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The Obamas: How We Deal with Racism [W:305, 407]

jimbo said:
I'm taller than 6' 2". That happens to me a couple of times a year. I've never thought of it as anything more than helping someone solving a small problem. Now, thanks to Michelle, I realize I am being thought of as just another store stocker being discriminated against.

Again, unless the Target incident was a set up photo op to show Michelle's compassion for the little guy, it didn't happen.
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Who knows if it was a set up or not, but if you've ever been to some of the retail stores and food stores, you know they love racking things higher than some people can reach. I was thinking of getting myself one of those grabbers, if someone could invent a cane and incorporate a grabber into it, elderly people might love it. Great idea huh? I think I'll start working on a design tonight. I'll call it the grabbercane.

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soot said:
Not at all.

What she was saying in the Target example was, "This kind of stuff (stuff that happened in Target) happens to everybody. That's not the kind of stuff that I'm talking about. I'm talking about this other stuff (which the article went on to enumerate)."

The problem isn't what she said, the problem is the average American's piss poor ability to analyze.
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The problem is the Obama's are the epitome of the "poor me", "no will will let me" generation./
 
bubbabgone said:
"I tell this story – I mean, even as the first lady – during that wonderfully publicized trip I took to Target, not highly disguised, the only person who came up to me in the store was a woman who asked me to help her take something off a shelf. Because she didn't see me as the first lady, she saw me as someone who could help her. Those kinds of things happen in life. So it isn't anything new."

Lemme get this straight, someone asked her for help and she's thinking "How dare you talk to me or even approach me, don't you know who I am. Away with you, commoner"

I'm sorry but if that pissed off Michelle then she's got bigger problems than race.
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Why didn't the woman see Michelle as the first lady?
 
AJiveMan said:
Who knows if it was a set up or not, but if you've ever been to some of the retail stores and food stores, you know they love racking things higher than some people can reach. I was thinking of getting myself one of those grabbers, if someone could invent a cane and incorporate a grabber into it, elderly people might love it. Great idea huh? I think I'll start working on a design tonight. I'll call it the grabbercane.

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I am 2 inches short of 6 feet and could use one of these for the soda pop on the top shelves....
 
We will never have diversity in high positions until we get equal opportunity in education, which includes equal effort by the recipients. Even then, it will take several generations. I am 68, grew up in the southeast, and if you were a person of color, you were steered toward the lowest of job opportunities. I saw it in the military as well.
Things are a lot better now, but there are still a lot of issues to solve. Walk into any bank and you will most likely find that the women are the tellers and the men are management.
 
Moot said:
Why didn't the woman see Michelle as the first lady?
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Some of us, me especially, have poor facial recognition skills.
IF I don't see you often, the memory fades. Gotta add, tho, I do have some neighbors who look very similar to famous people, one whose name is Cheney, and looks like Dick Cheney, and another who is a dead ringer for
George W. Bush. It's scary....
 
Kobie said:
And guess what? Even with their accomplishments, there's a lot of people in this country that see them as just another nigger.

White people have NO BUSINESS claiming that black people "whine too much" when it comes to racism. You simply have no comparable frame of reference.
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White guilt... Do you always refer to black people as " niggers" ??
 
Moot said:
Why didn't the woman see Michelle as the first lady?
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Yet you Americans so stupid you vote for them. In Russia we run them out of country. They think they have it bad in Ameica, they should see what Russians do to Africans.
 
Kobie said:
Wow, could you miss the point harder?
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Why should not American Woman ask first lady for help? You Americans obssessed with racism. Not racism to ask someone to help you. You want to see real racism come to Russia.
 
Kobie said:
Wow, could you miss the point harder?
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Do you know a lot of people who call the Obama's " nigger"? And comments you see on the internet don't count.

Sorry sounds like a straw man argument.
 
Gringo allstar said:
Do you know a lot of people who call the Obama's " nigger"? And comments you see on the internet don't count.

Sorry sounds like a straw man argument.
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I know a couple, yes.
 
missgalore said:
Why should not American Woman ask first lady for help? You Americans obssessed with racism. Not racism to ask someone to help you. You want to see real racism come to Russia.
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Not all Americans are obsessed with race. Its usually just blacks and leftists/ liberals.
 
Thats so sad. He once was given keys to a car to park because he was black. Thats almost as bad as when he was given the keys to the White House for the same reason.
 
VanceMack said:
Thats so sad. He once was given keys to a car to park because he was black. Thats almost as bad as when he was given the keys to the White House for the same reason.
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hhahaha I like American with good sense.
 
Kobie said:
I know a couple, yes.
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Thanks for being honest... I can say I haven't heard anyone call him "nigger" yet but I have heard people say " I wish/ am surprised someone hasn't shot him yet! As much as I detest this POTUS that to me is going to far.
 
bubbabgone said:
"I tell this story – I mean, even as the first lady – during that wonderfully publicized trip I took to Target, not highly disguised, the only person who came up to me in the store was a woman who asked me to help her take something off a shelf. Because she didn't see me as the first lady, she saw me as someone who could help her. Those kinds of things happen in life. So it isn't anything new."

Lemme get this straight, someone asked her for help and she's thinking "How dare you talk to me or even approach me, don't you know who I am. Away with you, commoner"

I'm sorry but if that pissed off Michelle then she's got bigger problems than race.
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I'm sure because the person in the store actually said "hey girl...fetch me that item from the top shelf then run off and finish your chores"
 
CMPancake said:
There's a difference between not being identified as Mr. and Mrs. President and another thing to be assumed that you are the help. Later in the article they also claimed that what they've been through is nothing compared to past generations. What's so wrong about that?
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Everything the Obamas say or do is wrong. After you've been here a while you'll know that.
 
tres borrachos said:
"I tell this story – I mean, even as the first lady – during that wonderfully publicized trip I took to Target, not highly disguised, the only person who came up to me in the store was a woman who asked me to help her take something off a shelf. Because she didn't see me as the first lady, she saw me as someone who could help her. Those kinds of things happen in life. So it isn't anything new."


Is she ****ing for real? That happens to me all the time because I'm ****ing tall. And I'm white.
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You continue to amaze with your ability to read evil and ugly into everything either Obama does.
 
tres borrachos said:
Her experiences with racism involved entrance into Princeton and a 6-figure salary at a hospital.

His experiences with racism involved entrance into Harvard Law School, election as Editor of the Law Review, being elected to his state's Senate, the US Senate, and then to the office of the most powerful man in the world.

These 2 whine too much for everyone's good.
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And of course, being black yourself you are well aware of the racism black people experience on a daily basis. Thanks for sharing your perspective.
 
Kobie said:
And guess what? Even with their accomplishments, there's a lot of people in this country that see them as just another nigger.

White people have NO BUSINESS claiming that black people "whine too much" when it comes to racism. You simply have no comparable frame of reference.
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they don't need a frame of reference. They're white - they understand the black experience just because they're really smart.
 
tres borrachos said:
Wow, and even with my accomplishments, there's a lot of people in this country who see me as a dumb blonde who should stay home making babies.

So spare me the "I have no comparable frame of reference" bull****. And don't presume to tell me what I have "BUSINESS" to say.
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Yeah, being blonde is exactly the same as being black.:lamo

Do you even bother to read the crap you post?
 
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