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But equating dislike of Obama with racism per se is as intellectually lazy and as knee-jerk a reaction as eblab equating it with being a Republican.



i'm not doing this, so why are you telling it to me?

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...Would it have made any sense to say "McCain, who would be the 43rd white man to become president, ...." in the article?



i'd say no, because like every president ever has been a white male, so it isn't notable in the least. it's the default setting. mentioning it isn't giving obama a special advantage, i don't believe, but we seem to disagree on that.

there seems to be the sentiment on this board that if black folks think something is unfair they should just shut their trap, suck it up and deal with it, because that's what white people do when the going gets tough. where exactly does that viewpoint disappear to when you believe white people are treated unfairly?
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