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No Republicans Have Condemned the "Magic Negro" CD: What Can We Learn?
Brief recap. Chip Saltsman, a Tennessee Republican who is seeking the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee, sent a CD of holiday music to committee members earlier this month. That CD contained a Rush Limbaugh song titled "Barack the Magic Negro." (Listen here.) The song is sung by a white political humorist who tries to impersonate the voice of Reverend Al Sharpton. As Sharpton, the singer complains about Obama being palatable to white people "because he's not from da hood."
Saltsman defended the song, saying it is a "light-hearted political parod[y]." That got me thinking. Has any Republican criticized Saltsman for distributing the song? Here's Mike Allen of Politico, who is stunned to the find the answer is "no."
WHY HAS IT BEEN 18 HOURS SINCE THIS WAS POSTED AND NOT A SINGLE REPUBLICAN OFFICIAL HAS CONDEMNED IT? YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE PARTY FIND IT DISGUSTING/ASTONISHING AND CALLED THE LINK TO OUR ATTENTION AS A 'YA CAN'T MAKE IT UP.'
What's the motivation here? It's not that all Republican officials are racist, of course. I think it has something to do with the fact that conservatives by and large hate political correctness and hate being told by liberals that they stepped over the lines of polite discourse. I've frequently objected to an insensitive joke, only to be admonished, "Lighten up, it's supposed to be funny." Because, obviously, the fact that there is humorous intent makes the racism/sexism/homophobia okay.
The first Republican official who condemns Saltsman will be the first to bend to the will of the liberal PC Nazis (i.e. the biggest wimp). And I think that's why we aren't seeing people speaking out, including the African-American candidates in the race for the RNC chair. If this little episode has enough steam to stick around until after the holidays, top GOPers won't be able to ignore it any longer. They'll have to make a difficult choice. Sticking to their misguided principles will mean a third week of bad press for the Party.
Update: Conservatives are starting to find their voice(s).
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.
For what it's worth, GOP chairman Robert Duncan is now officially "shocked and appalled". He's seeking reelection to the seat, against Chip Saltsman.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081227/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_parody
"I can tell you think the term 'Negro' is inappropriate, that it's old hat and shouldn't be used, that it's divisive and this sort of thing, and you may have a point," Limbaugh told a caller objecting to the song in March 2007, according to show transcripts. "But remember what we do on this program: We illustrate absurdity by being absurd."
See? What he did was SATIRE, of course. And that makes it OK. It's our fault for not recognizing Limbaugh's longstanding philosophical heritage in Kierkegaard.
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.
You do know that this is based on a story printed in the LA Times written by a Democrat with the title, "Obama the Magic N----" don't you? and that there was not one single Democrat that said anything negative about it, don't you?
and it was the LAT that published it?
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
Lighten up Jonny. I see more hate on Mojo against those they dislike than in this silly CD. We either have freedom of speech, or we don't. It is sad that you can't see your own hate. Why not be a big boy and just deal with the issues without name calling?
The whole thing is a joke
"African-American candidates in the race for the RNC chair,"????
That's the funniest thing I've read in a week or so...
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!
I think it’s interesting how everyone is so focused on the GOP and not how this whole thing started. It was an article written by a bi-racial writer named David Ehrenstein in the LA Times. The article was titled Obama The Magical Negro. Y’all should read it. He’s published a few more articles since then attacking Obama. It’s really not about the blatent racism of some Republican politician as much as it is about some guy who is fast becoming the hero of the white pseudo liberal. That’s far more dangerous and insidious.
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