On the contrary ....it was pathetic and sell deluded. OBAMA merely learned to emulate being a black American for political theater purposes.. He IS NOTHING TO BLACK AMERICANS and would provide qsevice by going back to Kenya or anywhere else
2:36 Could you imagine a woman president conceptual equivalent? Growing up without sexism, experiencing the best of man's world, working with men who saw her as an equal.
I did not vote for Barack Obama in 2008 for the simple reason I knew nothing about him at the time. As a black 58 year old in 2008 I had met Obama at a rally in 2006 and listened carefully and he sounded like a Lincoln though Lincoln voice was never recorded. In 2012 I ran to the polls to caste a ballot for him and in my 50 years of voting he is the best I have seen in the office of president. He was uniquely for the times.
Correct,.. this is such a vapid, delusiinal discussion.. NO one misunderstood that self serving charlatan , Yes by all means do that poll now --HE IS A DESPISED FAILURE
i am utterly conflicted about this guy now. his case for reparations is an absolute logical mess, but everything he offered here was reasonable, balanced, and coherent
Jeff Otieno do more research so that YOU can become more informed on why it’s not a mess. What’s a mess is how White People treat people of color in this nation.
Wynton McCurdy What exactly do everyday white people do to oppress people of color? The most racist people on earth are white liberals who have a patronizing attitude toward black people and associate being black with victimhood.
gcornelius308 z, hey stupid, just because he’s raised by white people doesn’t change the fact that he’s black does it? Oh by the way, I’m white and wrote this comment.
yea, it actually DOES. But only the real sense that there actually exists such a thing as "black people" or "white people" for that matter. Obviously, you like the people who created this construct called race are conceptualizing it on the premise of skin pigmentation. THAT is actually an outlier in the human experience. Being "black" as the guy is using is actually more in line with the delineations humans have always made among themselves. I think the commenter you responded to was referring to the collective cultural experiences, norms, mores, perspectives, etc. that are generally shared by American "black" people. So in that regard yes the commenter is correct that Obama was not "black" (culturally speaking,) not JUST because he was raised by white people. But he was raised by white people, who were older, in Hawaii...in other words his development was not molded with an intrinsic understanding of what it means to identify with the Black EXPERIENCE! Not no damn concentration of melanin in his skin. And that's not a criticims of him. It's just an objective fact.
"My President Was Black" was an amazing, emotional, articulate piece. I am fan of his writing.
On the contrary ....it was pathetic and sell deluded.
OBAMA merely learned to emulate being a black American for political theater purposes..
He IS NOTHING TO BLACK AMERICANS and would provide qsevice by going back to Kenya or anywhere else
Obama is special. Hopefully he'll continue to inspire us even after his Presidency
2:36 Could you imagine a woman president conceptual equivalent? Growing up without sexism, experiencing the best of man's world, working with men who saw her as an equal.
I did not vote for Barack Obama in 2008 for the simple reason I knew nothing about him at the time. As a black 58 year old in 2008 I had met Obama at a rally in 2006 and listened carefully and he sounded like a Lincoln though Lincoln voice was never recorded. In 2012 I ran to the polls to caste a ballot for him and in my 50 years of voting he is the best I have seen in the office of president. He was uniquely for the times.
He did nothing for black people.
What about Obamacare? It helps our people a little supposedly!
Correct,.. this is such a vapid, delusiinal discussion..
NO one misunderstood that self serving charlatan ,
Yes by all means do that poll now --HE IS A DESPISED FAILURE
8:00 That's eloquently put.
At least someone had stepped up and said it as it’s
i am utterly conflicted about this guy now. his case for reparations is an absolute logical mess, but everything he offered here was reasonable, balanced, and coherent
Jeff Otieno do more research so that YOU can become more informed on why it’s not a mess. What’s a mess is how White People treat people of color in this nation.
Coates is certainly an intelligent person who is capable of thinking critically, but his views are rooted in emotion rather than fact.
Wynton McCurdy What exactly do everyday white people do to oppress people of color? The most racist people on earth are white liberals who have a patronizing attitude toward black people and associate being black with victimhood.
THE BEST MUSICIAN OF THE DECADE ,THIS MR.TANEHISI,HE IS A VIRTUOUS VIOLIN PLAYER ,THAT IS THE VICTIM VIOLIN PLAYER.
his roots are in the white community. he was raised by white grandparents and had an east african father. what the hell is this guy talking about?
NegroDeSangue yes i did. Coates doesn't have the desire or ability to objectively assess this situation.
gcornelius308 z, hey stupid, just because he’s raised by white people doesn’t change the fact that he’s black does it? Oh by the way, I’m white and wrote this comment.
gcornelius308 One word...read!
You didn't read it...
yea, it actually DOES. But only the real sense that there actually exists such a thing as "black people" or "white people" for that matter. Obviously, you like the people who created this construct called race are conceptualizing it on the premise of skin pigmentation. THAT is actually an outlier in the human experience.
Being "black" as the guy is using is actually more in line with the delineations humans have always made among themselves. I think the commenter you responded to was referring to the collective cultural experiences, norms, mores, perspectives, etc. that are generally shared by American "black" people.
So in that regard yes the commenter is correct that Obama was not "black" (culturally speaking,) not JUST because he was raised by white people. But he was raised by white people, who were older, in Hawaii...in other words his development was not molded with an intrinsic understanding of what it means to identify with the Black EXPERIENCE! Not no damn concentration of melanin in his skin.
And that's not a criticims of him. It's just an objective fact.