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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
Jesse Jackson sure wasn't when he was caught using the word off air when talking about Obama. He apologized, nothing more. There's a huge double standard with racism. Some people truly believe that you have to be white to be racist.
I believe Obama to be of higher class than Jackson and doubt he would use that word. He has made some questionable generalizations regarding 'White man's greed' and it's effect on minorities. Is that racist?
Again, I think you have to be white to be labeled publicly as a racist.
Great post by the way, Jayems. There are other examples that further support your historical analysis of those slang combat terms.
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I don't know about that. The preacher at Obama's church was certainly called a racist.
The people who truly believe that you have to be white to be a racist are just as dumb as the people who are actual racists.
I don't know if Obama would "use the word" and I don't care. He's a black guy, he can say it if he wants. I'm not, I can't.
I used the word "honky" in an earlier post and I doubt anyone has a problem with that. I know it's not the same, but maybe it should be.
As for McCain, I don't begrudge the guy any anger he has towards the people that tortured him. I wouldn't mince any words when describing someone who had done something like that to me. I wouldn't care who is offended by what I have to say about them. I'm sure he has a lot worse things to say about those people that have nothing to do with 'race' at all.