Comments on: Obama's Racial Identity Still An Issue

Democrat's Race, And Whether He's "Black Enough," Continue To Spark Conversation

[adian1-2009]

Obama is just aware of the fact that racially he should be considered the best candidate, and he exploits the issue to benefit himself politically. He is part white to white voters; he is part black to black voters; he is colorless to many of us that would pay no attention to ethnicity. A perfect candidate to satisfy all racists and the non-racists, isn''t it? Well, that is precisely his Aquiles'' heel. If he does not show that he is abler than Hillary, which has not shown yet, he won''t prevail. Race does not count here.

[jipoku]

Juno912: Before you make sweeping statements, you should check your facts. Obama worked as a community organizer in a black neighborhood. He passed legislature against profiling as a state senator. These are just two examples I know. When did he pit *** against blacks? How is he using race to exploit anyone?

[jipoku]

This is not a real issue. Blacks in academia and journalists like this question, but everyday blacks do not question his race.

[erasmus6]

"He is not the descendant of African slaves, but is the son of a white mother and a Kenyan father, so he alone gets questions about just who he is."

And what does it matter? It shouldn''t matter if he is black, white, whatever, so why should it matter how black he is???

The guy shouldn''t be president no matter whether he is black or white because he is too immature and inexperienced.

[Wookiee-1138]

Does this mean rumours of him being a closet Muslim have died out?

[chirumbolo]

It''s not that Obama is multi-racial or black, it''s that he is cynically exploiting the black community for his own self interest.

Barack Obama has done nothing for people of color, and he has the gall to claim himself as successor the civil rights movement. Democrats of all stripes reject the Obama brand of ugly race baiting, and the pitting of gay Americans against black Americans.

[brianbwb-2009]

I''''m still trying to get over the phrase "self identify", where did that come from? Gee, I think I''''ll self identify myself as really really cool.
Posted by nottellin1

Great, now if your actions and words match your new self identity, soon others will also think you are really, really cool.

[flreason]

Not only is racism is still alive and well in America, you play the religious bigotry card as well. How on earth do you justify your conclusion? What you''re suggesting is that attending a school with Muslims (he has stated that he didn''t participate in the optional Muslim religion classes) tainted him for life...that his adult membership in the Church of Christ is a coverup. Look at all of the children brought up Christian who reject it for other religions or no religion later...are they closet Christians? His time in Indonesia was a small portion of his life. And Indonesian Muslims had a much more tolerant view of other religions at that time. Islamic extremism is a more recent phenomenon. Americans need to stop allowing politicians to use fear to win their votes. We need to stand up the way we did in WWII when Roosevelt said, "We have nothing to fear but fear itself," instead of cowering and looking for Muslim bogeymen behind every bush...or is that spelled with a capital B?

[brianbwb-2009]

"I don''t want to sound prejudiced or anything, but for one, I am not going to vote for a colored man to be our president," said one South Carolina voter.

"I don''''''''t care what his skin color is, I just don''''''''t trust him. It is mainly where he was raised, Indonesia, with a Muslim stepfather and an atheist white mother. I think he is a closet muslim, which is all we need." Posted by BarbJC1

Unless he is the Democrat''s choice, I probably won''t vote for him either, not because of his ethnicity, (I am also "Black")but because I see him playing the same political games as all the rest (and he is good at it), and I feel that we cannot remain a country much longer with the status quo.

But from others, I see that many Neanderthals in the US are still too stupid to see through the artificial construct known as "race", and therefore don''t deserve a real president.

[Pocko]

Wasn''t Mohamid Alley a black muslim? Heck-hes'' got my vote. Knock ''em out, kid.