Stuff Middle-Aged White People Said
The election of Barack Obama as president of the United States has stirred the souls of white folk.
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The election of Barack Obama as president of the United States has stirred the souls of white folk.
What opinion-makers are saying about this thrilling and confusing turn of events.
Did Immelt say he was only comfortable around white men and women? We'll never know, because nobody is addressing this seriously.
Or is Obama dealing from the "bottom of the deck"? (Sigh.)
After all the accidental little racial comments made by white commentators, it was Jesse Jackson who eventually dropped the N-bomb for real.
This may, in fact, be the first time in history that the threat of castration was, well, kind of a good thing.
We round up all the examples of Obama addressing black groups and doing what Jackson called "talking down" to them.
But we bet it was really awkward!
Dennis Haysbert, who played President Palmer on '24,' says that Barack owes part of his acceptance to the role.
They won't tell you what they talked about — so we will!
We open up the can of worms again and ask you what you think.
Don Imus seems to chalk Adam "Pacman" Jones's criminal record up to his race in an audio clip from this morning's broadcast. Is he in trouble again? Listen and let us know what you think.
Feeling spurned and betrayed by Obama, his former pastor lashed out in the most damaging way he knew possible, a Wright insider tells the 'Post.'
Watch the clip of Obama renouncing the controversial pastor, saying he is '"outraged" by Wright's recent remarks.
As Ray Kelly assembles cops to deal with any unrest tomorrow and over the weekend, Sharpton is uneasy.
At its peak Hillary Clinton wouldn't go near the Reverend Wright controversy. Yesterday she decided to try to reenergize it.
At a moment when race is the hot topic of discussion in the Democratic primary, an endorsement by the Hispanic governor of New Mexico has to be a huge boon for Obama. Especially after pundits were on his back for a comment about "typical white people" yesterday.
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