i enjoyed reading this article that came up in a google blogs alert. it points out the stereotyping that obama plays with. it may prove successful, but it will also bite him in the butt.
Obama is playing a very dangerous game.
It might help him win in November, just as the Rev. Jackson’s remarks might be a foil that Obama can use to his advantage.
But in the process, Obama is reinforcing negative attitudes toward blacks in the white community, he is undermining the case for governmental solutions to our urgent social problems, and he is lessening support for specific policies such as affirmative action that are geared toward dealing with the still lingering, real, and crippling effects of racism.
That would be an ironic outcome of the Obama campaign.
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