I hear him talk a lot about his Black relatives (who didn't raise him, by the way), but I have yet to hear him say anything about his white relatives.
2007-03-29 12:17:48 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/01/weekinreview/01malc.html?ex=1249099200&en=f3d92f1349cfdf8b&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland
2007-03-29 12:25:51 · update #1
Classic liberalism, its O.K. for him to not include white relatives because he is black, but if he was white and had black relatives and did not include them it would be racist
2007-03-29 12:22:50 · answer #1 · answered by conservative for life 2 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Racism is a two-way street. Obama wants to run as a black man. He risks alienating the racist element in the black community if he advertises the fact that he's not "pure" black. Besides, it's not like he's trying to hide it. Everyone who's paying any attention knows he's mixed. Moreover, it shouldn't be a big deal. We're all mixed in some way, shape or form. Back in the forties, when my parents married, theirs was considered a "mixed" marriage, because he was a Spanish Jew and she was a German Jew -- a division even greater than that between Catholic and Protestent Christians at the time. Let's face it, WHO you are is a whole helluva lot more important that WHAT you are!
2007-03-29 12:31:22 · answer #2 · answered by texasjewboy12 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whom is Obama excluding from his campaign? His mother?
Which other candidates are bringing their moms on the campaign trail? Which other candidates are bringing their cousins on the campaign trail?
The only relatives people are campaigning with are their spouses and children. It's not surprising that we aren't seeing Obama's white relatives. It doesn't make him racist.
I think you need to ask yourself, though, whether you're asking this question because you have problems with a man of African descent running for president.
2007-03-30 02:00:21 · answer #3 · answered by ctmorling 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Barak Obama will never be able to deny that he is a racists in his own right. No half decent person will ever admit to some thoughts of some racism they have, after all what is racism? If you do not like someone and he/she happens to be of another race, you will be labeled racist.
2007-03-29 12:25:04 · answer #4 · answered by furrryyy 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Wow! He did that? What a great guy for honoring his family's wishes of not being included and embarrassed in his bid to be Hillory's vice president.
2007-03-29 12:32:33 · answer #5 · answered by rann_georgia 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Excluding a group of people would be discrimination not prejudice. Prejudice is when you "pre-judge" a group or individual without knowing facts.
2007-03-29 12:21:53 · answer #6 · answered by AG74 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He can talk about anyone he wants to. You get to cast your vote for or against him based on what he says & doesn't say. That's how the game is played.
2007-03-29 12:56:20 · answer #7 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He talks about his mother's side of the family all the time. Most of the questions he is asked about his family are directed at his black side. So that is why you hear about them more often. I don't support him either, but that's no reason to go about implying that he is racist.
2007-03-29 12:22:20 · answer #8 · answered by scammaj12 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes he is. The grandmother he excludes practically raised him.
2007-03-30 06:16:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Presidential Campaign usually includes the spouse and kids.
2007-03-29 12:22:07 · answer #10 · answered by c1523456 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋