C'mon Doc, be fair. You can't expect someone who does not live in the US to understand the plethora of different definitions, connotations, and subtle distinctions of "black."Doc wrote:Alex sometimes you are just plain old evil.manolo wrote:Doc,Doc wrote: Like I have said in the past there is one thing Obama has accomplished. He has made possible for Black kids to grow up believing they to can be president someday.
You're right about that. They can believe it possible to become president as a black person and yet still unable to speak about black issues. It's a racist dream.
Alex.
Hell, how often have you heard a black person say "You don't know what it is like to be black in America?" to a white American. True enough. Now if the black person stops pretending to know what it is like to be white, and the white person stops pretending to know what it is like to be black, and the female stops pretending to know what it is like to be male, etc. We will all get along just fine.
Location, age, politics, attitude, appearance, wealth, occupation, etc. I have heard black people argue over "what it means to be black," or "you can't even be black," or "you ain't really black," just like I have heard Christians, Republicans, Democrats, Jews, etc. argue over what the other dude should be when they don the group ID label. There is always a higher level of purity that the other should attain...... it for no other reason than to proves one's worth to the group or cause.
Obama grabbed a group ID when it was a tactical advantage, just like all politicians adopt a local accent when speaking.
IIRC, Obama's mother is white! So was GW Bush!
Alex would make a damn fine Merikan...... in some cities, towns, and counties!