I was wary of the magic negro the first time I heard of him. He was from ultra liberal Chicago, cheated his way into Illinois offices twice, had zero accomplishments, taught by communists, and was oily, unctuous and as smarmy as the worst pol you could ever imagine.
And his promises to end racism were as believable as an arsonist’s promise to put out fires
“I was wary of the magic negro the first time I heard of him. He was from ultra liberal Chicago, cheated his way into Illinois offices twice, had zero accomplishments, taught by communists, and was oily, unctuous and as smarmy as the worst pol you could ever imagine.”
Yep. And would add ... the first time I heard him speak - it was mostly “word salad”.
Never listened to him again - I understand he has a gift with a teleprompter.
Old, old tactic. Get groups to fight agin’ one another an you can rule—Helped us beat the Indians in 19th Century. Held the Austro-Hungarian Empire together for decades. Only when people wise up does it fail.