This Shit Ain’t Cute!
Are you serious? But I thought we’ve come so far?
Sent this from Miranda who is just as disgusted as I am. I couldn’t imagine living in the area where these shirts are sold outside of a bar. People listen, there some things that change but a lot is going to stay the same. We can only hope that the good people out there of all races understand what’s at stake in November.
How in the hell can they want George Bush 3?!? Remember 4 dollars for gas is not far from 10. Don’t think it’s beyond the realm of possibility.
Christian Boone of the AJC wrote a piece on this in today’s edition.
Dang shame……..yeap the more things change the more they stay the same. Yet folks swear there is no racism in america…….its all in black folks minds. Even on AJC only half of the people who voted felt it was racist.
Oh I got it since its curious george its not racist. You know its is a kinder more gentle type bigotry. You know the kind you hear on talk radio.
Whats next??? The next time the Klan goes marching folks are gonna say that they are just practicing dressing up like ghost for halloween??
See this is the stuff that Obama will have to face. Its going to get worst when he wins the nomination. Man the bigots and the fools in media will really have a field day. The media will try and uncover every rock thathey can find on that brotha. The rev Wright stuff is just the tip of the iceburg.
Everytime I even fix my mind to believe Obama can pull this off, something like this slaps the shit out of me with reality.
I have so much respect for Barack for even putting himself in a situation where he’ll have to deal with this (and potentially dangerous situations).
WTF? I’m tired of the commentary on this WV victory for Hillary. Those damn racist hicks were’t going to vote for Obama. Why won’t the fools on these news shows admit what it is? We need more people of color in the media so the truth will be told.
Constantly asking the question Why can’t he win white working class votes? Because the crakers are uneducated racist and there isn’t a damn thing he can do about that.
aigh…… let’s not do this. Please.
I voted for Obama in NY… and i’m white, and working class. do not tar us all with the same brush. my friends voted for Obama in AL, LA, and MS and they are white and working class too. Geez.
Shit ain’t cute but it is true. More power to Obama for thinking he can sing Cum By A with people like this but there are always those who will be out there creating racist examples like this. Instead of scolding his crazy old uncle, read: Rev. Wright, maybe Obama should call out well-meaning Whites who don’t call these spades what they are and that is racist.
I voted for Barack. He won wisconsin. I hope the majority of reasonable, thinking human beings see how ignorant, and downright STUPID this t-shirt is. Unfortunately, the world is full of slack-jawed morons.
I’m not surprised by it at all the world hasn’t changed nor has the thinking of some of the people that live in it.
Monday on GMA a lady from WV said that she could not bring herself to vote for Obama because he was “a Muslim”, where did that come from. It’s discouraging that every time you turn around this man has to give an explanation for his background, people he’s associated with, why he wore a blue shirt, etc.
If he didn’t win the Presidency it wouldn’t bother me. I would rather see him not win and be safe, than to be in office and have some nut try to do him and his family harm.
I want to take the high road like Denny Green and ignore this..but I think it would be fun to make some offensive t-shirts featuring McCain, Clinton and Bush for the hell of it. Then the outrage would be evenly distributed.
Okori,
I apologize. I wasn’t talking about all working class white people. I know that everyone isn’t racist. However, poor uneducated and white in many cases also equals racist and homophobic.
I must say that I am impressed by the turnout of white voters in favor of Obama especially amongst the younger voters it seems genuine that they are ready and willing to accept a change in the political climate.
TBR,
I second that. Let’s just hope that the good ole boys don’t get their way and steal the nomination from Obama.
Poor uneducated white people aren’t all racists or homophobes. Also why does accepting homosexuality mean something, that is against most of the religions in the world.
I think its funny that you all are outraged at such a innocent shirt, but it is even funnier because you all can’t take the characterization of Obama as Curious George, which fits him, so you ignore the character and just go for the cheap racist angle.
Good ole identity politics. I can’t wait to see Obama run a general election.
DavidMac,
I didn’t say all poor whites are this way. I said many of them are. Like skin heads, poor, uneducated and white. Dah! Also why should anyone care who someone chooses as partner? To mentally and physically harm someone for this reason is sick. Last but not least. Don’t compare Obama to a monkey. He is a man and a graduate of Harvard. Maybe your name should be on that shirt with some of the dumbass things you say.
yeah that is sometimes the case. but poor and uneducated in any race equals racist and homophobic.
I wasn’t as hard on the WV voters as the NY Daily News. They called them toothless.
was that the headline or the body of the column?
I don’t think so. I know a lot of poor black people that welcome anyone into their lives regardless of color. I’ve also never known that to be the case in the black community since blacks for the most part have been and still are poor. Also poor blacks adored and voted for Clinton. Those poor whites from WV that I was speaking of would never vote for any black person. Their hatred runs too deep.
It was the headline but the meaning is the same. It was taking a jab at the population there. Hill billy was also part of the headline.
michelle, people not accepting homosexuality does not mean they treat homosexuals different than anyone else. Thats the only point i’m making with regards to the homophobia allegations getting thrown around.
Okori, poor and uneducated in any race is not synonymous with racism or homophobia, that seems like more of that liberal elite talk that is going to ensure that Obama doesn’t win the general election.
Its cool for the liberal press to bash those in Appalachia, the South, and in rural parts of the company. This only helps in not getting a democrat because the liberal media alienates those socially conservative Democrats who live in the area and drive them to Republican arms.
Michelle the majority of blacks are not poor, no where close to it actually. Also why are you casting your racist views on those in WV. What because you are racist you want to make them racist to support your world view?
DavidMac,
I am not racist. My husband is white dork. I’m just tired of people of color being treated like second class citizens. I know white folks who are beautiful people that are aware of the world we live in. I also know racist. I’m sorry if ignorant thinking is something I’m annoyed by. Many blacks still live in poverty.
DavidMac you better stop here because with me you don’t know what you are talking about. I spent summers in the Deep South from the age of 4 to the age of 16, and there are more people than you realize who would vote for anyone but Obama just because Obama’s black. These are the facts, and they are indisputable.
Michelle: If it sounded like i was implying that the entirety of the black community is homophobic that is not what i was trying to do. But there are some people in our community and in the diaspora who have serious problems with homosexuality. It’s a shame that we do this to each other, but it was done.
My best friend graduated from West Virginia and she told me that WV is very racist. Like TBR said in an earlier post there was a older white woman on tv stating that she wouldn’t vote for Obama because he’s a muslim. First of all so what if he was. What’s this war on Islam? There are many good muslims in the world. It’s an uninformed, ignorant mind that would say something like that.
Okori,
The difference is the level of hatred. You don’t see black guys beating gay men to death. Blacks could do better though. I do agree with you on that. All people should be loved and included regardless of color or sexual orientation.
How are people of color being treated as 2nd class citizens? What is it that white people can do that you can’t? Hell a half-black is going to be running for president for what the 2nd time in history, and maybe he will be the 2nd mixed president or 3rd, if you count Thomas Jefferson.
So where is the second class citizenship? Also, many PEOPLE live in poverty, but again the majority of black people do not live in poverty, the majority of blacks are no where close to living in poverty.
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Okori, you can spend summers in the South all you want. I live in the South 365 days a year. I have been around to pretty much every state in the South, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia (rural, not ATL), South Carolina, North Carolina. So don’t try to bring up your staying in the summer like that makes you a fucking authority on how it is to live in the South. Now of course you have some people who won’t vote for Obama because he is black, probably less than the number of blacks who will only vote for Obama because he is black. Also if you are going to talk about facts, break out some stats and show me, that is if you want to talk about facts that are indisputable.
Michelle, so what if the lady wouldn’t vote for him because he was a muslim, why shouldn’t she. That is a big deal to her, even though it was some misinformation she was fed. Who makes you the arbiter of what is relevant for people to base their vote on.
As for homosexuals, I’ve seen black guys beatdown a guy because he was guy, the guy was a hairdresser, the same way I’ve been around white guys who don’t like gays. One is no different than the other. Crazy , hate filled people attack others because they are gay, that isn’t a race thing, that is a criminal thing and to try to point that to white people and say it is a white people thing is ignorant.
DavidMac,
Obama didn’t have the black vote until Bill Clinton made the stupid comments in SC. One thing you can’t do is piss black people off. Bill did that and well… the rest is history.
DavidMac,
AHHH, problem is HE ISN’T A MUSLIM!!!!!!!! There is no excuse for an adult being that ignorant. It’s just her reason for not voting for a black man. You can’t possibly be that naive.
Michelle, the black vote isn’t going to help Obama. Now he is the “Black Candidate”, Rev. Wright didn’t help him with this conundrum he is in now either. He is not going to be able to win the primary and compete against McCain as well as Hilary, in part because he is the “Black Candidate” which is going to turn off the Hispanics and also because he is extremely liberal and will not bring in the socially conservative Democrats (aka Regan Democrats). Obama is actually the worst candidate they could have pushed to general, but they picked him early as the “heir” and it would look terrible to come to their senses and get Hilary in there now.
As for the muslim comment, yeah I know he isn’t one, thats why I said the lady was a victim of misinformation. As for it being code for not voting black, that is an absurd statement, I know black people in my church who said they won’t vote for him because he is a muslim. I’m not going to correct them though, but hey that mistake still happens.
That woman wasn’t a victim of misinformation. She was victim of her own igonorance. She looked no further than the man’s last name and put the blinders on from that point.
So what, he should have been campaigning their even more to let them know he was a Christian. Politicians are expected to politic and get their message out, not sit and think people are going to figure it out on their own. That is his job, if people didn’t know that then he failed.
So what? If she had read a paper or turned on her t.v. she would’ve known that he was a Christian through the Jeremiah Wright ordeal.
If he was Muslim that would be a much bigger issue than him being a Black candidate
Last time I checked its Obama who needs every vote he can get , not the lady who is not voting for him because she thinks he is a Muslim. Obama has the problem in this situation, not her.
What problem does he have?
Those bangos are pretty loud today…..michelle, okori, TBR…you’re gonna have to raise your voices a little more.
Obama has a problem winning against McCain, evidenced by his low numbers against him in polls, TBR. He needs all the dems he can get, but like you, he probably looks down on them as hillbilly trash who are distractions. I believe that is what he calls everything that is unfavorable for him, distractions.
I didn’t say the woman was trash or anyone in WV, I said the woman was ignorant as was her comment.
Don’t try to read my thoughts, you’ll hurt yourself.
David you cannot seriously believe this. I know you like to come on here and shuck, jive, dance, and style your way through things but this is ridiculous.
Because I like proving you wrong Shaska (old heads google that) http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/national.html
and because you’ll probably allege some kind of a liberal conspiracy try this: http://www.pollster.com/08-US-Pres-GE-MvO.php
sit down now David. you’re on the floor, your face is all sliced to crap, and the ref is counting. let him count to 10.
Okari – Not Shaska Whatley formerly known as Pistol Pez?
yes Shaska Whatley. i named him that due to the complete embarrassment Shaska was
He killed me callin Paul Jones “Boss”.
What about when the One Man Gang supposedly discovered his African roots and transforned into Akeem. And Slick helped him out.
Mean Gene was supposed to be in “DEEPEST DARKEST AFRICA” but was in a back alley in Southside Chicago
which was equally as bad…. but Akeem redeemed himself because the guy behind the kufi actually donated a whole bunch of money to the United Negro College Fund. Plus…. try to hear Jive Soul Bro and not dance a little bit.
Just for you D-Mac: Words that describe u perfectly.
What do you tell yourself at night
to make you feel better?
So you know your not a sellout
and you know your not a quitter.
What kind of stories do you tell yourself
to make it feel alright?
What do you tell yourself, tell yourself
at night?
Well you say hey me.
I know its been a bad day
and my girlfriend ran off with my credit cards
and had a hay day.
Well you say hey me
I know that its not payday
but if I don’t spend some money soon
I surely will go hungry.
Well you say hey me .
Am I a motivation?
Am I such a shining star?
Am I such an inspiration?
Well you say hey me.
Am I a motivation?
Am I such a shining star?
Am I such an inspiration?
What do you tell yourself at night
to make you feel better?
So you know your not a sellout
and you know your not a quitter.
What kind of stories do you tell yourself
to make it feel alright?
What do you tell yourself, tell yourself
at night?
Well you say hey me.
I know its been a bad day
and my girlfriend ran off with my credit cards
and had a hay day.
Well you say hey me.
I know that its not payday
but if I don’t spend some money soon
I surely will go hungry.
Well you say hey me.
Am I a motivation?
Am I such a shining star?
Am I such an inspiration?
Well you say hey me.
Am I a motivation?
Am I such a shining star?
Am I such an inspiration?
What do you tell yourself at night
to make you feel better?
So you know your not a sellout
and you know your not a quitter.
What kind of stories do you tell yourself
to make it feel alright?
What do you tell yourself, tell yourself
at night?
What do you tell yourself at night
to make you feel better?
So you know your not a sellout
and you know your not a quitter.
What kind of stories do you tell yourself
to make it feel alright?
What do you tell yourself, tell yourself
at night?
While I am not an Obama supporter – this shirt was on an African-American woman. Many of the comments seem to think this was an old white guy ploy…
We need to get beyond all prejudices!!!
Mark,
I don’t care who the shirt was on. No one said there aren’t stupid black people to. We will get beyond racism only when it stops.
Ummmmmm………..mark the lady isn’t wearing the shirt she is holding it up and protesting it. The shirts are being sold by a bar owner who got the shirts from Arkansas.
Michelle this type of ignorance is common in certain places……..One bar is I think Pittsburg was having a w$%back day.
In which they would mexican food and pass out fake green cards. Once Lulac and other groups heard about it they began protesting.
Yet we are suppose to get beyond race but folks comparing this dude to a monkey……….yeah O.K.
Mark,
Where did you get the idea that a black woman was wearing this shirt anyway? I think you are incorrect. Also portraying a black man as a monkey is offensive. If you don’t know that then you really don’t care about race relations.
need a status report covering 4/25 – 5/8.
And then please send me something weekly covering Friday (of the previous week) through Thursday.
Thank you,
Origin,
I’ve heard Obama’s supporters have faced incidents racism all over the country. The MSM of course isn’t reporting any of it. Same BS different day.