Tuesday, March 25, 2008
The typical white person
Senator Obama made this statement on a radio talk show WIP 610 AM: "The point I was making was not that my grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn't. But she is a typical white person who, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn't know, you know,
there is a reaction that`s been bred into our experiences that don`t go away and that sometimes come out in the wrong way. And that`s just the nature of race in our society. We have to break through it."
A first step to get rid of racism is to recognize that there are no typical people of any kind. Stereotypes lump people into categories, that are often untrue. We are all distinctly and uniquely different.
there is a reaction that`s been bred into our experiences that don`t go away and that sometimes come out in the wrong way. And that`s just the nature of race in our society. We have to break through it."
A first step to get rid of racism is to recognize that there are no typical people of any kind. Stereotypes lump people into categories, that are often untrue. We are all distinctly and uniquely different.
Last week Obama presented his views on race in a lengthy statement that got wide media publicity. However, this statement hasn't received much coverage, except among bloggers.
You can read more at:
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/03/barack-obama-my-grandmother-is-typical.html
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