The comparison is rather dubious, and insulting. If Obama were a truth-teller, he would not have made it to this point. He plays straight to the middle of the road, trying to please everyone. And how do you know Obama is risking his life? You think the secret service will punk out on him?
The test of the American soul is not a clean test, for there are a number of reasons white and other Americans have their doubts about Obama. The Jeremiah Wright flap indeed re-blackified Obama for the time being. Hard to tell the long-term ramifications. Of course, there remains a racial double standard. A large number of whites are perfectly willing to accept a black person in a position of authority if he is ten times as competent, deferential, and non-demanding. This will obviously affect the acceptance factor. However, Obama's platitudinous campaign may underimpress long time white Democrats who are wondering why the ghost of FDR or maybe Hubert Humphrey for lack of anything better has not yet been resurrected. At 04:58 PM 4/4/2008, Charles Brown wrote: >The unique aspect of Obama's candidacy is that, like MLKing, he is >risking his life , 'cause the ghost of jim crow ain't entirely dead yet. >Or maybe it is ? Obama is testing the American soul. The media isn't >saying that, but most Black people feel it. Obama like King is using a >non-violent tactic. > >King said judge by the content of character, not color of skin. Today, >anti-affirmative action people claim we should be "colorblind" , that we >don't need affirmative action. Obama says, ok , judge me colorblindly, >by the content of my character, not the color of my skin. I am not >raising race. > >His character includes the courage to risk his life. > >Chas. _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
