--- In [email protected], "do.rflex" <do.rf...@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Alex Stanley" > <j_alexander_stanley@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > A few leftists are puffing up their "we're so > > > affronted" feathers over Chip Saltsman's Xmas > > > gift to other RNC members, a CD of parody music > > > that includes one song called "Barack the Magic > > > Negro." > > > http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/rnc-candidate-distributes- controversial-obama-song-2008-12-26.html > > > > > > In the past, some of our pseudo-feminists here
There are no "pseudo-feminists" here. (At least not any *female* pseudo-feminists.) > > > have claimed that supporters of Obama would be > > > as outraged over a racial slur aimed at him as > > > they are (or pretend to be) about so-called > > > gender slurs aimed at Hillary. Well, we're > > > about to find out. One wouldn't expect Barry to be aware of this, because it's more complicated and nuanced than he likes to have to deal with. But the interesting thing is that "Magic Negro" isn't a racial slur at all, at least not one directed at black people. It's a commentary on liberal white racism. > > One thing to keep in mind is that David Ehrenstein, > > the guy who originated the "Barack the Magic Negro" > > meme, is an African-American. > > He's African-American but he did not originate the meme. > Here are his own words: > > ---The Magic Negro is a figure of postmodern folk > culture, coined by snarky 20th century sociologists, > to explain a cultural figure who emerged in the wake > of Brown vs. Board of Education. "He has no past, > he simply appears one day to help the white protagonist," > reads the description on Wikipedia > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Negro . Once this stereotype is identified as such, it's appalling to realize how prevalent it is in this culture, especially in film. Most of our best black actors have played Magic Negro roles in major films--Morgan Freeman, for example, in "Shawshank Redemption," "Driving Miss Daisy," and "Unforgiven" (among others). > He's there to assuage white "guilt" (i.e., the > minimal discomfort they feel) over the role of > slavery and racial segregation in American history, > while replacing stereotypes of a dangerous, highly > sexualized black man with a benign figure for whom > interracial sexual congress holds no interest." > > ~~ David Ehrenstein, LA Times, March 19, 2007 > http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe- ehrenstein19mar19,0,5335087.story
