Listen: Neither "magic" nor "negro" explain Obama's weird cult of popularity. They are both made-up ideas, simplistic concepts to explain complicated realities. I don't mind crass, offensive stuff if it makes you sit up and think (like Bill Hicks or Matt Taibbi.) But this does just the opposite; it discourages reflection. Much easier to accept that we're all under some magical charm instead of accepting that maybe we just sleep better with someone who assures us we are good people on a valid mission (America! Democracy! City on a Hill!) even though we currently appear to be destroying everything in our path, including ourselves. We need to be told we're better than this. Barack tells us we're better than this. Much easier to feel good about voting for a black man (see, we're not racist anymore!) than make any personal sacrifices for the underclass who have suffered most because of their perceived race (many of whom we're currently blaming for having the audacity to try to own a home when their employers refuse to pay them enough to afford one thereby causing a complete global financial meltdown). If Obama can be elected, we don't need to feel so much guilt about those people living in the ghettos. Nothing magic about it. He meets our national identity needs and looks fabulous doing it.
Also, you know that if some old white man got up at a McCain rally and referred to Obama as "the magic negro" we would all be freaking out. "Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
Also, you know that if some old white man got up at a McCain rally and referred to Obama as "the magic negro" we would all be freaking out.
The term was popularized by Rush Limbaugh, and I've used it consistently as a means to mocking him and those who think like him.
And I don't disagree with what you wrote. I've noted elements of it in the past. But -- and you've done this many times -- you're taking something I've said and warping it into something it most certainly is not. It's not meant to be informative. Funny? Yes. You don't think it's funny. Fair enough. Even if you find it offensive, you could simply say so, and, as I responded to Fran, I would've responded in the same way to you.
You think it's destructive. Fair enough. Say so in the original response instead of blowing what I thought was pretty clearly meant as a harmless joke (as in every. other. case.) so out of proportion. Not everything has to have some great meaning, poemless. At least not as I see things. You apparently disagree, and that's your problem, not mine. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
It came up here sometime early in the summer. I posted the youtube video of the Al Sharpton imitator singing "Barack the magic negro..." on Limbaugh's show.
you are the media you consume.
