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	<title>Comments on: Sen. Obama, what&#8217;s a &#8220;typical white person?&#8221;</title>
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		<title>By: dj</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/21/sen-obama-whats-a-typical-white-person/#comment-745</link>
		<dc:creator>dj</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The typical white person IS scared of black people.</description>
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		<title>By: Chuck Mullaney</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/21/sen-obama-whats-a-typical-white-person/#comment-669</link>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Mullaney</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have always considered my self to be an open minded independent. I was leaning toward OBama but now I wander how he would feel if I referred to him as a typical black person. In my work, discrimination charges would be filed against me. If I said it on the streets, I would be assaulted by blacks. If I just thought that way then I would question my own shameful feelings.

Obama stereotypes whites and doesn&#039;t even recognize how offensive he is being or how racist his thought are. This man is hiding his true feelings about whites. He certainly can motivate the masses same as Hitler did with his followers.

I wander if he will incite riots if he loses as occurred when Dr. King was killed or Rodney King was assualted ??

Obama is frightened to me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have always considered my self to be an open minded independent. I was leaning toward OBama but now I wander how he would feel if I referred to him as a typical black person. In my work, discrimination charges would be filed against me. If I said it on the streets, I would be assaulted by blacks. If I just thought that way then I would question my own shameful feelings.</p>
<p>Obama stereotypes whites and doesn&#8217;t even recognize how offensive he is being or how racist his thought are. This man is hiding his true feelings about whites. He certainly can motivate the masses same as Hitler did with his followers.</p>
<p>I wander if he will incite riots if he loses as occurred when Dr. King was killed or Rodney King was assualted ??</p>
<p>Obama is frightened to me.</p>
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		<title>By: Don Tabor</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/21/sen-obama-whats-a-typical-white-person/#comment-661</link>
		<dc:creator>Don Tabor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Does this sound like a statement by one of Obama&#039;s typical white people, like his grandmother?

&#039;I am ashamed to admit that, on hearing footsteps coming up behind me on a dark night, I turned and was relieved to see that the person was white?&quot;

That pretty much reflects the fear of black people Obama attributes to us typical white people. 

The speaker was the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who I guess would now qualify as a typical white person to Obama. 

Being an atypical white person, when I hear footsteps behind me on a dark night, I feel relieved mostly because I am armed. But that&#039;s just us nutty Libertarians for you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Does this sound like a statement by one of Obama&#8217;s typical white people, like his grandmother?</p>
<p>&#8216;I am ashamed to admit that, on hearing footsteps coming up behind me on a dark night, I turned and was relieved to see that the person was white?&#8221;</p>
<p>That pretty much reflects the fear of black people Obama attributes to us typical white people. </p>
<p>The speaker was the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who I guess would now qualify as a typical white person to Obama. </p>
<p>Being an atypical white person, when I hear footsteps behind me on a dark night, I feel relieved mostly because I am armed. But that&#8217;s just us nutty Libertarians for you.</p>
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		<title>By: Brian Kirwin</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/21/sen-obama-whats-a-typical-white-person/#comment-652</link>
		<dc:creator>Brian Kirwin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s fantastic to see the left so interested in what race someone is.  

I have long argued that the ones most responsible for racial lines are the ones who keep pointing them out.

The only difference this year is the Democrats who&#039;ve long done so are now doing so on a national stage.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s fantastic to see the left so interested in what race someone is.  </p>
<p>I have long argued that the ones most responsible for racial lines are the ones who keep pointing them out.</p>
<p>The only difference this year is the Democrats who&#8217;ve long done so are now doing so on a national stage.</p>
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		<title>By: Jeremy Hinton</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/21/sen-obama-whats-a-typical-white-person/#comment-650</link>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Hinton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If we lived in asia or africa, i imagine that someone who was &#039;half-white&#039; would have that as one of their defining characteristics. But here, in a nation predominantly founded and still occupied by white folks, its the deviation from that statistical majority that gets noted, not membership to it. throw in the long standing issues with race we have be stuggling with as a society, and its no surprise the one drop rule is alive and well from a cultural standpoint. There are obvious exceptions though (i would imagine Wentworth Miller prob is considered white by most folks).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If we lived in asia or africa, i imagine that someone who was &#8216;half-white&#8217; would have that as one of their defining characteristics. But here, in a nation predominantly founded and still occupied by white folks, its the deviation from that statistical majority that gets noted, not membership to it. throw in the long standing issues with race we have be stuggling with as a society, and its no surprise the one drop rule is alive and well from a cultural standpoint. There are obvious exceptions though (i would imagine Wentworth Miller prob is considered white by most folks).</p>
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		<title>By: Squeaky Wheel</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/21/sen-obama-whats-a-typical-white-person/#comment-641</link>
		<dc:creator>Squeaky Wheel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If Hillary&#039;s Mom was black, she would only claim to being black.  That is how it works.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If Hillary&#8217;s Mom was black, she would only claim to being black.  That is how it works.</p>
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		<title>By: Brian Kirwin</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/21/sen-obama-whats-a-typical-white-person/#comment-632</link>
		<dc:creator>Brian Kirwin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jake, we shouldn&#039;t decide what people are free to discuss based upon their race.

Tracing Obama&#039;s family tree to decide what he can talk about and what he can&#039;t is exactly the wrong thing to do.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jake, we shouldn&#8217;t decide what people are free to discuss based upon their race.</p>
<p>Tracing Obama&#8217;s family tree to decide what he can talk about and what he can&#8217;t is exactly the wrong thing to do.</p>
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		<title>By: Jake</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/21/sen-obama-whats-a-typical-white-person/#comment-631</link>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Can you imagine if Hillary Clinton said someone was a &quot;typical black person?&quot; &quot;

If Hillary&#039;s mother were black, I bet I would say &quot;She&#039;s half-black so shut up&quot;

I bet that&#039;s what I would say.  Just like I point out that Obama is half-white. 

Newsflash: Obama&#039;s mom and grandma are white. What does that mean? He is just as white as he is black. 

Obama is HALF-WHITE!!!

End of story.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Can you imagine if Hillary Clinton said someone was a &#8220;typical black person?&#8221; &#8221;</p>
<p>If Hillary&#8217;s mother were black, I bet I would say &#8220;She&#8217;s half-black so shut up&#8221;</p>
<p>I bet that&#8217;s what I would say.  Just like I point out that Obama is half-white. </p>
<p>Newsflash: Obama&#8217;s mom and grandma are white. What does that mean? He is just as white as he is black. </p>
<p>Obama is HALF-WHITE!!!</p>
<p>End of story.</p>
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		<title>By: Squeaky Wheel</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/21/sen-obama-whats-a-typical-white-person/#comment-629</link>
		<dc:creator>Squeaky Wheel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why is it that White is the blank, unimportant part of someone?  I mean Obama, White Mother... but he is considered black.  Halley Berry, White Mom, hailed for being a &quot;Black woman&quot; winning an Oscar. And on and on.

I mean, if I were married to a black woman and we had kids, I would be angry if their Irish heritage was pushed aside or ignored becuase caliming ONLY African America is more trendy or more marketable.

What this shows you is that the same people who spend so much time saying race does not matter are normally the same ones talking about ones race.  interesting, isn&#039;t it?

Who knew that we would see a Democratic party obseesed with race and who might give an election to someone who did not win the popular vote (Or elected delegates).. and give it to someone who was white no less, and still claim to be the enlightened ones.

Do as I say, not as I obsess about or do, right Dems?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why is it that White is the blank, unimportant part of someone?  I mean Obama, White Mother&#8230; but he is considered black.  Halley Berry, White Mom, hailed for being a &#8220;Black woman&#8221; winning an Oscar. And on and on.</p>
<p>I mean, if I were married to a black woman and we had kids, I would be angry if their Irish heritage was pushed aside or ignored becuase caliming ONLY African America is more trendy or more marketable.</p>
<p>What this shows you is that the same people who spend so much time saying race does not matter are normally the same ones talking about ones race.  interesting, isn&#8217;t it?</p>
<p>Who knew that we would see a Democratic party obseesed with race and who might give an election to someone who did not win the popular vote (Or elected delegates).. and give it to someone who was white no less, and still claim to be the enlightened ones.</p>
<p>Do as I say, not as I obsess about or do, right Dems?</p>
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		<title>By: Brian Kirwin</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/21/sen-obama-whats-a-typical-white-person/#comment-627</link>
		<dc:creator>Brian Kirwin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I may have found out what Obama meant by &quot;typical white person&quot;

&quot;The Republican Party itself has to drive out Trent Lott.&quot; Barack Obama

http://www.brutallyhonest.org/brutally_honest/2008/03/the-republican.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I may have found out what Obama meant by &#8220;typical white person&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The Republican Party itself has to drive out Trent Lott.&#8221; Barack Obama</p>
<p><a href="http://www.brutallyhonest.org/brutally_honest/2008/03/the-republican.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.brutallyhonest.org/brutally_honest/2008/03/the-republican.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: lillyput</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/21/sen-obama-whats-a-typical-white-person/#comment-624</link>
		<dc:creator>lillyput</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Obama&#039;s church pushes controversial doctrines
By Margaret Talev, McClatchy Newspapers 

Washington — Jesus is black. Merging Marxism with Christian Gospel may show the way to a better tomorrow. The white church in America is the Antichrist because it supported slavery and segregation.

Those are some of the more provocative doctrines that animate the theology at the core of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Barack Obama&#039;s church.

... a basis for Trinity&#039;s philosophies is the work of James Cone, who founded the modern black liberation theology movement out of the civil rights struggles of the 1960s. Particularly influential was Cone&#039;s seminal 1969 book, &quot;Black Theology &amp; Black Power.&quot;

Cone wrote that the United States was a white racist nation and the white church was the Antichrist for having supported slavery and segregation.

Today, Cone, a professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York, stands by that view ... (link)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama&#8217;s church pushes controversial doctrines<br />
By Margaret Talev, McClatchy Newspapers </p>
<p>Washington — Jesus is black. Merging Marxism with Christian Gospel may show the way to a better tomorrow. The white church in America is the Antichrist because it supported slavery and segregation.</p>
<p>Those are some of the more provocative doctrines that animate the theology at the core of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Barack Obama&#8217;s church.</p>
<p>&#8230; a basis for Trinity&#8217;s philosophies is the work of James Cone, who founded the modern black liberation theology movement out of the civil rights struggles of the 1960s. Particularly influential was Cone&#8217;s seminal 1969 book, &#8220;Black Theology &amp; Black Power.&#8221;</p>
<p>Cone wrote that the United States was a white racist nation and the white church was the Antichrist for having supported slavery and segregation.</p>
<p>Today, Cone, a professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York, stands by that view &#8230; (link)</p>
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		<title>By: Jeremy Hinton</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/21/sen-obama-whats-a-typical-white-person/#comment-619</link>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Hinton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Welcome to the melting pot that we call America!&quot;

I had a girl tell me that just last night. Only she left off the &quot;that we call America&quot; part. And then she read off a list of specials...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Welcome to the melting pot that we call America!&#8221;</p>
<p>I had a girl tell me that just last night. Only she left off the &#8220;that we call America&#8221; part. And then she read off a list of specials&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Duck</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/21/sen-obama-whats-a-typical-white-person/#comment-617</link>
		<dc:creator>Duck</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I find it interesting that there was not much difference between my tongue and cheek response and Ragnar rants.  

I take exception to &quot;Obama used a racial stereotype. It was convenient, illustrative, and most likely accurate.&quot;

As a &quot;typical white person&quot; who works with other &quot;typical white people,&quot; none of us have even a slight bit of fear of the stranger walking down the street.

The whole point of Brian&#039;s post, I think, is Obama was supposed to be above seeing race or color.  Then his pastor speaks against the evil white race.  Obama says he disagrees and utters a very stupid statement a few days later talking about &quot;typical white person,&quot; showing he is not above seeing color. 

He let us down.  Saying he can differentiate color because he is multi-racial sets him above the rest of us.  That&#039;s just plain wrong.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I find it interesting that there was not much difference between my tongue and cheek response and Ragnar rants.  </p>
<p>I take exception to &#8220;Obama used a racial stereotype. It was convenient, illustrative, and most likely accurate.&#8221;</p>
<p>As a &#8220;typical white person&#8221; who works with other &#8220;typical white people,&#8221; none of us have even a slight bit of fear of the stranger walking down the street.</p>
<p>The whole point of Brian&#8217;s post, I think, is Obama was supposed to be above seeing race or color.  Then his pastor speaks against the evil white race.  Obama says he disagrees and utters a very stupid statement a few days later talking about &#8220;typical white person,&#8221; showing he is not above seeing color. </p>
<p>He let us down.  Saying he can differentiate color because he is multi-racial sets him above the rest of us.  That&#8217;s just plain wrong.</p>
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		<title>By: Brian Kirwin</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/21/sen-obama-whats-a-typical-white-person/#comment-616</link>
		<dc:creator>Brian Kirwin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I couldn&#039;t agree with you more, William.  Unfortunately, those one the other side still reserve their right to be &quot;outraged&quot; when it politically benefits them, so we gotta be fair.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I couldn&#8217;t agree with you more, William.  Unfortunately, those one the other side still reserve their right to be &#8220;outraged&#8221; when it politically benefits them, so we gotta be fair.</p>
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		<title>By: William Bailey</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2008/03/21/sen-obama-whats-a-typical-white-person/#comment-615</link>
		<dc:creator>William Bailey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What a bunch of hogwash…Does it really matter?  This is just more talking heads looking for an issue to make out of nothing.  Just like McCain&#039;s comment the difference between Iranian Shi’as and Arab Sunni’s - and which group supports Al Qaeda.  He mis-spoke so what...Who really cares?  IMO: If somebody is really worried about skin color in 2008, they shouldn’t be voting anyway.   

The media’s talking heads have to have &quot;something to discuss&quot; or there wouldn&#039;t be a political blog, evening news program or the CNN or Fox TV channels.   Blab Blab Blab…

Frankly it is time folks stopped working about black, white, or other groups and just got back to being Americans.  You can be black or white or whatever and I can be too.  However no matter what color our skin color, together, we&#039;re Americans and that is what really matters.  BTW: before the racists/Bigots start to cast stones, I have an adopted minority child.  I don’t see what color his skin is.  I only see a child who needed a Dad and family.  Get over the color line folks; we are all in this together…  Welcome to the melting pot that we call America!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a bunch of hogwash…Does it really matter?  This is just more talking heads looking for an issue to make out of nothing.  Just like McCain&#8217;s comment the difference between Iranian Shi’as and Arab Sunni’s &#8211; and which group supports Al Qaeda.  He mis-spoke so what&#8230;Who really cares?  IMO: If somebody is really worried about skin color in 2008, they shouldn’t be voting anyway.   </p>
<p>The media’s talking heads have to have &#8220;something to discuss&#8221; or there wouldn&#8217;t be a political blog, evening news program or the CNN or Fox TV channels.   Blab Blab Blab…</p>
<p>Frankly it is time folks stopped working about black, white, or other groups and just got back to being Americans.  You can be black or white or whatever and I can be too.  However no matter what color our skin color, together, we&#8217;re Americans and that is what really matters.  BTW: before the racists/Bigots start to cast stones, I have an adopted minority child.  I don’t see what color his skin is.  I only see a child who needed a Dad and family.  Get over the color line folks; we are all in this together…  Welcome to the melting pot that we call America!</p>
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