Reply #1: Psst - Mark: The cat's already out of the bag. You can drop the lie now.... [View All]

And yes, we all know that black folks HAVE to say things like that. That's why terms like "oversensitive" and "reverse racist" exist - they function as linguistic prohibitions against black folks ever charging racism.

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/jackie-robinson-rules-by-digby-it-turns.html

"It turns out that a majority of Americans think that Obama was racist for saying what he said but McCain's ads weren't. It would seem that the most recognizable form of racism for most people is from those who "play the race card from the bottom of the deck." I suppose that's progress of a weird sort.

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So, Obama is going to have to be a modern day Jackie Robinson and stoically endure the more subtle forms of racial ugliness that the right throws at him without ever fighting back or even mentioning that it is happening. If he's as good a politician as Robinson was a baseball player, he'll do it by sheer talent and force of will (and by boldly stealing home in the world series ...)"


White folks: Time to stop being the bully who hits the kid with his own hand, and then asks "why do you keep hitting yourself?". Seriously.