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View Poll Results: Is it racist to ask if "Is Obama A Racist?"
Yes 6 8.00%
No. Frances Rice is black herself 0 0%
No. It's not racist for anyone to ask that question, especially because of his Rev. Wright friendship for 20 years and what happened last week. 34 45.33%
no 31 41.33%
other 4 5.33%
not sure 0 0%
Voters: 75. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 08-02-2009, 04:28 PM
 
Location: Sierra Vista, AZ
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Lol how can you possibly post in a thread about racism when you insist on calling our president Hussein?

Do you logical conservatives see why we don't listen to you anymore? Posters like this have killed your integrity.
Whoever paid Limbaugh $40 million to destroy the GOP got their money worth. Probably Murdoch, he was Hillary's biggest supporters. Perhaps the whole FOX"""NEWS""" thing is a put on
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Old 08-02-2009, 04:36 PM
 
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How is it a racist question?

And what's wrong with being a racist? I believe there are differences between the races, so, by definition, I am a racist. I don't see a problem with it.
I think there are differences as well. Genetically I would put whites on the bottom of the totem pole with mixed people on the highest rung.

Doesn't mean whites are inferior to other races, means they are different.

For example, no white could survive in the equator region. Genes are too weak.
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Old 08-02-2009, 04:48 PM
 
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I think there are differences as well. Genetically I would put whites on the bottom of the totem pole with mixed people on the highest rung.

Doesn't mean whites are inferior to other races, means they are different.

For example, no white could survive in the equator region. Genes are too weak.
I think it depends on what you're measuring. I don't think that any race is superior in all areas, but certain races excel in certain areas.

I understand what you're saying about mixed people, but I wouldn't call them superior in all areas either. I perhaps think of them as "jacks of all trades". But still, I think a lot of it depends on which races and ethnicities are being mixed. Mixing someone from the Nordic Region with someone whose heritage is in Sub-Saharan Africa would differ from mixing that same person with someone whose ancestors are native to North America.

You didn't respond, however, to the question: How is it racist to simply ask if Obama is a racist himself?
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Old 08-02-2009, 06:21 PM
 
Location: nj
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He is an angry racist.
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Old 08-02-2009, 06:27 PM
 
Location: Over There
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I do not think simply asking the question make you a raciest.

Last edited by Cyber Queen; 08-02-2009 at 06:39 PM..
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Old 08-02-2009, 06:31 PM
 
Location: Michigan
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Not racist to ask, just stupid.
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Old 08-02-2009, 06:50 PM
 
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I understand what you're saying, but that statement is not entirely true. What you're actually describing is prejudice or bigotry. Those two things are not the same as racism. racism is prejudice or bigotry that has been systematized. It requires an unequal power relationship, in which the group in power has a great deal more power than the other group that is being targeted.

I do agree with you that everybody has a degree of prejudice or bigotry, but not racism.
That's not the literal definition of racism. Personally I don't believe racism (to quote you) "requires an unequal power relationship, in which the group in power has a great deal more power than the other group that is being targeted."

I believe this is a minority added addendum to the definition of racism that condones racism projected at whites.
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Old 08-02-2009, 08:29 PM
 
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Lol how can you possibly post in a thread about racism when you insist on calling our president Hussein?

Do you logical conservatives see why we don't listen to you anymore? Posters like this have killed your integrity.

Uh duh, because racism is not why I use hussein. Maybe your race card interfers with your ability to consider other reasons or just asking.
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Old 08-03-2009, 10:10 AM
 
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yes its racist.
Thanks for your answer. We needed at least one.
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Old 08-03-2009, 12:22 PM
 
Location: The land where cats rule
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It's not a valid question at all. Barack Obama has no personal history of acting or behaving in any "racist" ways. Such a question asked about Obama only serves to deflect attention from the pervasive racism that infest the right.
So, it is not racist if Obama or his supporters do it, but it is if it is directed at them? Same actions?

Where is the racism?
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