No Republicans Have Condemned the "Magic Negro" CD: What Can We Learn?

It's the fundamental myopia of racism: if people of the dominant ethnic group decide something is not racist, the views of other ethnic groups are pronounced irrelevant.

As if to say, "If we say it isn't racist, it isn't."

And, "If people of other races are offended by it, they're being stupid - for we're not offended - so we should pay no attention to them."

GOP white guys make definitions from white guy life and scorn those who fail to think like white guys.

Does anyone really think the Republican (KKK) Party will say anything against this?
I am more disappointed that the major news media is not making this an issue. Perhaps after taking a break for the last 8 years, they will renew their energy on Pres Obama as they did with Bill Clinton.

I intended to include this quote:
Saltsman said in a statement later Saturday that the title was a reference to an opinion article in the Los Angeles Times in March 2007 with the headline, "Obama the 'Magic Negro," which argued that "The Illinois senator lends himself to white America's idealized, less-than-real black man."

Saltsman's statement said: "Liberal Democrats and their allies in the media didn't utter a word about David Ehrenstein's irresponsible column in the Los Angeles Times. ... But now, of course, they're shocked and appalled by its parody on the Rush Limbaugh Show.

here's a link to the whole story:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16876.html

The whole thing is a joke

The song was more ignorant and stupid than offensive. I think what got a lot of people is the word "negro" being used by a white male; not only is that term "outdated", but is considered publicly offensive.

BTW, who the f**k cares if a democrat did it first? That's little children logic. "Well...jimmy hit timmy first! So I decided to hit timmy too!" Neither of them should have made those statements, regardless if they were white or black. But its ignorant to point fingers if you are replicating the ignorance itself.

First of all being from the East Coast, I rarely read the LA Times, but Rush Limbaugh is a nationally syndicated show played in most media markets, so there is a huge difference there.
I graduated from Clemson University in the early 1980s and when I was there a fraternity called Kappa Alpha was on campus. They called themselves "The Southern Gentlemen", wore black face make up at parties and perpetuated the "antebellum south" myth to the hilt. There was never any postive references of African-Americans in their skits, we were ALWAYS looked at as shufflin, submissive "coon-like" creatures. However, they always claimed that they didn't have a racist bone in their body. Chip Saltzman reminds me of this scum. Would not surprise me if he is a member of the fraternity. He sure looks the part with his Izod shirt replacing his white robe. Being from an inbred, hillbilly state like Tenn, I can see where him and other southern GOP monkeys recieve their genes. So for all you GOP INBRED HILLBILLY REDNECK CRACKERS, lighten up, I'm only joking!

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