Wasn't is a liberal black writer for the LA Times who first coined the phrase Magic Negro in reference to Obama. I see the comments about Magic Negro coming from conservatives as just pointing out the ridiculousness of the liberals.

Originally posted by NovusOrdoMundi
The word "negro" is not disrespectful or racist. The word existed long before it was given a negative meaning by an overly sensitive, politically correct society.

When used in the manner that it was, it is very disrespectful. The people who submitted the ticker called Obama the "magic negro," to reinforce the conservative's ridicule of Obama being viewed as a "Messiah" figure that will end all of the world's problems.

The word itself means black. It's just a word.

I already stated that in my previous post. Just like the word "whitey" means white, when you call someone "whitey" just to single them out based on their skin color, it because offensive.

I'm sure if John McCain were elected and someone sent in "HAPPY NEW YEAR AND LET’S HOPE THE MAGIC BLANCO DOES A GOOD JOB. LOVE JEN AND JOHN C.", no one would think a thing of it.

When have people ever referred to Caucasians as "blanco" to show disrespect? Here is what your same exact example would be like if someone were to show their intolerance based on McCain's skin color:

"I'm sure if John McCain were elected and someone sent in "HAPPY NEW YEAR AND LET’S HOPE THE MAGIC WHITEY DOES A GOOD JOB. LOVE JEN AND JOHN C."

or how about:

"I'm sure if John McCain were elected and someone sent in "HAPPY NEW YEAR AND LET’S HOPE THE CRACKER DOES A GOOD JOB. LOVE JEN AND JOHN C."

Cracker, as you know, refers to the food, but when it is used to refer to the skin tone of a person, it becomes offensive, just as how "negro" was used.

I'm sure someone got fired for that mistake.

To everyone saying negro isn't offensive, walk up to the next black person you run into and call them a negro, see how he or she reacts.

Then lets see if you don't think its a big deal.

I for one am very disturbed that this got so many people's attention in the first place. That those many people had to spout their two-cents means this subject is still alive, and living high on the hog - that's what disturbs me.

If this board's reaction to this one single line of text is any indication to how their ratings went up...one becomes seemingly unable to blame Fox for putting it up, for it's been nothing short of good for business since the second it went by the first person's vision.

I guess it is truly a disgrace to put something like this on TV, I don't know really, I've never been involved in, nor have I grown up around anything so divided as racism. The whole idea is idiotic on both sides. IMHO no single word in history should have this kind of impact on ANYONE, let alone one certain section of humanity.

I honestly can not figure out anyone here (to have given this one line of text so much credence in the first place seems wrong), but I for one will never let something so trivial as a person's skin color determine who I am willing to save or who I am willing to have save me when the time comes, and anyone who can look through a keyhole with both eyes like this will never have an ounce of my respect or caring.

It is the narrow-minded racist that should be the only "type" of person who deserves prejudging and no other, but giving this kind of so-called news any credence at all (thus allowing fox to profit horrifically) only adds fuel to the fire. It simply indicates what kind of society we STILL live in. This should have been utterly ignored and given absolutely NO credence from its inception, for this is the only way to prove something unimportant, useless, and unprofitable. As long as this subject is on our minds, period, it will remain an issue.

It's very simple: If someone is behind me, pointing a gun at me, and I don't see them getting ready to kill me, I couldn't care less who saves my bacon.

[edit on 2-1-2009 by lagnar]

You know, if he were white.....
And someone made a similar statement; it would be laughed at and then ignored.

I think people are making WAY too much out of it.

Was it stupid of republicans to make and distribute it, yes?

Is it that big a deal, no.

In the US, people in "the public eye" are always made fun of. (Don’t think so, what about all the jokes about Bush)

What makes him so special that he can't deal with the same.

"IF" he is so sensitive about that, he had better leave office, seriously.

I've seen number of interesting comments concerning this topic, yet I've to see my question to be answered which was the essence to post this in the first place:

Originally posted by Mdv2

Originally posted by NovusOrdoMundi
It's a color. Grow up.

You tell me what relevance his skin color has to his ability to perform in the first place. I don't know about America, but here in the Netherlands people don't commonly use skin colors to refer to people.

[edit on 2-1-2009 by Mdv2]

Come'on people lighten up it was funny. Sheese, get a sence of humor, if it were a black making fun of a white person there'd be none of this "outrage".

I don't know, I've been called every name in the book chances are names most people have never heard of, some I never even heard of and I could care less.

If an individual gets so upset over a stupid name then they have personal issues they need to deal with on a personal level.

Just because some incoherent idiot likes to name call due to the fact they can't intellectually engage the individual in constructive criticism and needs to resort too name calling to up their self esteem it just points out how primitive that individual is.

All it is for is to boost the self esteem of the person doing the name calling to make them look "cool and/or brave" in front of friends who may or may not be equally insufficient in their own self perception. Kind of feel sorry for them actually seeing as how they're that depressed to resort to that.

Correct me if im wrong but he is a negro right? So whats the problem?

It's not just one line on Fox News that people are concerned about. The RNC has already released a CD called "The Magic Negro" (title song sung to the tune of "Puff the Magic Dragon"). It's the association of the term with the whole Republican party that adds insult to the injury.

Yes, it's racist. There's a lot more that could be said that would be more offensive, that's true, and I'm sure Obama is called a lot worse by some people in private.

If McCain were called "the magic white man" it would not be as racist, though it's very unusal in our society for Caucasians to point out the color of one another's skin (it's just assumed that a person is white unless otherwise specified, it's like a cultural default setting).

The majority of the population of the country is caucasian; if they call each other names based on the color of their skin it would not be a threat in the same way that a slur against a minority group would be. There is little danger white people are going to discriminate against each other the way we have historically discriminated against African Americans. There's a long and ugly past associated with racial sterotyping and that is why the dominant majority has to be especially vigilant about it now.

There are ways to make jokes about Obama that do not refer to his race. It's probably true that it is thin-skinned, but the RNC should know better.

I just sit here and shake my head that people actually took offense to something so trivial. There will always be racist, hateful people who base their opinions of your skin color, culture, and enviroment. But to throw a fit over something like this just makes you look like a thin skinned sissy. Let it go already and start enjoying 2009 and the life you got for god's sake.

Lets not forget the most important "racial issue" either. A record number of blacks turned out this election to vote for Obama...why? BECAUSE OF HIS SKIN COLOR...THAT should also be considered racist right?????? You should be more pissed off that they voted for someone "like" skinned then for the BEST candidate...but of course anything done by the NON white folk is NEVER racist...its always considered justified in our society because apparently everyone other then "whites" have been oppressed and have no real opportunities!!!

Its just stupid. The man is now president...call him any name you want, refer to him however you want (just like many did to Bush) and lets sit back and see if he can work the "magic" he promised!!!!

Why are so many obcessed either way. I imagine it doesn't even make Obama blink and I could care less about that article. " Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me". The guys stupid for saying it but why get mad at an idiot?

[edit on 1/2/2009 by Solarskye]