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- 20 Feb 08
- 6:55 pm
"I am so frustrated that it isn�t possible to talk about the impact of race (or gender or sexual orientation or ethnicity or past sexual history etc etc etc) without being told that it ought not to be used as an excuse." Race has been an issue in this country from the founding of this country. The United States chose to make an exemption from its own ideals. The Founders exerted "All men are created equal" and knowingly compromised to include slaves as three-fifths of a person with no legal rights. Race is not just �the color of a skin� it …

Posted to How Black is Obama?
- 21 Feb 08
- 2:21 pm
Why do you say that Obama's use of racial struggles will set back racial progress -- please elaborate. (pbr90) Do you feel like sharing what you have learned from your white grandmother who was a slave in Germany-- and I will share what I learned from my Black grandmother who was a sharecropper in the USA. I have never met a white person who publicly claimed decent from a slave.(aaaa) Lastly, I too think that most of the "Black enough" discussion is silly. (wolf) Why is Obama being held to a standard that the other candidates aren't? If he is not …

Posted to How Black is Obama?