tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787519110203516191.post2389588110555106636..comments2023-11-05T01:20:55.479-06:00Comments on THE INTERSECTION | MADNESS & REALITY: QUESTION: IS OBAMA BLACK LIKE YOU?RiPPahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876723972974044402noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787519110203516191.post-24375869788186444972009-11-17T15:09:48.412-06:002009-11-17T15:09:48.412-06:00amen!
superb column!
i have never been blacked o...amen!<br /><br />superb column!<br /><br />i have never been blacked out by the blackish obama/gwb 2.0<br /><br />he is not my brother or my god!alicia bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921804031029586951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787519110203516191.post-52774481952861517422008-12-18T17:20:00.000-06:002008-12-18T17:20:00.000-06:00I've said since the beginning that Obama is just a...I've said since the beginning that Obama is just a man. He is a black man. But he isn't God. I think people are rooting for him not just because he is black, but because him being elected means progression. I know many of us never thought we'd see a day when there would be a black man in office. <BR/><BR/>I totally disagree that he does not share the same bloodline. He's half african damnit! Africans were black last time I checked. But. . . I could be wrong ( smh )<BR/><BR/>I see where dude was trying to go with his argument but I disagree. I don't think because Obama has a white mom makes him any less black. I think it's ignorant to assess that to be factual. It's an opinion and one that I can't dig!<BR/><BR/>I say people need to hold Obama accountable as the next man who will be leading the country and not give him a pass because he is BLACK LIKE YOU.ShesTooMuch4Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472324260894657673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787519110203516191.post-91099311885189650612008-12-15T12:06:00.000-06:002008-12-15T12:06:00.000-06:00@ Marley - It's the internet. It's where we exchan...@ Marley - It's the internet. It's where we exchange ideas and concepts. No need to ask.<BR/><BR/>@ saraphen - Salient points.<BR/><BR/>@ Rippa - Ignorant, well maybe on this topic. But this is where these exchanges become important. Who wants to read their own opinions written by different people over and over. We all learn from each other.uglyblackjohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404995571276457138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787519110203516191.post-63884608854201310662008-12-15T11:39:00.000-06:002008-12-15T11:39:00.000-06:00@Brown Man: That slavery living in the past thing ...@Brown Man: That slavery living in the past thing you said was deep, and very profound. <BR/><BR/>@Marley: I read your comment over there and it was well said. I shake my head at the people who confuse NATIONALITY for race. He kept refering to Trinidadians, Jamaicans etc. as not really being Black like African Americans. I thought that was really ignorant.<BR/><BR/>@uglyblackjohn: Oh man its like I said here and even in response over there: I'm a fan of his blog, and yes he is sharp. However, on this one I just don't agree, and I'm disappointed that he had to take his responses to me where he did by thinking that I was white. Even if I was, what he was saying was in no way supportive of our race per se through Obama.<BR/><BR/>@saraphen: Excellent sharing of wisdom. We as a people are not all the same and to assume that we are isn't a good thing. Its putting us all in the same box. As you pointed out, we are all shaped differently by our experiences, and even so, it doesn't change or lessen our melanin affliction...LOL!RiPPahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876723972974044402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787519110203516191.post-45287397836982874662008-12-15T08:26:00.000-06:002008-12-15T08:26:00.000-06:00As quiet as it's kept, not all black people in thi...As quiet as it's kept, not all black people in this country are alike. <BR/><BR/>Our history of slavery comes in different flavors. Many African countries were oppressed and held bondage by Europeans. Many African-Americans were descendants of blacks who came to the US as indentured servants and were freed when they paid off their their debt. Not all of us lived in slave states.<BR/><BR/>Some of us came up in poverty, but were given advantages of education even in that poverty.<BR/><BR/>I could go on and on. To the whole "Not Black Like Me" argument, I have to respond, "so what!" Nobody is "Black Like Me" either. My life experiences give me a different perspective of race than what you have, and that can be said of everybody if you delve deeply enough.<BR/><BR/>I voted for Obama because he is a brilliant man, knows the constitution, shares many of the same ideals that I do, knows how to bring together the best minds, and will do better for this country than any other candidate.<BR/><BR/>I celebrate him as a black man, regardless of who raised him, the world sees him as a black man, the racists who came out of the woodwork during the campaign, see him as a black man. Obama was a child during the Civil Rights Era...so what. That does not lessen his ability to understand on a personal level what racism is.saraphenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901259134387926833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787519110203516191.post-35253451851673421872008-12-15T07:06:00.000-06:002008-12-15T07:06:00.000-06:00@ Brown Man - Great points.@ Marley - This is the ...@ Brown Man - Great points.<BR/><BR/>@ Marley - This is the internet, not the Bloods vs the Crips.<BR/><BR/>@ Rippa - I wasn't born in Hawaii but I went to college there. Hey, I'm mixed too. Maybe Obama is Black Like Me.<BR/>Nah man, you both did fine stating your POVs at that site. I disagree with him on this point but on the whole he seems pretty sharp.<BR/>As far as the financial gap, that's just a limited definition of Blackness. It's the whole divide and conquer mentality that tends to hold us back.<BR/>Barak is just as Black as one's mixed cousin Poochie who hangs out on the corner.uglyblackjohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404995571276457138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787519110203516191.post-82591674578308584902008-12-14T16:06:00.000-06:002008-12-14T16:06:00.000-06:00Most white people are not rich either.I see more J...Most white people are not rich either.<BR/><BR/>I see more Jewish people driving German cars than I would have imagined, given their recent run in with the Nazi's.<BR/><BR/>Slavery has a certain amount of significance, just as the civil rights ear holds a certain amount of significance, but investing everything I am in a person in the past while I am alive and living in the right now is, as that congressman said last week, "assbackwards".<BR/><BR/>"Whiteness" in America is a construct - I have an entire series on this that I might spotlight again, but there is no way that the Italians, Irish, Germans, French, English, Dutch, Norwegians, Spaniards, Poles and Czechs could have melded into one racial identity in America without leaving most of their cultural heritage at home when they went out to interface with the world everyday.<BR/><BR/>"Whiteness" has appropriated all of the middle of the road characteristics from these groups, which is why if you go to Italy, Ireland, Germany, France, England, Holland, Norway, Spain, Poland or Czechoslovakia, you will see much more of the ethnic flair that these people who comprise the bulk of white folks in America than you see here.Brown Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11975866612959886893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787519110203516191.post-89291119467893018342008-12-14T12:35:00.000-06:002008-12-14T12:35:00.000-06:00@blackberry: Now that I can understand. The econom...@blackberry: Now that I can understand. The economics of racial disparity is a little bit different. Whats funny is that even with a White mother Obama wasn't that much different economically than some current Black families.RiPPahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876723972974044402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787519110203516191.post-58156809300467619932008-12-14T12:34:00.000-06:002008-12-14T12:34:00.000-06:00LMAOOOOOOOYo look for my call later tonight.LMAOOOOOOO<BR/><BR/>Yo look for my call later tonight.RiPPahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876723972974044402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787519110203516191.post-6246501256047974332008-12-14T12:21:00.000-06:002008-12-14T12:21:00.000-06:00O M G! You called me bougie! LOL!I refute that sta...O M G! You called me bougie! LOL!<BR/><BR/>I refute that statement![flahy] [blak] [chik]https://www.blogger.com/profile/07915740493798041091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787519110203516191.post-81331244793841936942008-12-14T12:09:00.000-06:002008-12-14T12:09:00.000-06:00You know,for myself, what keeps me from identifyin...You know,for myself, what keeps me from identifying a lot is the income gap. I was reared in poverty and continue to have a modest income as an adult. It's hard for me to relate to people who have never known need or even want.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787519110203516191.post-6639911423833746712008-12-14T11:47:00.000-06:002008-12-14T11:47:00.000-06:00@(fŭng'kē) [blak] [chik]: Nah that wouldn't work. ...@(fŭng'kē) [blak] [chik]: Nah that wouldn't work. You'd have to take away "funky" and replace it with "bougie"...LOL!RiPPahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876723972974044402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787519110203516191.post-87536483492740592832008-12-14T08:31:00.000-06:002008-12-14T08:31:00.000-06:00Aww damn, so by his summation, I must be the darke...Aww damn, so by his summation, I must be the darkest, collard green eating, basketball playing, kinky haired having, brownest Irish person ever..awww damn...let me go change my site's name to Funky Irish Chick...LMAO!![flahy] [blak] [chik]https://www.blogger.com/profile/07915740493798041091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787519110203516191.post-72824668140185333342008-12-14T08:14:00.000-06:002008-12-14T08:14:00.000-06:00@jjbrock: I firmly believe that. I can understand ...@jjbrock: I firmly believe that. I can understand someone maybe getting emotional by another blogger expressing a difference of opinion. But not being able to hold emotions in check and communicate properly is part of the problem. This is why communication is of the utmost importance in my book.RiPPahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876723972974044402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787519110203516191.post-39683037184773978042008-12-14T07:34:00.000-06:002008-12-14T07:34:00.000-06:00Great post and this statement alone says it all "I...Great post and this statement alone says it all "In my book, if we all agreed as bloggers we'd never learn anything from each other" I love the exchange and I do believe you are correct.Ann Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.com