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03-24-2008, 03:33 PM #1
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Obamas Grandmother "Typical White Person"
If McCain or Clinton's grandmother was Black, Mexican or Asian, and they were having this same conversation about race, and they described their grandmother as "a typical Black/Mexican/or Asian" in how they react to toher races, they probably would not have as much trouble as you are saying. But their grandmothers are white like Obama's, so it's probably OK for them to describe them as "typical white people."
Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
I don't think Obama was making a racist statement about his own grandmother or about "typical white people."
And what? You don't like candy-coated turds? You can't come to these boards without tasting at least one candy-coated turd per visit!dragonrider Reviewed by dragonrider on . Obamas Grandmother "Typical White Person" In Philadelphia this morning, Barack Obama confronted the remains of the Jeremiah Wright brushfire, the smoldering embers of this anecdote of his grandmother using racial stereotypes that made him cringe... and promptly spilled gasoline on those embers. 610 WIP host Angelo Cataldi asked Obama about his Tuesday morning speech on race at the National Constitution Center in which he referenced his own white grandmother and her prejudice. Obama told Cataldi that "The point I was making was not Rating: 5
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