Friday, April 15, 2011
Post 19: Caucasia Part 1
So this thought on Racial Fantasies made me think of how we view the President. We constantly hear back and forth whether he is called mixed or if he is being called Black. Which of course makes me wonder what he considers himself. I don't remember ever actually hearing him claim a certain connection to a specific race. Now it is a question, of whether he did that on purpose. I assume that would be yes because if he had taken a specific stand to a specific race he might have lost a massive loss of support from one side or the other. Just a little bit of food for thought.
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Your correct. Obama has always talked about his white mother and grandmother and how much he loved and admires them. He spoke about his African father a little bit. But I do think that he would have harmed himself by claiming one set race. because people often feel like by owning one race entirely your denying another. Its apart of the ideal of racial fantasies. Obama doesnt want to play into societies racial fantasies.
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