What if things were reversed?
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What if things were reversed?
| Mon, 09-15-2008 - 6:59pm |
This is my first time posting on this board. It seems like there are alot of very well-informed and passionate people here! I look forward to hearing all your thoughts.
This was sent to me by a friend, and another ivillage friend suggested I share it here. It certainly makes you think.
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 Harvard? What if Obama were a member 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.
--permission from darrell taylor to reprint for discussion purposes.--
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 Harvard? What if Obama were a member 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.
--permission from darrell taylor to reprint for discussion purposes.--


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Why, you're welcome!
McCain '08
No McCain, no gain!
Obama blah blah blah lol blah blah........blah blah blah
EDITED TO ADD MORE BLAHS LMAO
I'm done.
You may be done with this conversation but please, please, please, don't stop posting.
I don't think race plays as much of a role as we might think.
Talk about a 180 in the name of politics.
That was exactly what I took from the passage.
<<If all the dirt they have been drudging up on Obama was applied to McCain they would STILL vote for him because HE is Republican. I'm tired of them hiding behind the so-called "findings" about Obama, which to me don't amount to a hill of beans.
"In the real business world, if you compared
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