[Rhodes22-list] food for thought

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Pete,

Did I miss something in your reply?  I do not see specific qualifications to
be President of USA. 

I know of a Black guy who is qualified.  Retired Military. VP of one of the
solvent big banks.  Actively involved in his community.  Eloquent public
speaker.  He has real qualifications and demonstated ability. 

Oh, I forgot he is from a rural town.  No big city political machines to
help get elected to public office.  I know of no one who questions his
integrity.

And imagine the worst.  He got elected to statewide Republican office in
South Carolina.

Your image and reasoning are history.  Get a new church.

Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA
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petelargo wrote:
> 
> excellent post. racism is subtle. you have to be smart about racism and
> codify the message to 'he's not like us', 'he's not one of us', 'he's
> un-american', 'he's different', 'who is he really'.  
> 
> 
> Peter Thorn wrote:
>> 
>> WHAT IF
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> What if John McCain were a former president of the Harvard Law Review?
>> 
>> What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating
>> class?
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> What if McCain were still married to the first woman he said "I do" to?
>> 
>> What if Obama were the candidate who left his first wife after she no
>> longer
>> 
>> 
>> measured up to his standards?
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> What if Michelle Obama were a wife who not only became addicted to pain 
>> 
>> killers, but acquired them illegally through her charitable organization?
>> 
>> What if Cindy McCain graduated from Princeton?
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> What if Obama was one of the "Keating 5"?
>> 
>> What if McCain was a charismatic, eloquent speaker?
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> If these questions reflected reality, do you really believe the election 
>> 
>> numbers would be as close as they are?  This is what racism does. It
>> covers 
>> 
>> up, rationalizes and minimizes positive qualities in one candidate and 
>> 
>> emphasizes negative qualities in another when there is a color
>> difference.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> P.S. What if Obama had an unwed, pregnant teenage daughter? 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
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