By some Oprah is considered to be a racist because she supports Barack Obama?

Question

So I guess Chuck Norris is also a racist because he supports presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee? This is total madness. I've heard people say that Oprah supports Obama because Obama is black. Well Huckabee is white so Mr. Norris is supporting Huckabee because he's white? ( o _ 0 ) Ridiculous! Your thoughts?

Maya Angelou is endorsing Hillary Clinton. Mrs. Angelou is black and Hillary is white. Does that make Mrs. Angelou less black and more white? Do you see how ignorant this entire argument sounds? I believe that there are some that will try to discredit Mr. Obama because they are simply afraid and too brainwashed to believe that color has nothing to do with who is capable of running this country. Bush isn't an awesome president by any stretch of the imagination. He has a competent Cabinet to watch his back.

Answer 1

It's ridiculous. I'm sure we're all aware that there are indeed people who base their support of politicians (and others) on such insignificant things as so-called "race". I've actually met such people. I've also met people who base their support on gender. However, to accuse someone (without proof) of such a thing is to be guilty of the same (making race/gender an issue). Is it not? I think it IS. WHAT HYPOCRISY!

I agree with you- TOTAL MADNESS!

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Would just like to add by repeating what I said in response to a similar question:

I don't understand why people get so bent over who these rich people vote for. Most of them are going to vote for whomever they believe will protect THEIR interests. Black, white, male, female- It doesn't matter. In the end, the master class still rules.

Answer 2

Personally I'm not a big Oprah fan....from what I've seen she brings up some very important and interesting issues on her show however I just never really watch it....I don't find it racist that she is supporting him though after all African Americans are a minority so it looks racist when they are supporting each other.. In society a black man is not just a guy....he's a black guy...whereas a white guy is just a guy.....So i see ur point there with the whole Chuck Norris thing.....It said in the NYT that Oprah still has respect for Hillary however she thinks Obama is like a "savior" which is a little dramatic but hey our country could use one at this point....either way this upcoming election is going to change American History......(but seriously we need to stop with the whole racism thing it's really getting old and out-dated... scientists have already proven that race doesn't exist because we all genetically overlap and there is no such thing as a black person or a white person we're all diff shades)

Answer 3

I don't know why Oprah supports Obama but if anything I would guess her decision is partly based on the fact they are both proud citizens of the great state of Illinois. There has always been a tendency in politics to support the "favorite son"; in fact, the Electoral College exists because of that tendency (the Founders were worried that if they threw elections totally up for grabs that everybody would vote for a candidate from their home state and there would be no clear winner).

There are a number of African American notables who are not supporting Barack Obama. There are a number of white Americans who do. Who you support in an election is a matter of personal choice and even goes so far as to cross party lines! I'm a registered Democrat yet have not always voted for Democrats (case in point, I voted for Arnold Schwarzenneger for CA governor and am glad I did).

Answer 4

I was a regular Oprah watcher until she went out campaigning for Obama. As a society, we are giving one celebrity woman way too much power to let her be a decision maker. My personal opinion is she is supporting Obama because of his race. Watching her in Iowa, I noticed her change in speech patterns, and sitting next to his wife on the chair - nodding wildly to all his words really made her look like an idiot to me. Oprah has no doubt done alot of great philanthropic work, but I truly believe she is backing Obama because he is a black man, not because he is the best candidate. I don't want a president who was elected based on one celebrity endorsement - and who has so little experience. No doubt the man is a good speaker, but our society is far too complicated today to elect a junior senator as our president.

Answer 5

Stuff like this is so stupid? Why should Oprah be held to a standard and have to choose between a black and a woman just because she is both? How about letting her choose based on what really matters? And so what if she just supports him because he is black. We need our time in the spotlight too

Answer 6

Oprah has been considered a champion of women for years and years. Suddenly she's not. A lot of women, of all colors, shapes and sizes, feel Oprah has stabbed them in the back.

Historically, women vote based on the issues and not based on gender and there's no reason to think they'll do otherwise in '08. However, it seems that while Oprah's support of Obama will not help him, it will hurt Oprah, because she hurt her following.

Answer 7

its just bull crap i am white and obama is by far the most favorite democratic runner i have ever had the race card doesnt come in to play although if you notice that obamas voters are very young , including me , this will be the first president i will be able to vote for , still though,
did you know that obamas mother is white and his black father abandoned him when he was a child hmmm, explains the drugs,
I LOVE YOU OBAMA U GOT MY VOTE

Answer 8

I believe that she can support anyone she wants but to put herself in the spotlight like that was tasteless. She knew that people would be coming to see her and not Obama to sway people to listen to him. Bad Oprah. No Favorite Thing.

Answer 9

I don't think she is racist. But I also don't think that Borat Obama or Billary clinton, for that matter, has the experience needed to be president. Both of them have been elected officials for how long now? Ya... thats kinda what I thought......

Answer 10

Agree. A very lame argument. Oprah never endorsed Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Alan Keyes, or Lola Fulani -- all Black people who ran for President.