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Broadcasting Obama
Commentary Magazine ^ | May 8, 2008 | Abe Greenwald

Posted on 05/08/2008 9:03:19 AM PDT by Jbny

Barack Obama supporters often argue that a black U.S. president, such as Obama, will be welcomed by the world as a sign of American­ progress and inclusiveness, a signal to all nations that the U.S. is open to the talents and contributions of diverse peoples. But the idea that the rest of the world shares Americans’ faith in redemption through diversity is itself an unwitting exercise in American solipsism. The perception of the globe as a collection of integrated, post-racial states just speaks to Americans’ capacity to see the entire world as a reflection of our values and standard

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: 2008; election; obama; president; racism

1 posted on 05/08/2008 9:03:19 AM PDT by Jbny
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To: Jbny

HUGE BARF ALERT!


2 posted on 05/08/2008 9:06:55 AM PDT by A. Morgan (VOTE FOR A LIBERAL N' WE'LL BE UP TO OUR NECKS IN ILLEGALS and OUTA' GAS!)
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To: Jbny

So apparently TWO black secretaries of state and TWO black supreme court justices and apparently chicken feed.


3 posted on 05/08/2008 9:36:55 AM PDT by Right Cal Gal (Abraham Lincoln would have let Berkeley leave the Union without a fight)
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To: Right Cal Gal


This propaganda is from 2006, the fix is in!
4 posted on 05/08/2008 9:39:28 AM PDT by roses of sharon ( (Who will be McCain's maverick?))
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To: Right Cal Gal

Come on, RCG. Colin Powell and Condi Rice aren’t bona-fide African-Americans. Heck, they can’t even SPELL ebonics, much less speak it. Same goes for Clarence Thomas.

They’s nothin’ more than a buncha house N-——s!


5 posted on 05/08/2008 9:40:39 AM PDT by ssaftler
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To: Jbny
...the talents and contributions of diverse peoples.

The Balkans have got diversity.

Fat lot of good it does them.

6 posted on 05/08/2008 9:54:41 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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