Post by jefe on Mar 20, 2008 0:49:30 GMT -5
EAs may have been largely ignored in the interracial rhetoric dominating the news in the USA these days, but this is one of the few items in which EAs might have directly relevant opinions and experiences.
In a CNN commentary about Obama's response to Rev. Wright's inflammatory remarks, the narrator said
". . . the son of a white woman and a black man, Obama has said that bridging the {racial ?} gap is in his DNA. . . . "
We have discussed extensively over the past few years on this forum about the idea of EAs bridging two or more cultures or races or ethnic groups. Most of us believe that being born into an interracial family does not uniquely qualify us or obligate us to fulfill that role.
Do you think that Obama actually believes that, or that it is simply misguided wishful thinking of American people or media? Even if it is misguided, is it sufficient to reverberate this idea to attain a higher level of "unity" in American society?
Malcolm X had a white grandfather -- yet he advocated nothing but separatism from the white people.
I still feel that many Americans who want racial unity thinks it would be accomplished by further amalgamation. But after visiting and studying about countries like Brazil, I see just as much segregation and prejudice as in the USA, just based on "color" instead of "race" per se.
In a CNN commentary about Obama's response to Rev. Wright's inflammatory remarks, the narrator said
". . . the son of a white woman and a black man, Obama has said that bridging the {racial ?} gap is in his DNA. . . . "
We have discussed extensively over the past few years on this forum about the idea of EAs bridging two or more cultures or races or ethnic groups. Most of us believe that being born into an interracial family does not uniquely qualify us or obligate us to fulfill that role.
Do you think that Obama actually believes that, or that it is simply misguided wishful thinking of American people or media? Even if it is misguided, is it sufficient to reverberate this idea to attain a higher level of "unity" in American society?
Malcolm X had a white grandfather -- yet he advocated nothing but separatism from the white people.
I still feel that many Americans who want racial unity thinks it would be accomplished by further amalgamation. But after visiting and studying about countries like Brazil, I see just as much segregation and prejudice as in the USA, just based on "color" instead of "race" per se.
