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Here's a link to the lyrics:
http://www.monacome.com/2008/12/barack-magic-ne...
PS-We've seen Barack's abs but isn't it time to see Saltsman and Rushie's 6-pack?
Frankly, it would be nice to evacuate anybody not interested in being an idiot, and then glass the entire area with a few Neutron bombs to get rid of the rest.
Then we could build a nice park over what's left. A Peace park.
Also we could make Mexico the 51st State. World peace :).
I'm working on a parody...Working title:
Rush, The Lard-Packed Shitbag
"'Magic Negro' flap might help Saltsman"
It's the Rush Limbaugh/Fox News party now.
Not every black person in the world is an "African" or has ancestors who come from Africa, or are even of the negroid race. Australian Aborigines are black negroid people, as are those from Papua New Guinea, and a number of Pacific Islands in Melanesia.
Just as every "Black in America" is therefore not necessarily the descendant of black negroid peoples ultimately from "Africa" within recorded history, not every indigenous African who moves to America (and is therefore clearly an "African-American") is a black negroid person; white caucasoid South Africans are not "black negroids", nor are caucasoid Berbers and other caucasoid North Africans (including Jews from North Africa). You're Greek, so you should know that Alexandria was a Greek Colony, and Cleopatra was a Greek princess, supposedly with strawberry-blond hair (under her wig).
Therefore, should a Tunisian Jew, whose family has been in North Africa for thousands of years (since the Diaspora), be called an "African-American" upon immigration to the USA?
Also, Sri Lankans are much, much darker in skin color than many negroid peoples (particularly in the USA), and so are definitely "black" as far as skin color - but they are caucasoid people, and not negroid peoples.
So, is an Australian Indigenous person who immigrates to the USA to be called an "African-American" even thought neither they nor their ancestors have any connection to Africa within recorded history?
Is a Tunisian Jew whose family has been in Carthage since the Diaspora not to be called an "African-American" upon immigration to the USA, because they are not "negroid"?
Is a Sri Lankan whose skin is many shades darker than Vanessa Williams', Will Smith's or Barack Obama's, and who is likely to suffer just as much prejudice as any other black American because of his skin color, supposed to identify himself as "white" just because he is caucasoid?
If the word "negro" is a slur, then I don't see how "negroid" could be used as a descriptive adjective, without also being considered a slur.
And I think that it is ridiculous that one cannot call a Jew a Jew, but in the "P.C." community, one has to call a Jew a "Jewish Person" - As if a racist person will hiss "Jewish Person" with any less venom and hatred, then he would say "Jew."
Same goes for "Negro" or even "African-American."
What's going to happen, when people whose hearts are filled with hatred start enunciating "African-American" with as much loathing and contempt in their voices as they can muster up? Is "African-American" then going to become a "taboo slur" too?
How about if everyone starts to say "Arab" as contemptuously as they can. Will "Arab" then be a "slur", and will we all have to say "Arabic Person"?
Of course the people who used "Magic Negro" in that song meant it as a slur, because of all the reasons already mentioned in this comments section. But that doesn't mean that the word "Negro/ negroid race itself is a slur any more than Caucasian/ caucasoid race is, or Mongolian/ mongoloid race is.
If words are banned wholesale, because some people use them as expressions of contempt, then any word can be transformed into a slur, including "Democrat" considering the contemptuous way it's used by many Republican politicians.
GOP are such freaks!
Man these people make me sick.
One of the distinguishing characteristics of modern American conservatism is that it believes in a curious concept of “color blindness.” ...........
Rather than saying that the prudent and decent white person will steer a mile clear of racist activity — sending out “Barack the Magic Negro” CDs, for example — the best course of action is to deliberately drive straight at the line and then get really upset at anyone who says you’ve crossed it.
http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008...
That being said, there is a parallel to be drawn here... Referring to someone's race using the almost-clinical term "Negro" is akin to referring to a gay person as a "homosexual". It sets them aside as something "other", a laboratory specimen of some sort instead of a person with a valid claim to his or her place in society.
When you apologize for posting that clip, maybe my respect for you will return.
However, with all that said and those lessons learned, when we communicate, it is NOT the sender of the message that gets to decide if the message is offensive, it is the receiver of the message.
Unedited:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTKeIjt4S_Y
I assume from your flag icon that you are a supporter of gay rights, devlzadvocate. Would you feel the same if some straight blog author had posted a clip of the most stereotypical, offensive portrayal of a gay person in film to be laughed at (rather than analyzed or learned from)?
I'm certain I would react to any violence directed at a group, person or minority based on something that they are born into or with.
What do you think of Margaret Cho? She makes fun of Asians all the time. Oh, and gays and African Americans, etc.
As Margaret would say, "Lighten up!"
As the daughter of a Korean mother, I can't help but laugh my a@@ off at Margaret Cho's depiction of her mother. But I know it's done with love and respect, as is her comedy regarding other groups. If I was convinced that the same was the case here, I wouldn't make a big deal out of it. But I have had too much experience with people thinking that movie clip in particular is license to make fun of Asians, which even absent violent intent is not acceptable to me.
And if you told me that some depiction of gay people was offensive, I would trust you, not fight you about it.
The Republican Party richly deserves the bitter harvest it will reap. It is the party of the old, the angry, the resentful, the poorly educated. Let it fester in the Old Confederacy, a regional party whose base continues to wither and die. At some point, the kind of Republican we remember from the days of Dwight D. Eisenhower may emerge to reclaim the party, but that prospect seems far in the future. The dead-enders are in charge now and their response to any challenge is to become more insular. This is a party that will get more hateful in the immediate future.
I won't claim Saltzman's usage isn't racist, not having heard the song's entirety or read the full lyrics. But I wonder if some of the media coverage isn't being disingenuous.
This Georgia girls loves President Obama but not because of his skin color but because of his superior intellect and ability to take the high road. He is a true example to me who wants him to get down in the mud sometimes instead of saying McCain is a hero. Just like some of you blogging here want him to exclude that dim whit Warren----President Obama is taking the high road. He includes everyone even homophobes who suck.
The song is offensively racist because it's also suggesting that Barack isn't a "real" black man, and that he's using his "magic tricks" on white people.
The message is more offensive than just the one word.
How do you debate whether or not it's offensive? I mean c'mon, really. One only need ask in what context was it being used and the intent of that context. Let's say someone circulated a little ditty titled 'Bush the Magic Whitey' (or something similar.) I wonder how much debate would be needed to determine if that was intended to be offensive or not.
Magic PrezO & his magician's assistant Eric Holder will make cannabis users disappear for 5 years!
Magic PrezO can also reach into Rick Warren's bigoted ass and pull out Unity Rabbits!
And for his finale?
Magic PrezO will make the Bush/Cheney war crimes disappear under a magic carpet!
Spooky, huh?
cracker is a perfectly legitimate word you know. so is stupid.
Dems are divided on whether LGBT = full equal citizen. I find that a bit more surprising.
And to be clear, i disapprove of both of these politcally calculated moves.
He's there to assuage white "guilt" (i.e., the minimal discomfort they feel) over the role of slavery and racial segregation in American history, while replacing stereotypes of a dangerous, highly sexualized black man with a benign figure for whom interracial sexual congress holds no interest."
racial slur written by david ehrenstein, and printed in the los angles times, march 19, 2007.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-ehren...
Most of us know this article was written, so what??? why don't you stop quoting people and express a point of view.
And if I am not mistaken, the editorial was written by a Democrat. And there was no outcry about Mr. Ehrenstein's racial viewpoints when the editorial was written. And if you listen to the song, it refers directly to the editorial, the phrase was borrowed, not coined, by Paul Shanklin, who does parody songs for a living.
While the advisability of sending the CD out can be debated, the song itself is certainly not blatantly racist. But don't take my word for it, here is a link to the little ditty: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/575124/barack_the...
joe biden, of course.
~chris matthews
They've apparently lost all moorings.
I am guessing not since these words appear in Country Music all the time...
The level of thought here is just plain ignorant.(not YOUR post, I reread it and realize what you are saying, but certainly there are folks going into the whole "why then do blacks get to call each other the n word, but when WE do it" kinda thing)
For one thing, one has to do with location and lifestyle, the other the color of a mans skin. For another, the very fact that "negro" is integral to the song, is because it is ONLY pointing at his race. WHY? What would be the point? We ALL know why. It was the point.
The whole US has had a jump up in economy from the use of kidnapped slaves, who then had it harder by far than even poor "white trash", were descriminated against, lynched, treated and thought of as less than human, treated badly...and in the 60's they asked and told us they didn't want to be called "negro".
The LEAST whites could do is respect that. Anyone with any grace at least. It's only a gesture, but it is a decent one...but I wouldn't expect the GOP to get that.
I once heard a rich, babied (had his whole business handed to him by his father), white guy, out of nowhere on christmas eve, in the kitchen, suddenly whine "I'm TIRED of black people always blaming ME for their problems"....oh, my, god.
Out of courtesy, we do not use the word anymore.
What makes "negro" a bad word?
It means black, doesn't it?
Is any word that identifies a group a bad word?
Is "gay" a bad word?
Utter silliness.
The issue is a completely different one.
Repugs cater to the people who think "negro" is a bad person.
For the GOP to follow the likes of social commentator Rush Limbaugh shows a frightening lack of moral leadership. Does Saltsman really believe that nothing says proud, patriotic American, peace on earth, good will toward men like the We Hate the USA Christmas CD for RNC members? According to RNC Chairman hopeful, Saltsman, the CD is a "humorous lampooning of the liberal agenda." Maybe only in conservative strongholds likeTennessee could Saltsman defend Barack the Magic Negro as a funny "parody" and deny that it contains a racially charged message. Perhaps Ken Blackwell, black Republican from Iowa, would like some milk with his chocolate and cream center cookies when he defends the song lyrics and accuses the media of extreme "hypersensitivity" about race. For Mike Huckabee to excuse Saltsman's appalling and outrageous gift as a silly mistake shows his own serious lack of cultural and ethnic understanding. (It makes me feel lucky that his bid for the Republican nomination was unsuccessful.) After repeatedly encouraging shouts of "Kill him!" "Terrorist!" "Traitor" "Muslim" and "Socialist!" at McCain-Palin rallies, neither Republican candidate chastised those responsible. No one can be surprised at the lack of social sensitivity in the party of old white men, the GOP. The shame of it is that the party of family and American values shows a complete lack of social conscience. Is it a coincidence that most Republicans remaining in power after the elections of 2006 and 2008 have southern accents? I think not. While the GOP scrambles to avoid change in order to protect their idea of the "real" America, society is passing them by. Like the dinosaurs, they are doomed to perish.
These guys just don't get it, nor do they really want to.
Blacks (called Negroes or Colored people back then) and Whites. It's not cool today but it was obviously perfectly normal back when the United Negro College Fund was established in 1944.
Negro is a term referring to people of Black African ancestry. Prior to the shift in the lexicon of American and worldwide classification of race and ethnicity in the late 1960s, the appellation was accepted as a normal neutral formal term both by those of Black African descent as well as non-African blacks. Now it is often considered an ethnic slur although the term is considered archaic and is not common as a racist slur. The term is still used in some contexts for historical reasons such as in the name of the United Negro College Fund.
Arguing over syntax however isn't going to win the day. Negro is no longer an acceptable casual title. If it was then "nigra" would be as well, same for "nigra" etc.
Let's just say that when a rePIG uses the term "negro" we all know what the racist bigot means. (I call them rePIGs because they call the Demoratic party the Democrat Party - see, it works both ways).
Whatever Ninong, not quite sure what your point is. 1960 was a half-century ago. The bottom line, if we can get to that, is that calling the incoming President a "magic negro" is a racial slur, period. Only a right wing racist bigot would see otherwise.
I retract what I said about you making a point - look Ninong - you brought out a very good example of the word used in a current setting. I never thought of that. When I read that it made me think about it, size it up, analyze it, etc. So, even though I was bit crass and said "whats your point" - that doesn't retract from the value of your statement. Perhaps a litte more follow through might have made a difference.
I'll end this with saying that you brought out a good point - an excellent example - only that I criticized (albeit a bit harshly - sorry, bad day for me) where you were going with it. But I understand what you were trying to say. Next time I'll try and be a little more polite. But anyway Ninong - your example was very valuable as a talking point. That is why we are here. So never take anything personal and try to be courteous (something I must learn to do more often) - and in the end, we all win.
Greg Jones
National Director
www.Blacks4Barack.org