12/29 Candidate for chairmainship of GOP *improves* his chances by
distributing "Barack The Magic Negro" songs:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16919.html
\_ He should have put a Confederate flag on the album jacket.
\_ What do Powell and Rice have to say about this?
\_ This article is total FAIL for not even mentioning what a Magic
Negro is.
\_ Everyone knows that a a Magic Negro is like a Magic Dragon, only
different.
\_ Actually, "Magic Negro" was a term popularized by neocon
white bigots such as Spike Lee and Dave Chappelle, but
don't let that get in the way of making yourself feel
better.
\_ And while this is true, it doesn't change the implied
racism of the term when used by white GOP hacks to dismiss
Obama as nothing more than a stereotype and trope. Cf.
why Chappelle eventually stopped doing The Chappelle Show:
people were laughing with the racism, not at it.
\_ I thought the reason was that he was no longer doing
comedy for comedy's sake and that writing jokes for money
was killing him.
comedy for comedy's sake and that writing jokes for
money was killing him.
\_ http://csua.org/u/n7h (Transcript of interview with
Anderson Cooper.)
\_ And here I thought you guys were supposed to understand
nuance. I'll give you a hint. Calling Obama a Magic
Negro isn't as much an insult directed at Obama as it is
an insult directed at his supporters and his rise to
power. It's about as racist as calling Bush a chimp.
\_ In order for you to offer us a hint, you'd have to
have a clue. Calling Obama a Magic Negro implies that
he's a cardboard caricature expected to magically
solve white people's problems; regardless of the
accuracy of the implication that Obama's supporters
delude themselves, the premise continues to rely on a
black caricature, and therein lies the racism. A
more appropriate, better targeted term for Obama's
supporters, as you see them, is "pollyanna," named
after the literary character who only ever saw the
bright side of the world, no matter what shit was
flung at her.
\_ Actually, it is the GOP that was just the total FAIL. And given
what they're up to lately, I expect that FAIL to continue for
the next four years. Welcome to the wilderness, boys.
\_ we're happy to wander it just like Our Lord had to. |
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