Daily Archives: Friday, 18 September 2009

Surely, Mr. Carter does not suppose that if Obama were white, then everyone—especially whites folks—would be entirely supportive of Obama’s views regarding the way in which healthcare should be revamped in the United States. Mr. Obama has put forward some quite radical proposals. And guess what? There are lots of people who do not like them and they want to make it known that they do not. There is a term for this kind of exchange: It is called a democracy. Alas, it is arguable that Mr. Carter himself is being rather patronizing towards Mr. Obama; and unless I am quite mistaken about things, patronizing behavior on the part of a white towards a blacks can be countenanced as racist.
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