I didn't know how racist America was until it elected its first black president.

garam_kuta wrote:I didn't know how racist America was until it elected its first black president. - What black America won't miss about Obama



"Obama isn't black. Black, in our political and social reality, means those descended from West African slaves," Debra J. Dickerson wrote in a 2007 column for Salon magazine.

Change No. 1: Unfriending white America
Change No. 2: Reliving their parents' nightmares

If Obama wasn't black then, he sure is now -- because he's been treated with such racial contempt, some blacks say.

goodcitizn wrote:

garam_kuta wrote:I didn't know how racist America was until it elected its first black president. - What black America won't miss about Obama



"Obama isn't black. Black, in our political and social reality, means those descended from West African slaves," Debra J. Dickerson wrote in a 2007 column for Salon magazine.

Change No. 1: Unfriending white America
Change No. 2: Reliving their parents' nightmares

If Obama wasn't black then, he sure is now -- because he's been treated with such racial contempt, some blacks say.

Obama had an unfortunate problem when elected - the whites thought of him as black whereas the blacks considered him to be more white, not truly black. I agree with the statement in the article.

His mixed-race heritage, exotic upbringing overseas and professorial Ivy League persona didn't fit the traditional black leader mold.

Some still call him a Muslim since his father, who had never been a part of his life, was one. His African name with an Islamic middle name also had an effect on the White American perception.

Despite it all, he has brought dignity and decency to the presidency more than any other in recent times.

garam_kuta wrote:I didn't know how racist America was until it elected its first black president. - What black America won't miss about Obama



"Obama isn't black. Black, in our political and social reality, means those descended from West African slaves," Debra J. Dickerson wrote in a 2007 column for Salon magazine.

Change No. 1: Unfriending white America
Change No. 2: Reliving their parents' nightmares

If Obama wasn't black then, he sure is now -- because he's been treated with such racial contempt, some blacks say.

swapna wrote:

garam_kuta wrote:I didn't know how racist America was until it elected its first black president. - What black America won't miss about Obama



"Obama isn't black. Black, in our political and social reality, means those descended from West African slaves," Debra J. Dickerson wrote in a 2007 column for Salon magazine.

Change No. 1: Unfriending white America
Change No. 2: Reliving their parents' nightmares

If Obama wasn't black then, he sure is now -- because he's been treated with such racial contempt, some blacks say.

I didn't know how racist india was, and is, until i became a member of sulekha and such. black americans are, and have been better off than the "lower-caste" indians, but I don't think they do as much to improve themselves as the latter do.

the real surprise to me has been the tamil brahmin who lives in the u.s.

swapna wrote:

garam_kuta wrote:I didn't know how racist America was until it elected its first black president. - What black America won't miss about Obama



"Obama isn't black. Black, in our political and social reality, means those descended from West African slaves," Debra J. Dickerson wrote in a 2007 column for Salon magazine.

Change No. 1: Unfriending white America
Change No. 2: Reliving their parents' nightmares

If Obama wasn't black then, he sure is now -- because he's been treated with such racial contempt, some blacks say.

I didn't know how racist india was, and is, until i became a member of sulekha and such. black americans are, and have been better off than the "lower-caste" indians, but I don't think they do as much to improve themselves as the latter do.

the real surprise to me has been the tamil brahmin who lives in the u.s.