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[StephanieVanbryce]

But Black People Govern Like This ...

Ta-Nehisi Coates September 15 2011

Via Angry Black Lady, I know Michael Moore and Bill Maher think this is a great line:
[ http://www.balloon-juice.com/2011/09/14/michael-moore-quotes-bill-maher-on-president-obama-i-voted-for-the-black-guy-and-what-we-got-was-the-white-guy/ ]

I went into the polls voting for the black guy, and what I got was the white guy...

But it really isn't. In fact, it's racist, and Michael Moore would do well to stop repeating it. It really is no better than the Kenyan anti-colonial bit, indeed it is a good deal worse. I said this yesterday on twitter, but it would be as if my Jewish accountant messed up my taxes and I said, "Dude, you're Jewish, what the hell?!?!"

In fact, I'd be getting exactly what I deserved. If you paid more attention to Obama's skin color, than to his speeches, the voluminous amounts of journalism noting his moderation, his two books which are, themselves, exercises in moderation, then you have chosen to be ignorant.

You are now being punished for that ignorance. No one should feel sorry for you. Try not being racist.


http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/09/but-black-people-govern-like-this/245164/