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spanone
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:36 AM Original message |
cnn headline: Could an Obama victory hurt black Americans? |
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NightWatcher
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. someone there needs to be hit in the head with a sock full of moldy bologna |
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spanone
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. where is the article saying if mccain wins we might disband the military |
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arcadian
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
2. CNN Headline: Were blacks responsible for their own enslavement? |
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Eric J in MN
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
4. By this logic, everything good which happens is actually bad... |
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GOPBasher
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
44. Good point! n/t |
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exothermic
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
5. It could absolutely product that result. I have heard much the same thing from people |
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spanone
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. it's not true with tiger woods and i doubt it will be true with barack obama..these are not facts |
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exothermic
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I am relaying what I hear with my own ears. You don't have to like it but you should believe me |
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spanone
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. explain please. you think obama will be bad for blacks, please explain |
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exothermic
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I don't necessarily think it will be that extreme but the article in the OP |
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spanone
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. did i read it? i posted it. did you read it? |
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exothermic
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. I'm sorry but your inability to grasp the concept is beyond my power to repair. |
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spanone
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. now that's a good argument there....don't bother replying..well i did but i guess you won't see it |
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Terran
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #16 |
29. It's an interesting article, actually |
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shadowknows69
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
62. Yeah, because the PGA is just overrun with black golfers these days |
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exothermic
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Tue Jul-22-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. I just can't figure out why some people are unable to separate fact from opinion. |
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Indenturedebtor
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
6. Some say that CNN is balanced or even liberal |
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Brewman_Jax
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
7. The exception is not the rule |
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libnnc
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
9. Who writes this shit? |
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exothermic
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Paul Street, a noted black author brought it up... |
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TNOE
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #21 |
39. Just because people are black |
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #9 |
24. this shit makes a lot of sense. nt |
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libnnc
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
47. to people who don't want Obama elected. n/t. |
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. no. to people who study race and society or any field of sociology and psychology. nt |
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libnnc
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. to whom is this CNN piece directed? Intellectuals or low info whites? |
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. its an intellectual piece arguing about the effects of tokenism amongst racist |
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
10. its not a ridiculous argument, its actually a legitimate argument |
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exothermic
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Thank you for observing the obvious. It seems that some folks here are operating under the delusion |
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spanone
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. no one said it will be a cakewalk...where did you get that? |
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exothermic
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. I guess you've missed all the threads beginning with "President Obama" |
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spanone
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #22 |
40. i think that's called 'hope' here on du |
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RadiationTherapy
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Tue Jul-22-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
64. "tokenism". Thanks for this mindblowingly obvious concept |
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Wed Jul-23-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #64 |
70. welcome |
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grasswire
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
11. this was brought up on Bill Moyers by AA professors |
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. people forget how race is tied with socioecomics and that i think will be |
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TNOE
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Oh brother. |
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. its not the damage to the middle class this argument is about, its damage to poor blacks |
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TNOE
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Seriously? |
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. again, that is so not what the article discusses. maybe you should read it. nt |
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TNOE
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. I read it and I think the premise is assinine |
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. actually its not at all talking down to people especially black people |
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Terran
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. At least one idea in the article is highly valid: |
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Ichingcarpenter
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
23. I researched the author of the editorial a little |
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LWolf
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Wed Jul-23-08 10:09 AM Response to Reply #23 |
71. That 2nd article is quite interesting. |
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Blecht
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
26. Right-wing propaganda |
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. have any of you read the article? this is not right wing propaganda |
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spanone
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. it's not right wing propaganda. but the point it makes is what?? do we not elect obama? |
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. just because there is a presidential election doesnt mean all intellectual thought should be banned |
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spanone
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. if this were an intellectual article on obama's presidency it might have been titled: |
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LWolf
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Wed Jul-23-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #27 |
72. I read it. |
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AlCzervik
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
34. Is the writer just assuming that all black americans expect that Obama will fix all |
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. no, but that white people will think that racism is now cured. nt |
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TNOE
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Not this white person. |
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. so just because you wont, you dont think others will. you dont think this is going |
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TNOE
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. For a minority |
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. it wont be. racism doesnt exist in a small number. racism+classism |
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libnnc
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #42 |
53. can we at least get the man elected first? |
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. there is no dealing with this. people need to exercise their intellect |
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libnnc
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. you assume that CNN won't use this as a negative against Obama |
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. academincs who are not the CNN have been discussing this much longer. |
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libnnc
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. that's great. But do you trust CNN to deliver that message? |
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. the reporter who wrote that piece, wrote it well. |
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libnnc
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #35 |
51. Not all of us are that stupid. n/t |
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. the article wasnt directed towards the ones who werent. |
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LiberalFighter
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
46. Could an Obama victory hurt CNN's credibility? |
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DailyGrind51
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
49. Could a McCain victory hurt senior citizens? |
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spanone
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. we need an intellectual conversation about that |
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intheflow
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Wed Jul-23-08 08:59 AM Response to Reply #49 |
68. Absolutely! |
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fishwax
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Tue Jul-22-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
65. It's clearly an issue worth discussing |
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Tue Jul-22-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. its not just conservatives. lots of liberals dont understand how race works |
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fishwax
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Tue Jul-22-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. yes, absolutely true--thanks for pointing that out |
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NNN0LHI
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Wed Jul-23-08 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
69. Some interesting responses to this thread |
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treestar
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Wed Jul-23-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
73. Don't white Americans do that already? |
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