In an interview yesterday on 610 WIP, Obama was trying to explain that he wasn't dissing his grandmother when he referenced her in his speech about race. You know the speech, the speech, the one libs like Chris Matthews consider to be the greatest speech on race this country has ever heard, the Lincoln-esque speech.
While trying to undo that damage, Obama called his grandmother a "typical white person," a stunning reliance on stereotypes.
Obama said:
The point I was making was not that my grandmother harbors any racial animosity, but that she is a typical white person. If she sees somebody on the street that she doesn't know, there's a reaction in her that's been bred into our experiences that don't go away, and sometimes come out in the wrong way, and that's just the nature of race in our society.
I strongly objected to his racist characterization. What makes Obama think that his grandmother is a "a typical white person"?
More importantly, how does Obama define "typical white person"?
I guess he means that a "typical white person" is "bred" to be racist.
Later yesterday in an interview with Larry King, Obama tried to undo that damage by explaining his "typical white person" remark.
Can you imagine the flak a white politician would take if he or she referred to a "typical black person"?
Considering Obama supposedly delivered the greatest speech in American history on Tuesday, he sure is having a bad week.
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