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29 July 2009, 01:48 AM
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Fox's Glenn Beck: President Obama is a racist
Fox News Channel commentator Glenn Beck said he believes President Barack Obama is a racist.
Beck made the statement during a guest appearance on the "Fox & Friends" morning show. He said Obama has exposed himself as a person with "a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090728/..._tv_beck_obama 
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29 July 2009, 01:54 AM
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This one is gaining steam. I've heard it a lot over the past week. In addition to Mr. Beck here, there was a lady who called a local ring-wing radio show, and even the host thought she was nuts. Also, a letter in today's NY Post calls Obama a racist.
I mean, really people. Don't you have any better material than this? It used to be aggravating, now it's just pathetic.
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29 July 2009, 02:33 AM
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But but but...racism is dead! The Republicans passed that law in 1964 over the objections of the Democrat Party and racism has been dead ever since then, except when Trent Lott got punished for being white! Obama should have known the police were just doing their civic duty and it would have all been exactly the same if it were a white guy in a leafy green suburb!
Morons.
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29 July 2009, 02:39 AM
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Given that he's biracial and was largely raised by a white mother and white grandparents, it seems a bit unlikely that he'd be racist against white people. Stranger things have happened, I suppose, but it would be surprising.
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29 July 2009, 02:41 AM
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Obviously.
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29 July 2009, 02:48 AM
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It's a real breath of fresh air. I mean, better'n all those self-loathin' white liberals, what have infested our edumucation system and whatnot.
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29 July 2009, 02:55 AM
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Seriously, it also looks like the cop did act stupidly - especially after today's 911 call not matching the officers story. -Winged Monkey
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29 July 2009, 03:01 AM
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I was in the Post Office today, and a total stranger, standing in line beside me, started in on "Black History Month" stamps. "What's wrong with white history?" he wanted to know. "White people should have stamps too." Quote:
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29 July 2009, 03:02 AM
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29 July 2009, 03:18 AM
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 Did you answer him or just let him talk?
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29 July 2009, 04:19 AM
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 at least until the Obama coin comes out.-Winged Monkey
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29 July 2009, 04:23 AM
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29 July 2009, 04:43 AM
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29 July 2009, 05:02 AM
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I'm surprised this is news now. Rush Limbaugh has been calling Obama a racist for at least 3-4 months, if not longer.
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29 July 2009, 05:21 AM
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29 July 2009, 11:15 AM
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29 July 2009, 03:32 PM
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29 July 2009, 03:58 PM
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29 July 2009, 05:47 PM
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Let's look deeper.
It is not considered racist to "see" color, though much of the strategies for combatting racism made (correct) points about how people are all the same, etc. To be black in America is to be a part of an ethnic group (usually) that self-identifies as such in a sometimes exclusionary way (Dave Chappelle, anyone?). Without being fully cognizant of the various nuances, there are plenty of white conservatives who see this as a form of racism. Meanwhile, there are plenty of people who see white conservatives as racist because they refuse to recognize ongoing differences (as a whole) among ethnic groups in the United States (i.e., school district disparities) and the reasons why race still (unfortunately) matters. I won't defend Glen Beck or Rush Limbaugh and I don't share their views. But I do think what many people fail to understand about this whole "Obama is a racist!" thing is that Beck and Limbaugh speak to and for a constituency confused about how they're supposed to address the issue of race, believing the "right" thing to do, as in the "politically correct" thing to do (whether or not they actually do it themselves), is to not see color at all, ever, for any reason. Irritating though it may be to have someone protest about "Black History Month," it does more good to try to walk them through what actually is useful in seeing color, and how to do it, than to scoff at their ignorance as a form of evil.
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