It is used as an insult to describe African Americans who have supported themselves and their families by honest work instead of government handouts. It is also used to insult African Americans who achieve success through strength of character and individual achievement instead of through racial quotas. It is also used as an insult to African Americans who take responsibility for their own shortcomings and don't constantly complain of being victims of racism. It is also used as an insult for African Americans who are law abiding, patriotic and proud to be Americans and treat other races with politeness and consideration.
Herman Cain is called an Oreo because he achieved success through running a business and not through some government handout or phony affirmative action position.
If I were African American I would regard it as a badge of honor to called an Oreo by these useless Democrat parasites. It means they are jealous of my achievements and know they could not accomplish what I have.
“I have never heard of any real person ever using the word Oreo to describe anything but a cookie. It appears that the word is used to insult African Americans only by Democrat operatives and their allies in the MSM and the entertainment industry.”
This is true, although I may have heard the term used in casual discussion, but I’m not absolutely sure.
Let us stop using the term, “African American”. 99.9% of the black people I know-and this includes their family-did not immigrate from Africa. We’re all Americans. Incidentally, I am a minority as well. My grandparents immigrated here. They called themselves Americans, as do I.
Who the heck is Lopez to be insulting a black man? Does he not know that there is a gap between blacks and Hispanics that is wider than that between whites and either race?