The Irony Of A “Post Racial” Presidency Is That It’s Everything But “Post Racial,” And The Presidency Is To Blame

August 20th, 2009 (10) Posted By Erik Wong.

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PajamasMedia:

I am sure you are as happy as I was when it was announced that the election of Barack Obama was ushering in a “post-racial” presidency. Thanks goodness! We could at last say farewell to racial shake-down artists like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. At last, Black scholars like Henry Louis Gates would be treated just the way his white and Asian colleagues were: no special treatment because of his complexion.

Well, maybe Harvard hasn’t received the message that affirmative action is yesterday’s policy yet.

Surely, though, the legacy (formerly the mainstream) media has? I mean, they elected Barack Obama. They told us he was here to deliver us from racial guilt. Surely they would help realize that noble vision by accurately reporting stories in which race was an issue.

Just kidding. Of course the legacy media isn’t giving up on racial fear-mongering and tendentiousness. It’s just too potent an earner for the grievance industry.

I have to say, though, that I was a little taken aback by the depths to which they were willing to descend. Remember the chap who showed up to an Obama speech in Phoenix wearing an assault rifle. White supremacist on the trail of a (partly) black president?

“White people showing up with guns”: That’s what MSNBC reported in this clip:

Wow. “Racial overtones” or what. But wait. As the excellent web site Ace of Spades (and others[Like us]) have reported, that clip was carefully cropped to conceal the racial identity of the guy packing heat. Here’s some raw footage, as reported by ABC:

Quoth the chap at at Ace of Spades: “These bastards are screaming about racial tensions and they’re deliberately falsifying video in order to create more racial tension for partisan gain and ratings?”

That’s just about the size of it, Kemo Sabe. Take his advice: write to NBC and complain. Here is some contact info:

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  • March

    Contessa Brewer is a cunt.

    • Bill

      great name for a death metal band :lol:

    • YERMOM

      :beer:

  • March

    edit: Cuntessa

  • MinneSoCold

    I think it’s kind of funny (in a sad way) that MSNBC used a clip of a “white guy” to connect to the gun footage, but they used a PRO-OBAMA / healthcare protester.

    On the large issue, it’s just sick MSNBC knowingly hid the fact the man was black. It shows the MSM is 100% untrustworthy for getting news. The average American will see that (by design) and automatically think the anti-healthcare movement is based on racism, thus staying “unengaged” in the matter.

    I absolutely agree that Obama has actually taken us backwards in race-relations purposely, and the MSM is a willing part of that. The MSM wants racial tensions and conflict because it sells. We are seeing the “Rev. Wright-ing” of ALL America. It’s just sick. He was an is surrounded by racists, mentored and educated by racists, intimately involved in racist religion, supported and funded by racists, his own racist opinions and beliefs are numerous and on tape/video, his life’s work up to the presidency was based on radical racist and socialist movement…. yet we are to believe he is not. A lot of people are are either blind, dumb or racists themselves.

    So much for the ideals I believe in, “not be judged by the color of skin but by the content of character”…. I guess I was dreaming. Thanks a lot Obama. :roll:

  • Sully

    Alinsky ‘community organizing’ uses discord as its primary tool.
    If it doesn’t already exist, create it.
    ‘Health care reform’ is the perfect example.
    85%+ are happy with the system but Barry has created a ‘crisis’.

  • Xavier

    This is the definition of propaganda.

  • punisher55

    The fact is most people are sheep and the liberal media knows it. Don”t under estimate the power of the liberal media, I’ve learned in my life that most people want to be lied to, it makes life easier for them. When you face the truth it means your willing to get off your ass and do something and that makes life harder. Doing the right thing for most people is not worth the trouble. Tell me lies tell me sweet sweet lies.

  • dadeo

    someone please turn their fucking electricty off!

  • GRIZZ

    Dipshit being half black,has nothing to do with my feelings towards him,NOTHING.This dribble that msn puts out is war time propaganda.Now we are a hate group?