Obama blew it when he decided to be a “black” president or man.
A far better approach would have been for him to define himself as both black and white, rising above the artificial distinction as irrelevant. Instead, by choosing his black ancestry as definitive, rejecting and denying his white ancestry, he actually made the divide more important, not less.
This is especially so because he was essentially raised as “white,” in white culture, not black. By his actions he demonstrated that one-half of his race and ancestry was, and should be, more important and definitive of him than the other half and his upbringing combined. Just as the Nazis and KKK have always said.
All very sad.
I would not call red (Marxist) culture “white culture”. It came about as reactionary towards traditional white culture, albeit with the intent to create its own form of feudalism.
You live by the lie; you DIE by the lie.
It is really that simple; after all is anything, ANY SINGLE THING about our Barry the truth??
ANYTHING??
Obama may have been raised by whites, but he wasn’t raised as a “white”. Things like work and education are alien to him, and in the end I suspect he gravitated towards blacks because they were the only ones listening. The teleprompter exposed his inadequacy early on, so most people around him simply went directly to the “power behind the throne” - whoever was typing the material for the teleprompter.
A far better approach would have been for him to define himself as both black and white, rising above the artificial distinction as irrelevant. Instead, by choosing his black ancestry as definitive, rejecting and denying his white ancestry, he actually made the divide more important, not less.
That would have made him less popular in the Black community. As a Democrat, he'd still carry the group, but there'd be more ill feeling if it were felt that his identification was less than complete and his loyalties divided.
This is especially so because he was essentially raised as “white,” in white culture, not black. By his actions he demonstrated that one-half of his race and ancestry was, and should be, more important and definitive of him than the other half and his upbringing combined. Just as the Nazis and KKK have always said.
They'd say it was inevitable and biological, but it was a choice, like the choices other people make in life. But I don't think it's so much a matter of defining oneself. It was more a question of not plunging into divisive issues and promoting larger causes that get away from racial divides. That he didn't do.