Barack Obama Referred To As, "The Magic Negro"
According to the Los Angeles Times:
Obama the ‘Magic Negro’
The Illinois senator lends himself to white America’s idealized, less-than-real black man.
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/Magic_negro .
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.
As expected, instead of looking at Politics, a lot of people will be focusing on race. The author must be look for controversy by using the term, “Magic Negro.”
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March 20th, 2007 at 4:38 am
it is plain to see that we need to go find our own land because it aint gonna happen here folks. whites think this land is rich in natural resources and they dont want us here on it at all. greed and it dont belong to them either. bara-obama needs to go and change mighty africa because even if he becomes president it wont change how they feel or treat us and who and the hell said that it was up to them who decides how we live or who we are.
March 20th, 2007 at 6:10 am
We wouldnt have nearly as many problems if black people actual voted instead of just complaining.
March 20th, 2007 at 7:34 am
I’m white and what that guy wrote is fuckin stupid he needs to get his ass beat for callin Obama that. I aint no wigga, and no racist liek that fool not all white people think like that i see sumthin like that like damn makin the white man look bad again, to many rich folk is the problem not caring bout the poor we shud start robbin more rich people fuck them all they do is drugs and spend millions on shit LETS ROB THE RICH LOL
March 20th, 2007 at 8:20 am
“Magic Negro” ?
LOL that sounds rather retarded
March 21st, 2007 at 6:34 pm
Aw come on “WOW”, of course you are no WIGGA, you are the real thing. Take another look at your spelling, no white guy could do that, not even as a joke. Note the following ..
“CALLIN” – calling “LEIK” – like “SUMTHIN” – something
“TO” – too “ROBBIN” – robbing Are you sure that you are not Jesse Jackson? I, and many others can’t help but notice that,that buffoon uses GUMMAMENT instead of Government; still, what does it matter what the so-called reverend calls it, as long as he and his followers get their hand outs from it. Bad as your spelling is, your punctuation is even worse, or would YOU say “worser”?!
March 25th, 2007 at 8:45 am
According to the author of the article — David Ehrenstein — the ‘Magic Negro’ is “the reverse of the “Darkie” sterotype. Instead of dumb, he; smart. Instead of shitless, he’s inductrious. Instead of untrustworthy, you can give him the keys to your house”. This is a a direct quote from and e-mail message to sent to me.