Why are they against an educated black candidate?
2006-12-21 16:01:23 · 10 answers · asked by kissmy 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
mustardse. he is more african american than a black born in america with no close tie to africa or any african country. in fact if your family has lived here for generations,you are simply american. regardless of color.
2006-12-21 16:17:59 · update #1
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061221/ts_alt_afp/usvoteobamarace2008_061221085638
2006-12-21 16:19:27 · update #2
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2006-12-22 05:43:41 · update #3
That was in the article "Not black like me" where Obama is said not to have the black support. Many reporters have agreed because they said Obama is received better by whites than with blacks who are "lukewarm" about him. The reason is that his father is Kenyan and not a descendant from a slave in a plantation. Obama doesn't share that with blacks of America and he also didn't indentify with the civil rights movement. Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and other famous blacks connect with the blacks because they shared the civil rights struggle and can trace their ancestry to a southern plantation. Obama's father is from Kenya, Africa who doesn't have any relation to slavery. Obama is also biracial (white Kansas mother) and his stepfather is from Indonesia, Obama was raised in Indonesia and speaks Indonesian. He isn't your typical black politician. He is multicultural, a blend of ethnicities, and has Harvard pedigree. This alienates him from blacks who idolize Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson becusae they see them as "true blacks". The writer of the article said that Obama needs the black vote to win in the primaries and he needs to do something about this situation. I always knew that if a black candidate emerged, he will have this problem.
2006-12-22 04:07:22 · answer #1 · answered by cynical 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the book I list below, most blacks tend to be conservative although they have some of the lowest voting percentages. Obama is a Democrat.
2006-12-21 18:39:14 · answer #2 · answered by Kevin P 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-15 10:16:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know if thats true, but my answer to that would be that is touts himself as an african american when is not. not in the sense that the african americans are descendants of slavery. he is the son of a white woman and a kenyan foreign student studying in hawaii. and then he went back to kenya. he likes to take on the mantel of african american, when he is not one in the truest sense.
2006-12-21 16:05:58 · answer #4 · answered by Buk (Fey) 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
bc he's too white like condi rice and colon powel. Apparently if your black and aren't poor or a raping about killing eachother or doing your b****, your not good enough to look up to in the black community.
2006-12-21 17:46:35 · answer #5 · answered by TJ815 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We are??? This is new to me, do you know black people against him? I'm not, my whole family is not! I don't know where you get this idea from. Now Condi is a different story!
all i know is from my experience, being black and all and an active voter! we like him in Georgia, i don't know about any where else. I'm black my family is all black, he has our vote. it's not even a black thing mind you. what does race have to do with it. he has different ideas as all candidates, that could be the reason they don't like him! think about that
2006-12-21 16:13:59 · answer #6 · answered by Candace C 1 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Blacks are supposed to be supporting Barack Obama but they might not like his style and platform of government.
2006-12-21 16:04:12 · answer #7 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
why would anyone be for barack obama he only has 2 , yes two years experience in congress , how does that make him a presidential nominee
2006-12-21 16:39:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
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2014-07-24 17:30:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's a high yellar. They don't trust the real light ones.
2006-12-21 16:05:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋