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<blockquote data-quote="floridays" data-source="post: 4778778" data-attributes="member: 68849">Actually the roots are here<h3>Obama the ‘Magic Negro’</h3>By&nbsp; DAVID EHRENSTEINMARCH 19, 2007 12 AM PTL.A.-BASED DAVID EHRENSTEIN WRITES ABOUT HOLLYWOOD AND POLITICS.AS EVERY CARBON-BASED life form on this planet surely knows, Barack Obama, the junior Democratic senator from Illinois, is running for president. Since making his announcement, there has been no end of commentary about him in all quarters — musing over his charisma and the prospect he offers of being the first African American to be elected to the White House.But it’s clear that Obama also is running for an equally important unelected office, in the province of the popular imagination — the “Magic Negro.”[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.latimes.com/la-oe-ehrenstein19mar19-story.html[/URL]And, from Larry Elder, a commentary addressing the lefts conniption fit. [USER=55017]@It will be fine[/USER] included.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/01/obama_the_magic_negrogate.html[/URL]Larry Elder, from article:&quot;This is how the whole thing started.David Ehrenstein, a writer who happens to be black and liberal, wrote an opinion piece in March 2007 in the Los Angeles Times called &quot;Obama the &#039;Magic Negro.&#039;&quot;He argued that whites, according to sociologists, stereotype blacks as &quot;dangerous.&quot; But whites consider Obama accessible, likeable and &quot;benign.&quot; This, according to Ehrenstein, explains Obama&#039;s &quot;crossover&quot; appeal.The article insults a) Obama, by virtually ignoring his effectiveness as a candidate, b) whites, by accusing them of voting for Obama merely to assuage their own guilt, and c) Sidney Poitier, the brilliant, groundbreaking actor, for ascribing his success to whites who find him safe and non-threatening.The article produced virtually no outcry.&quot;Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh then aired a song parody --set to the music of &quot;Puff the Magic Dragon&quot; -- called &quot;Barack the Magic Negro.&quot; Referring to the L.A. Times article, an Al Sharpton-like &quot;singer&quot; called Obama inauthentically black. Why, complained the singer, should white folks vote for Obama rather than a true black man &quot;from the hood&quot; like -- me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="floridays, post: 4778778, member: 68849"] Actually the roots are here [HEADING=2]Obama the ‘Magic Negro’[/HEADING] By DAVID EHRENSTEIN MARCH 19, 2007 12 AM PT L.A.-BASED DAVID EHRENSTEIN WRITES ABOUT HOLLYWOOD AND POLITICS. AS EVERY CARBON-BASED life form on this planet surely knows, Barack Obama, the junior Democratic senator from Illinois, is running for president. Since making his announcement, there has been no end of commentary about him in all quarters — musing over his charisma and the prospect he offers of being the first African American to be elected to the White House. But it’s clear that Obama also is running for an equally important [I]unelected[/I] office, in the province of the popular imagination — the “Magic Negro.” [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.latimes.com/la-oe-ehrenstein19mar19-story.html[/URL] And, from Larry Elder, a commentary addressing the lefts conniption fit. [USER=55017]@It will be fine[/USER] included. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/01/obama_the_magic_negrogate.html[/URL] Larry Elder, from article: "This is how the whole thing started. David Ehrenstein, a writer who happens to be black and liberal, wrote an opinion piece in March 2007 in the Los Angeles Times called "Obama the 'Magic Negro.'" He argued that whites, according to sociologists, stereotype blacks as "dangerous." But whites consider Obama accessible, likeable and "benign." This, according to Ehrenstein, explains Obama's "crossover" appeal. The article insults a) Obama, by virtually ignoring his effectiveness as a candidate, b) whites, by accusing them of voting for Obama merely to assuage their own guilt, and c) Sidney Poitier, the brilliant, groundbreaking actor, for ascribing his success to whites who find him safe and non-threatening. The article produced virtually no outcry." Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh then aired a song parody --set to the music of "Puff the Magic Dragon" -- called "Barack the Magic Negro." Referring to the L.A. Times article, an Al Sharpton-like "singer" called Obama inauthentically black. Why, complained the singer, should white folks vote for Obama rather than a true black man "from the hood" like -- me. [/QUOTE]

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