erm, I meanan prosecuted. It was a conspiracy by The Man to bring a brotha down!
And why the hell is "p-e-r-s-e" auto-censored?
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