Apparently the presidential candidate favoured by black people is Barack Obama, who is black. Is this a coincidence? Is it wrong to ask that question? And, when a black person, upon being asked why they support Obama, answers “Because he’s the only one that sticks to his principles” is it wrong to ask if that is the real reason for their support?
The Obama Question
January 25th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Tags: Politics
3 responses so far ↓
1 Stephen // Jan 26, 2008 at 8:15 am
And does this make all those blacks racists?
S.
2 Rosalita Paglia // Jan 27, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Well I don’t think it’s wrong to ask those questions, but other people will think that it is. Like that your asking people to believe that black people aren’t rational. But let me ask you this, do you think that black people are within the bounds of reasonability to support a black candidate because he’s black? In other words to admit it? Because he’s the one they’re most likely to identify with?
3 John // Jan 28, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Stephen- Is that question right or wrong to ask? !
Rosalita- Sometimes political correctness gets in the way of rational thought (ie. sometimes rational thought is politically incorrect). To answer your question, I think what you describe is the norm: people will generally vote for candidates they think will go to bat for them, who will ‘represent’ them best, rather than choosing a candidate that will represent rights in general, freedoms across the board. So they’re within the bounds of normality to do so, certainly, though obviously what I’m promoting is a more rights-based approach rather than an interests-based approach to politics.
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