Fear of the Black Man (Are They Trying to Have Him Killed?)

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Originally Posted by MrF

I saw a bumper sticker that said "Vote for McCain. He's not an Islamic Terrorist."

Geez, talk about your wild distortions and your hatred. It looks like it's out there, but I'm pretty sure such "haterade" is in dwindling supply and the issue of race is becoming less important as time goes by. Still, I can understand it's difficult to be patient if you've been on the receiving end.

FWIW, I'm an Obama supporter and have been in the primaries too. My comment about how we could call him white was just to shake things up -- like what difference does it make ? But I guess I'm not very good at expressing myself in print ... plus I live in an ivory tower ...

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well in this country, many people still go by the "One Drop" rule which was set in place by whites during slavery. For the longest time, if you had the least bit of black in you and it showed through skin color, you're considered black and are so treated. if your skin was light enough, then you could get a pass and be accepted as white. so this is one reason why Obama and many other biracial (black+white) americans with tan/dark skin are labeled as black and consider themselves african americans. i really wish we could do away with the whole concept of race regarding humans

I hate to say it- but the Republican party is feeding the racial fears and lighting the fires to all of this hate.

It's really gross. Desperation must be setting in for them.

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Originally Posted by Solitary Brother

"You guys don't remember back in 1964 when they tried to discredit Barry Goldwater by saying he was somehow half Jewish. (he wasn't, just had a Jew name)
45 years later, its Muslim that seems to be the hate label of choice
will we ever learn?"


What so fucked up about Muslims being the hated group de jour is that Jews are the number 1 propagators of the hatred for Muslims right now.

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Al-Qaida and their "look at me I'm big and cruel" leader' are the number 1 propagators of the hatred for Muslims right now.

you haven't learned either.racist going against racism.

the only real difference between black and white are few pigments, that's all , sure we know it , but you , americans prefer to forget simple facts, scientific facts by the way.

maybe as an outsider non-american I see things from a different perspective 8)