What Obama Isn't: Black Like Me

New York Daily News ^ | Stanly Crouch

[Lorianne]

Now that Barak Obama has thrown his hat into the Presidential ring, he has come under fire from African Americans for being not black enough

[NeoCaveman]

Obama is not the descendant of slaves, of slave owners perhaps.

[wastedyears]

From the inside-out.

[Revolting cat!]

Now that Barak Obama, an African-American, has thrown his hat into the Presidential ring, he has come under fire from "African-Americans" for not being African-American!

[Rummyfan]

Other than color, Obama did not - does not - share a heritage with the majority of black Americans, who are descendants of plantation slaves.

I'd go even farther and ask what does Obama share with the American heritage in general? He grew up in Indonesia. Sure he went to Harvard Law. His first book is about his father's dreams. As a Kenyan I doubt he had dreams for America!

[commish]

IN addition to the "Obama isn't black enough angle", the article does hint at one of the Dem strategies in getting Obama out there as a candidate.

By mentioning Alan Keyes, the article paves the way for claims that the Republicans are just "running a black because the Dems are" if Condi Rice does end up running.

[RightWhale]

He sounds good. A fine speaker and better enunciation than even some professional talkshow hosts. No accent whatsoever. It is a fine talent and a well-trained skill. Can't say if he is a leader or not, or a deep thinker, or has a clue how to keep the American dream going.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

...he has come under fire from African Americans for being not black enough

Hey! He's as black as Halle Berry. And we all know how definitively African American she is.
If you don't believe it, just ask her.

[Lorianne]

As are many American blacks

[glorgau]

Didn't take long for the "Oreo" smear to get tossed out.

[Eva]

The son of a white woman and a Black immigrant? Well, I guess his father could have been considered an immigrant, but I'm not sure that people that are here on temporary student visas are exactly immigrants. His father was a visitor, who happened to get married while he visited, but he never planned to stay.

I want to see some pictures of Obama's mama.

[AppyPappy]

His momma is white?

[NeoCaveman]

True.

But this is a cause of serious tensions between the immigrant Africans and the black Americans.

The latter views the former as "acting white" while the former tend to view the latter as unambitious.

[Sender]

Obama was not raised as a victim. He never internalized the Jackson/Sharpton slave reparations mentality. They fear Obama might not be black-centric enough.

[mel]

He is a smooth talker all right. First time I heard him on radio, it really caught my attention. I have to admit I was impressed with his speech. But when I found out more thumbs down from me.

[isthisnickcool]

[since 1854]

Yes, there are photos of her on the internet.

[AppyPappy]

A black girl in my daughters class who moved here from Richmond once told a mixed race girl "If your momma ain't black, you ain't black". Her philosophy was that a white woman couldn't raise a "black" child.

The weirdest thing is hearing a white woman claim she is being kept down by racism because her child is black. Strange.

[Sender]

[Syncro]

Let's be accurate about his lineage.

He is a Kenyan-Caucasion-American

Africian-American-American?