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Vote Obama... or else you're racist?
Many tout the historic nature of M. Barack Obama's presidential bid. One has long argued that although his campaign tries to emphasise race as little as possible, a good part of M. Obama's attractiveness is down simply to the fact that he is Black (bi-racial, in fact), and that many White «Liberals» (in the United States sense of the word) supported him out of a sense of duty (to right the wrongs of the past), a need to repent for the sins and absolve the guilt of White America against people of colour, whether it be the slave trade, Jim Crow, or the continued economic deprivation that many Black Americans face.
In an editorial on the BBC News website, Professor David Reynolds of Cambridge reflects on what a win for M. Obama would mean for America:
The historical significance of Mr Obama's campaign is therefore immense.A victory for him on 4 November would help expunge the original sin of slavery from Jefferson's empire of liberty. [15.9.08, BBC News ]
I told you, I'm not making this stuff up...
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16.09.08 | 17:43
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