
A Nightmare For Democrats: Misogyny Or Race?
…the Democratic “nightmare scenario” has gotten even more nightmarish. If Clinton wins on the strength of the super-delegates despite trailing in pledged delegates and the popular vote, then party insiders will have blocked the historic first nomination of a black candidate — and now they will have done so because of racial fears regarding a black preacher.
And got the first woman candidate instead. Misogyny or race - the nightmare…
Posted: 22nd, March 2008 | In: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Politicians, Race For The White House, Twitterings Comments (2) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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March 23rd, 2008 at 10:27 am
But why do they keep saying Obama is a black man.
He is of mixed parentage. One parent is white , one black.
Why does that not make him white man. How many generations does it take for a person to be deemed white if one of his ancestors was black.
I thought the states had had enough of the “quadroon, octaroon” stuff, and Europe saw the tragic and ghastly effects of tracing Jewish ancestry back through the generations.
He is surely just a man, who will either be good at the job, or not.
March 22nd, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Odd they should see it that way, surely it should be the person best suited for the job gender and race origins not withstanding.
They have long had white males in supremacy over there, then they opted for Shrub the younger , and look what happened…