Bill Off the Hook: First Black President Can't Be Racist/ EMERGENCY UPDATE!
Am I the only one who has a major problem with the language surrounding the "Is Bill Clinton a racist" debate? If people really think that Clinton was basing his comparison between Obama and Jesse Jackson's campaigns on the fact that both men are black, that's fine. But you can't call Bill Clinton racist. Because when you're America's First Black President, you can't be racist. At the very worst, Clinton is self loathing.
UPDATE: I have just learned that Clinton's FBP status, which I took for granted, has been revoked and he may not have been black at all. Author Toni Morrison was the person who anointed Clinton FBP, saying,
white skin notwithstanding, this is our first black president, blacker than any actual black person who could ever be elected in our children's lifetime. After all, Clinton displays almost every trope of blackness: single-parent household, born poor, working-class, saxophone-playing, McDonald's-and-junk-food-loving boy from Arkansas.
And yet, Morrison is endorsing Obama, which puts the former president's racial status in serious question. So I guess Clinton can be accused of racism after all. I guess Clinton's comparison between Obama and Jackson is racist. At least, that's what the pundits are saying when they announce Morrison's support of Obama, which, coincidentally, they compare to Maya Angelou's support of Clinton. Well, Morrison and Angelou don't share the same political endorsements. Because we all know what they do have in common, right?
They both had their books banned by Maryland public school superintendents after a few white parents called the books "trash" and "anti-White. " Hmm. I'm pretty sure THAT is racist. And censorship. Which is a killer combo.
Originally posted on TakePart.com.
Bill Clinton never was racist, but the opposite, very good and close friends with African Americans his entire life, even in a segregated South.
Katie Halper, the comments you made are cruel, incorrect, slander, and libel.
When you are willing to work every day in Harlem as Bill Clinton has, then you will have earned the right to call him a racist. No African American who knows him, would, because they know it is not true.
Commenter #2 IndependentInChicago See Profile I'm a Fan of IndependentInChicago
Katie... nice post. Let's see how many people get the irony... or watch out, you may be accused by the MSM of calling Maya Angelou a racist.
Posted January 29, 2008 | 06:48 PM (EST)