Racist Article about Obama

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Thank you, Audrey Edwards, for sending this article from The Independent.

Called “Why I Should be Our Next President,” the “Low Tidings” piece says that Obama gives a speech where he declares: “We be, you know, sick of whitey supressin’ and congestin’ so, you know, we won’t denigrate or sophisticate but emulate and populate, you know, the system is, like, broken, y’all!”

It’s hard to believe this is even real, even as a spoof, it is so insulting. The Independent claims to have the highest distribution / circulation sites of any local paper on the East End of Long Island.

Please feel free to contact Rick Murphy, the Editor, and/or James Mackin, the publisher, to voice your disapproval of the blatant racism in the article. You can not reach the writer, as Yo Mama Bin Barack is in the byline.

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  • § Sheryl Huggins said on : 01/23/08 @ 14:55

    I cannot believe this is real. I wonder if it’s some kind of hoax? If not, they have some really stupid and twisted people out on the East End. I’ll be letting them know what we think of this garbage, that’s for sure.

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  • § eisa718®   said on : 01/23/08 @ 15:08

    Thanks for voicing your outrage, Sheryl!

    I think twice about things that could be hoaxes, too. For example, I did receive info about a postcard a young Bill Clinton sent his mother. The postcard had a stereotypical image of a Black person and – yes – a watermelon. I didn’t post it, though, because I thought it could be a hoax. The Obama article, however, appears on The Independent site. Unless someone is hacking into newspaper databases on the East End, it’s real.

    Crazy, right?

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  • § pittershawn said on : 01/23/08 @ 15:33

    Their actions are just one of the many symptoms of what has NOT changed in this country. Folks think this is an anomaly. But in fact, they are the voice of many. When racist comments are made in media, I’d like you to show me one white person who shows the same level of anger and disdain that blacks show for the person who uttered the words. Personally, I have yet to see even one who is as appalled as we are, who steps to the front and shouts from the roof tops how disgusted they are with the madness.

    What do they do? They dialogue in a manner that clearly shows they don’t care, but are simply attempting to pacify the few with a false show of concern.

    I must conclude that this is how many of them feel–they don’t care and are unaffected by it–hence, they too do not care for people of color. Their silence and lack of passion when these things happen shows me all I need to see.

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  • § Amanda Insall said on : 01/23/08 @ 21:11

    I think we need a forensic linguist to find the true source of this utterance. A person who grew up in Kansas/Kenya/Indonesia generally does not speak this way…It sounds fake.

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  • § eisa718®   said on : 01/23/08 @ 23:14

    Great point, Amanda!