• maegul (he/they)
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    75 months ago

    Trumpism at its “finest”. Still, Obama’s call for an open convention does open exactly this kind of attack. I’ve certainly BIPOC talk about it as a typically “not really culturally BIPOC” move from Obama that betrays his predominantly white cultural upbringing. Sometimes unity is better than whatever else you have in mind.

    • Nougat
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      445 months ago

      … Did you just suggest that Obama isn’t “black enough?”

      • @[email protected]
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        35 months ago

        He’s half African and was raised by his white mother and grandparents. He’s not really culturally ADOS (African descendant of slaves).

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            5 months ago

            I mean it’s very dangerous and touchy for white people, like myself, to weigh in on topics like these for sure.

            I was just sharing what I’d heard from other BIPOC on what seemed a meaningful point … that, apparently, someone more in tune with slavery descendant culture would have gotten behind a woman of colour in a heart beat.

            FWIW, as a white person, that makes total sense, and I’m not sure to whom it wouldn’t make sense and be the obvious move. And yet Obama seems to have been the one person out of step. Dunno how else to think about it.

            As for racism, as see the point as only highlighting that such a culturally white person was likely always going to be the first black US president.

      • maegul (he/they)
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        15 months ago

        So, what you’d say if I’m literally just echoing what I’ve seen other BIPOC people say?

    • @[email protected]
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      55 months ago

      Reporting has been he will endorse her relatively soon, now that it’s clear she has the votes to win.

      • maegul (he/they)
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        35 months ago

        Oh I’m sure. Still seems like he missed the cue that everyone else hit on time.

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          5 months ago

          He might have been saving it for a boost later, maybe at the convention, but this idiotic shit forced his hand. He and Michelle endorsed today.

          • maegul (he/they)
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            25 months ago

            He might have been saving it for a boost later

            Yea and the support for an open convention may have just been rumour. Or at least a hand wavy stance from a couple of weeks ago.