Posted on 05/19/2007 5:29:09 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
I never meant to imply that the Supreme Court coined the term, but that the term was a result of the Brown Case, somewhere in the transcripts. I am too tired to reply anymore and you still did not take advantage of the verbiage on Rush’s site.
Good night. Go argue with yourself.
Actually, I think the proper spelling is “ware” and “git”.
My point is that you are mistaken in that belief. A lot of commentators use phrases like "In the wake of the Brown decision" or "In the post-Brown era" or similar wordings.
The literary trope of the "magical negro" came about amid changing public attitudes about race -- which Brown both shaped and reflected. The trope and the court case were not causally connected. They were both effects of the same cause, a shift in white people's attitudes toward black people.
and you still did not take advantage of the verbiage on Rush’s site.
"Take advantage of the verbiage?" What the hell does that mean? If you meant "read the words," that I did -- I skimmed it and searched the site, and found nothing on point. It seemed to me that rather than spending hours trying to dig out what Rush said the Court said, it would be more productive to spend minutes actually reading what the Court said.
Silly me. I mean, all I have is a political science degree. How could I expect to understand such complicated arguments without a radio host to interpret them for me?
My biggest gripe with the movie segments is that Emmett of the Unblinking Eye is slow to post his top-ten lists. If I catch part of the middle, I’d like to be able to find the whole list online sooner.
You were correct regarding the origin of the term “Magic Negro”. I was confusing the original LA Times story by Ehrenstein (sp?) and an article that I had read in NRO.
I have no problem admitting when I am wrong.
The rest of your post was snarky and frankly your credentials don’t move me.
they may not, but you can be sure that Rush will.
Obama The 'Magic Negro'-Senator Lends Himself to America's Idealized, Less Than Real Black Man
Astonishing what misconceptions have come from this parody.
It is like a tar-baby waiting for some MSM dimwit to punch.
I have read a few MSM commentators who admit there is too much truth and too much humor in this — way too dangerous to touch.
You offered no cite and no link. You instead berated me for not going to the Rush Limbaugh site, which I had done, to find the cite, which wasn't there. I think you had a little snark coming.
And I don't expect you to be moved or impressed by a BA. I wasn't leaning on my credentials. My point was that I am capable of reading a court decision by training and experience, and I don't need a radio host to read it for me.
How MANY times did you want me to tell you that I do not know how to excerpt? This is now the fourth.
I offer you an apology and you are still not happy, need to work on that.
Interesting that Sharpton doesn't want to take on Rush
Do you remember the parody song: “I Got a Black Magic Johnson” sung to the tune of Santana’s “Black Magic Women”?
This is maybe a little OT, but remember the big flap over “clean and articulate” being some kind of backhanded racist remark?
The race baiters will never be satisfied, and often dream up racism out of thin air.
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