New York Times Blames Obama for not Eliminating Racism in America

[babylonsister]

New York Times Blames Obama for not Eliminating Racism in America

Posted by Zenbowl, Daily Kos at 4:37 PM on July 16, 2008.

The stats are manipulated and the foundation of the argument is faulty; not to mention the man isn't even in office yet.


NYT says Obama should have fixed the US already.

How else can you explain this headline:

Poll Finds Obama Candidacy Isn't Closing Divide on Race

Oh, really?

You mean Barack Obama just running for President hasn't been enough to heal the wounds of slavery, of segregation, of Jim Crow? Barack Obama is running for office not already running the country. And speaking of running the country...

Indeed, the poll showed markedly little change in the racial components of people's daily lives since 2000, when The Times examined race relations in an extensive series of articles called "How Race Is Lived in America."

As it was eight years ago, few Americans have regular contact with people of other races, and few say their own workplaces or their own neighborhoods are integrated. In this latest poll, over 40 percent of blacks said they believed they had been stopped by the police because of their race, the same figure as eight years ago; 7 percent of whites said the same thing.

Eight years ago. Hmm. Remind me again what happened in 2000?

Oh, right, we got a Republican in the White House.

So, eight years of a George W. Bush administration that has included an invasion of Iraq, the costs of which have been paid ONLY by the families of the soldiers.

And let's not forget Hurricane Katrina.

But Obama is somehow responsible for this morass? Obama's campaign, the subject of smears, hate, and racism, is responsible for healing the country, before he even gets into office?

I mean, New York Times, seriously, W. T. F.

more...

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/91745/#more

[Captain Hilts]

1. I guess he's been kinda busy lately, bein' a credit to his race and all....nt

[fasttense]

2. Martin Luther King couldn't eliminate racism either.

But we expect one presidential candidate to eliminate it? Unbelievable.

[MannyGoldstein]

3. I Don't Read That Into That Headline

I see it as a way of saying that despite the progress that has allowed a black man to be the Democratic nominee for President, we ain't out of the woods yet.

[zbdent]

4. This is similar to the billboard guy

who was saying on CNN that the attacks on 9/11/2001 wouldn't have happened if Bill Clinton wasn't in the White House at the time ...

[madwivoter]

5. The expectations of Obama are so unrealistic

I don't expect any decision or accomplishment he makes over the next 3 1/2 months to be good enough for the M$M or even some of his own supporters. :shrug:

[crankychatter]

6. That really IS the deal... We're supposed to focus ALL our energy on the intractable issues

in the next twelve weeks

it's as much BS as the cheerleading prior to the Iraq invasion

Pure psy-ops

[crankychatter]

7. 1st rec... NT

[Alter Ego]

8. I suppose next he will be the cause for world hunger and the decline

of "true Christian values" next?

Oh, wait, I forgot...that's Bill Clinton's schlong that did all that.