By saying those references to the cultural stereotypes, Fuzzy Zoeller shows how much of a racist he is. That was crude and ignorant.
>I think you would have to ask him what he feels his cultural heritage is. >Take Tiger Woods. In early interviews, if I remember correctly, he said he >identified with black culture (his father) and with Thai culture (his >mother), and his own experience includes mainstream American culture as >well. Would I suggest that Tiger is culturally not African-American because >he grew up with a comfortable life? Not at all. > >Remember when Tiger won the Masters the year after Fuzzy Zoeller, and Fuzzy >made some idiotic remarks about Tiger serving watermelon and fried chicken >at the victory celebration? Those are the sorts of experiences that inform >African-Americans of their cultural heritage, regardless of where they grew >up or how well or poorly they lived. Notice, though, that Tiger didn't dwell >on Fuzzy's statement, because he saw it for what it was- a legacy of the >past that should be left in the dustbin of history. > >Ironically, it was Bill Clinton's jibe about Obama being "another Jesse >Jackson" that provided Obama with the first very public reminder of his >cultural blackness in this campaign. Jackson, for all his power in the >Democratic Party in the 80's, was forever linked to the Civil Rights >movement, and those ties made him a "black politician" in the eyes of much >of the public. Obama has been an activist, but in a far less divisive era, >so he isn't tied specifically to the Civil Rights movement. Not to denigrate >the sacrifices made during that era, because without them, there is no >Barack Obama in national politics. He is standing on the shoulders of >giants, political leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr., sports heroes like >Jackie Robinson, and entertainment figures like Sammy Davis, Jr., and their >battles and sacrifices have made it possible for a man like Obama to move >the conversation beyond race to a shared vision for all Americans. > >On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Larry L wrote: > >> Culturally Obama may not be African American, a good portion of his >> formative years were spent outside the US. Then when he returned to the US, >> it was to Hawaii, not an African American cultural hotbed. By and large I'd >> say he's American much more than African American. >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:256278 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
