What Obama isn't: black like me (Stanley Crouch Eats His Own)

New York Daily News ^ | 11/02/06 | Stanley Crouch

[gaijin]

The man went to the richest private school in HONOLULU, for crying out loud! And there are signs he's a MUSLIM at a time when many muslims swear to kill or convert all non-muslims.

HE IS NOT BLACK.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Interesting point. Republicans would be crucified for making the point -- not worth the cost in this case -- but it is interesting. Considering the Dems tried to sell us on the idea that Bill Clinton was the first black president, I am quite sure they won't care that Obama has a white mother and a black father from Kenya -- no American slave heritage.

[domenad]

Yes, that's right. People INSTINCTIVELY knew Obama was Kenyan, so they treated him a million times better than a typical Compton thug. This Crouch is an idiot, and his column is written for idiots.

[100-Fold_Return]

With Mrs. Clinton an absolute dud, the dims have to reach back to their past with old, old African-Americans.

[nativist]

and the United States had enslaved people of African descent for nearly 250 years.

The United States had legalized slavery for about 90 years. In those 90 years there was tremendous amount of turmoil over it and its relation to what the Founders had envisioned. It eventually ended up in a civil war where 500,000 white people died fighting over it.

The British colony's of course had slaves before the America won its independence from them. If Britain had wanted it banned from the colonies it could have done so.

[Fighting Irish]

Amazes me why Barak Obama is called African American

Here with his mother, Ann Durham

[Sonny M]

And there are signs he's a MUSLIM at a time when many muslims swear to kill or convert all non-muslims.

Where did you hear that from?

As far as I know, he is a baptist, and his father (whom he never really knew) followed some kind of tribal religion.

As far as I can tell, he doesn't even have any muslim family members....marxist yes, muslim, not likely.

[L98Fiero]

What was that Talking Heads album? Oh yeah, "Stop Making Sense". ;)

[Alberta's Child]

Crouch overlooked (perhaps deliberately) a very important point in this regard. I think it's inevitable that "non-traditional" black candidates (i.e. Republicans, or candidates who are not African-Americans) will rise to the top and get a stronger look on the national level as presidential material than their African-American/Democrat counterparts. The Democratic Party has spent far too long pushing black candidates who are little more than silly caricatures that nobody with an IQ over 80 would ever take seriously.

Just imagine how offended Stanley Crouch would be if a white supremacist had produced a sitcom or movie in which the main character was an African-American presidential candidate named Al Sharpton -- or even Jesse Jackson, for that matter.

[nativist]

According to this guy we still have another 20 years of slavery left to go.

[Crimson Elephant]

The only way an "african american" can get elected is as a Republican IMO. Of course Colin Powell isn't technically an African American.....

Too bad Blackwell and Steele aren't in more conservative states.


We will probably get a latino Pres. before a "black" Pres. the way things are going.

[technochick99]

And just what are those signs?

[LexBaird]

Europe, after all, had colonized much of the black world, and the United States had enslaved people of African descent for nearly 250 years.

Suffice it to say: This is no longer the case.

Seeing as how the United States haven't been around 250 years yet, let alone in the 19th C., suffice to say it was NEVER the case.

[Stone Mountain]

The man went to the richest private school in HONOLULU, for crying out loud! And there are signs he's a MUSLIM at a time when many muslims swear to kill or convert all non-muslims. HE IS NOT BLACK.

He went to a rich private school so he's not black? He may be muslim so he's not black? I don't get it. He may not be the typical African-American black person, but I don't see how anyone can say he's not black.

[presidio9]

Of course Colin Powell isn't technically an African American.....

Also, he is DEFINITELY not a Republican...

[karnage]

His grandfather and father are Muslims.

[Stone Mountain]

Amazes me why Barak Obama is called African American

It's because "African-American" has become the new PC term for black people - no matter what their country of origin. I have a Jamaican friend who hates being called African-American because of that. I also have a white friend from Zimbabwe (?) who in his more humorous moments, will call himself African-American.... around other friends - not in public. This is the big problem with the term African-American being equated to anyone with black skin.

[hosepipe]

Hope can anybody with a white(or even latino) parent(mother or father) call themselves BLACK?.. Unless they want to parasitize the affirmative action delusion.. You know, ALL are equal but some are a little more equal than others..

America is generally on this subject so confused.. This might be a worldwide delusion.. The scope of it is awesome..

An entire planet deluded..

[Stone Mountain]

His grandfather and father are Muslims.

That doesn't make him a Muslim, does it? Or despite doing what he can do to be a Christian, are you saying there's no hope for him to escape the religion of his father and grandfather? People convert to religions different from their parents all the time. Do we know what religion his mother is?