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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mac Con Ulaidh who wrote (68962)	1/28/2010 6:33:55 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Ditto for Chris Matthews. The "I forgot Obama was black" sentiment allows the speaker the comfort of accepting, even lauding, a black person without interrogating their invented truth. It allows the speaker a luxurious ignorance--you get to name people (this is what black is) even when you don't know people. In fact, Chris Matthews didn't forget Barack Obama was black. Chris Matthews forgot that Chris Matthews was white. The fact that he still notices that Obama is black is what blew me away. Obama, the man, has been around for 3 long years....when do you stop seeing black, and simply see the man. Its such a strange prism through which to see.....first the person's race, sex or maybe religion if you can figure it out, then the person and what the person is saying. It seems a little backward to me.