Jimmy Carter Calls Barack Obama A "Black Boy"

YouTube ^ | 8/26/08

[Winged Hussar]

"Using terms that would send Republicans into the history books, Jimmy Carter on PBS calls Barack this Black Boy"

I couldn't believe it until I heard it for myself.

[xcamel]

Covered more than a few times..

[The_Media_never_lie]

No, Jimmie, tell me it’s not true, you didn’t call him that?

[BluH2o]

Great heads up ... jimmy comes thru again.
You're absolutely right ... if a Republican had made this statement it would lead every MSM newscast and headline for the next two weeks.

[homeguard]

[lonestar]

Let Barrack pick peanuts!

[FlyVet]

I noticed how he hesitated between the words "black" and "boy". He had to think about it for a second, but decided it was okay, BOY.

Yeah, you Democrats, keep right on thinking what you think about your race and gender neutral icons.

[advertising guy]

said w/ disdain as well.....

[Mediocrates]

I was expecting more. It doesn’t come across as derogatory at all.

Now, if a certain other former president had said it...

[Coldwater Creek]

Anyone from Texas should know that, you dig peanuts, not pick them.

[Enchante]

Let’s not hold our breath expecting Jimmy Peanut to face the wave of outrage and revulsion that would be trumpeted if any Republican said that....... 47 year old Obama called a “black boy” on national TV by Democratic icon Jimmy Carter. Wow.

[AnAmericanMother]

Well, Sambo was Indian, not African (or Arab for that matter).

While ordinarily I'm not in favor of the politically correct, the book has been rewritten with more typically Indian names.

And Fred Marcellino is one of my favorite illustrators. He did a dynamite Puss 'n Boots. My favorite picture in Babaji is Babaji's mother maniacally crouched over an ancient sewing machine running at about 3000 rpm, making his beautiful new red coat.

[Brian S. Fitzgerald]

without rich southern plantation owners, no blacks would have had jobs.

[EggsAckley]

I noticed his hesitation too. Would it have been so hard for him to say “black man?”

And when does he get tossed under the bus? Anyone else would have been tarred and feathered by now.

[Enchante]

What you’re not getting is that this was a huge issue for many years as black males hated being called “boy” and it has long been considered unacceptable to call any black male over the age of 18 a “boy”..... it doesn’t have to be said with any derogatory tone to be considered unacceptable.

[FlyVet]

I thought that was the coolest story when I was little kid, in the early 60's. I must have read it a dozen times.

Then I found out it was "racist", because the MSM and the race-baiters told me so.

[SkyDancer]

The sad thing is “Little Black Sambo” was written about a boy in India ... did like the thing with the pancakes though ....

[Tammy8]

Calling a Black man “boy” is thought to rank right up there with the “n” word these days. Only a lib could get away with using it and not be called out on it. Amazing that PC only seems to apply if you are a conservative- libs can say whatever they wish.

[tx_eggman]

Welcome to last Monday night ..

[mtnjimmi]

Why are you surprised to find a racist democrat? they were the one who fought to keep slavery, opposed the integration, were the largest group of the membership of the KKK. who set dogs on those working for the rights that all Americans are born to? to hear them talk today you’d think it was the
republicans, the libertarians never had that kind of clout.

yup it’s the party of Bill Clinton, Senator Fulbright, George Wallace, & Tip O’Neal

[groanup]

Oh come on. You can catch Jimmy on many things but this is nothing. He didn’t even say it in a bad way.

[sionnsar]

I remember that book! But... wasn't Sambo Indian?

Not that it matters, the restaurant chain Sambo's went out of business or changed its name decades ago.

[sionnsar]

Not that it matters, the restaurant chain Sambo's went out of business or changed its name decades ago.

And besides, Sambo came out the winner.

[MtnClimber]

The dimocRATS also exhibit the bigotry of low expectations for minorities. Racists past and present.

[Robwin]

The video for them what care:

http://thesaloon.net/blog/_archives/2008/8/27/3857120.html

[Repeal The 17th]

“Without rich southern plantation owners,
no blacks would have had jobs.”
- - -
... nor whites neither ...
I come from a long and undistinguished line of
Georgia share croppers and cotton mill workers.
No poor man ever gave anybody a job.
Jimmy Carter is an embarrassment.

[GOP Poet]

Jimmy is a Marxist whacker cracker.

[Dianna]

Geoff Davis to the white courtesy phone...paging Geoff Davis...

[Gay State Conservative]

Geeze....at least he didn't call him a “white nigger”.

[FlyVet]

I've never forgotten the end, Sambo goes up the tree, the tigers chase around the tree so fast they melt into butter, and then Sambo's family harvests the butter and brings it home for a delicious treat!

My mother had a monthly subscription to Golden Books for us kids,and that's the only story I can remember. I loved it. That original book must be worth some serious money now.

[GOPyouth]

I never read the Indian version....only the African.

I'm 31 and had the book when I was little. I'm still not aware of any Bengal tigers roaming around Africa. But, the race-baiters sitting high atop Mt. Rainbow Push have declared that the Bengal tiger's habitat shall only be around black folks.

[SkyDancer]

There y'all go - taking things out of context and all that ... (MSM spin) ... Next thing they'll be saying Hillary said it first.

[newheart]

Oh come on. You can catch Jimmy on many things but this is nothing. He didn’t even say it in a bad way.

I completely agree. He was referring to Obama as a child. As far as I can tell he was a boy then. Good grief. Why are Freepers trying to out PC the Democrats?

[Bringbackthedraft]

Republican: “Boy” = racist
Democrat: “Boy” = endearment.

[SevenofNine]

MONK and Bender check this out

He actually call Barry Black boy LOL!

[HungarianGypsy]

I have read it and don’t get the racism. Babaji (Sambo) was clever and there were pancakes. Mmmm.

[Minn]

Even a man as malevolent and clueless as the former president should not be subject to politically correct garbage. The man, so bereft of judgment, was obviously referring to the Savior’s youth, as in “the boy that grew up to be president”. Even though the lover of dictators the world the world over is truly deserving of all the disgrace he brings upon himself, this was a perfectly harmless and benign statement by the vindictive and spiteful little man. Lay off of my bud Jimmy.

[meandog]

He used to refer to people of color as “nigrahs”!

[SkyDancer]

My grandad had a copy of the story printed in like 1920 something.
When England ruled India all of the people there were considered black even though they were sort of dark brown. The story was written by Helen Bannerman, a Scot living in India, and was first published in London in 1899.
The story was a children’s favorite for half a century, but then became controversial due to the use of the word sambo, a racial slur in some countries mainly in the US ... pity.

There was a great restaurant chain named SAMBO’s ... but it was named after the owner: Sam Batistione. The chain failed after all the racial stuff about it but the original restaurant is still operating in Santa Barbara.

Hope this helped.

Regards,
Jane

[cynwoody]

Would it have been so hard for him to say “black man?”

Carter did nothing wrong here. It would have been incorrect for him to say "black man". Men don't grow up to be president. Boys (and girls?) do.

And when does he get tossed under the bus? Anyone else would have been tarred and feathered by now.

That's where the problem is. If a conservative said it, you can bet the Donks would holler racism. But let them. It's not as if we're going to get the black vote anyway.

[AppyPappy]

I’m sure McCain would get a pass if he said the same thing

[Junior_G]

Boy is a racial slur?

[AnAmericanMother]

That's the reason I like the revised version -- you still get the cool story, the tigers are VERY scary (the original tigers looked rather like stripey dogs), but the libs don't have anything to beat the story up with.

Although I guess they might complain that the story stereotypes Bengalis . . . or something!