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In case you didn't know, white Republicans have become the definitive voice on what constitutes blackness.
"Black authenticity, as defined by Southern mannerisms and darker complexion, amplified by conservatism or traditionalism, earns liberal unease," says conservative commentator Victor Davis Hanson, defending (possibly fading) GOP presidential front-runner Herman Cain, in his latest op-ed for the National Review.
In case you are unfamiliar with the Review, it bares noting that this magazine, founded by famed conservative writer William F. Buckley in 1955, used its pages to rail against Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
The real problem, according to Hanson, is that Cain is really black, while Barack and Michelle Obama are not. Hanson argues that Cain's "authentic blackness" has made him a target of the liberal media and Democratic operatives.
White conservative says blackness defined by 'darker complexion'
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The real problem, according to Hanson, is that Cain is really black, while Barack and Michelle Obama are not. Hanson argues that Cain's "authentic blackness" has made him a target of the liberal media and Democratic operatives.
There are few statements that leave me speechless, but this, along with Ann Coulter's latest rant comparing African-Americans in the GOP versus those in the Democratic Party, in which she said "our blacks are better than their blacks," has so stumped me that I have no choice but to lend voice to their ignorance.
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#1 - Tue Nov 15, 2011 2:58 PM ESTBut I rail against all conservatives. So how am I racist, if a small minority of them happen to be black? Or the right's definition of "authentic" or "better" or "blacker" black? My disgust is based on politics not race. And it's just as deep for Bachmann, Santorum, and various other conservative idiots. Does that also make me sexist and repressed-ist?
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#2 - Tue Nov 15, 2011 4:32 PM ESTvery interesting.
i'm curious to know hansons views on white authenticity.
how bout it, huh victor? which party has the better whites?
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