tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post2400586532785474824..comments2024-03-23T19:16:01.555-07:00Comments on Can it happen here?: Rock-star philosopher on our electionjaninsanfranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-71988284267823935052008-07-14T20:04:00.000-07:002008-07-14T20:04:00.000-07:00He's a bit of a right-wing hack, but as usual cont...He's a bit of a right-wing hack, but as usual context is everything. French right-wing hack is a "rock-star philosopher" compared to our version of the same thing, and I'm not being ironic.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-27604370551459988412008-07-14T07:23:00.000-07:002008-07-14T07:23:00.000-07:00Yes -- this is about Obama navigating the garbage ...Yes -- this is about Obama navigating the garbage thrown up by white guilt. The good news is that that "Black is Black" white folks are a minority. The bad news is that the "guilt-ridden white majority" is still race obsessed. <BR/><BR/>And meanwhile many young people of all races react: "Plueeze, drop all the 60s stuff."janinsanfranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-43400752530061567682008-07-14T07:16:00.000-07:002008-07-14T07:16:00.000-07:00I think that Levy may be on to something in his co...I think that Levy may be on to something in his commentary on Obama's not carrying in his body the history of African slavery. But I suspect that the particular group of people who find it reassuring that Obama is not the descendant of slaves are <I>not</I> the hard-racist minority for whom black is black, but the guilt-ridden white majority. <BR/><BR/>For these folks, Obama is a Black man whose anger they do not have to fear, and towards whom they need not feel guilty. <BR/><BR/>What that means about an Obama presidency and its implications for people of color in this country, I don't know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com