tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808484.post109103886282655591..comments2023-10-28T07:26:09.479+01:00Comments on Les said, the better: Democratic National ConventionCharles Céleste Hutchinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18123138871494922485noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808484.post-1091063902492398612004-07-29T02:18:00.000+01:002004-07-29T02:18:00.000+01:00You know, anybody whose family has been in the US ...You know, anybody whose family has been in the US for more than a couple generations has some mixed heritage. Almost every black person in the US has a white ancestor. So when a black person succeeds, well, they're not <EM>really</EM> black. Especially if they're, you know, half Kenyan. Even though his biography talks about pressures facing black men in this country, well, that's not really him.<br /><br />All successful people are white, at least partially. seesh. You know, for example, that Jamaicans aren't really "african" americans.<br /><br />Black culture is just bad bad bad, but those role models, oh, they're not actually black. you can't have them.Charles Céleste Hutchinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18123138871494922485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808484.post-1091053025305274782004-07-28T23:17:00.001+01:002004-07-28T23:17:00.001+01:00i was listening to NPR the other night with Terry ...i was listening to NPR the other night with Terry Gross (sp?) and it was quite interesting. He talked about his father more than stem cell research so i ddin't know he was that radical in the research views.....<br /><br />smurfetteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808484.post-1091053022258515842004-07-28T23:17:00.000+01:002004-07-28T23:17:00.000+01:00i was listening to NPR the other night with Terry ...i was listening to NPR the other night with Terry Gross (sp?) and it was quite interesting. He talked about his father more than stem cell research so i ddin't know he was that radical in the research views.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808484.post-1091050315580351772004-07-28T22:31:00.000+01:002004-07-28T22:31:00.000+01:00His father was Kenyan. His mother was white and f...His father was Kenyan. His mother was white and from Kansas.<br /><br />It's true about the exoticism. Because racists aren't <EM>really</EM> racists, they just object to "black culture." (Which presumably is somehow linked to your ancestors being in the US a long time . . . Colin Powell's parents were immigrants from Jamaica.) And, of course, like Tiger Woods and Halle Berry (sp?), Obama isn't <EM>really</EM> black. Alas, such chatter exists in right wing blogs.<br /><br />I've heard it stated by some folks on the right, that it's "harder" for african americans with a long us-based ancestory to succeed. I forget if it's supposed to be because of internalized racism or the bad black culture...<br /><br />But yeah, he's got oodles of charisma. Why can't he be running for president <EM>right now</EM>, dern it?Charles Céleste Hutchinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18123138871494922485noreply@blogger.com