I read a story over on Politico.com that touches on Sen. Barack Obama’s plan to win the election by quietly excluding blacks from his campaign.
When Obama announced his candidacy, I was happy that a bi-racial man was running for president. When he won the Democratic nomination, I was elated. But then I noticed Obama seemed to be avoiding large crowds of black people.
My suspicions were realized when his spokesman confirmed he was not targeting blacks with national ads.
The article points out that regional radio and television ads directed at black voters aren’t released to the media. Likewise, Obama’s targeted outreach has produced very little images of Obama addressing black crowds or mingling with black officials.
“If you didn’t notice it, then you probably weren’t the target,” said Obama spokesman Corey Ealons of the targeted advertising.
“What he has done is he’s shunned black voters – but he knows that they know that he’s black. And he knows that they know in our communities we have a certain feeling that he’s got to do that to get those white votes,” said Kevin Wardally, a New York City political consultant who worked for Hillary Clinton.
So in other words, if Barack doesn’t align himself with black people, whites will somehow forget he’s black? If a bi-racial man can’t run for president without ignoring his core base, what does that say about race relations in this country?
That kind of thinking — that Obama has to ignore black people to win the presidency — is inherently racist.
You won’t see pictures like this in the mainstream media. SR.com member HunE916 asked me to post photos of Obama interacting with non-blacks. I declined because I would rather post pics of Obama interacting with his own people, but those photos are hard to find. I scrolled through hundreds of photos on various news sites just to find these few. You won’t see these photos in the mainstream media. So I hope you enjoy.
