Racism In America Is Not Essay

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People who are guilty of personal attacks on Obama that challenge his birthplace, or equate him with Adolf Hitler, "…have been influenced to a major degree by a belief that he should not be president because he happens to be African-American" (CNN, p. 1). "It's a racist attitude," Carter asserted. And for this paper, it may be more like "modern racism" that does not embrace the "N-word" but does show hostility beyond merely ideological differences. "I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he's African-American," Carter explained to NBC News (CNN, p. 1). Those who are biased against Obama due to his ethnicity, can mask that racial prejudice by attacking him politically, which is what South Carolina Representative Joe Wilson did during Obama's speech to Congress in September, 2009. "You lie!" Wilson hollered out in the middle of Obama's speech, an intrusion into the president's remarks that was more than simply rude -- it could be interpreted as modern racism in a presidential genre.

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Even if it seems subtle and non-discriminatory on the surface, deep down these forms of bias are just as vicious and unfair.
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CNN Politics. (2009). Carter again cites racism as factor in Obama's treatment. Retrieved April

14, 2012, from http://articles.cnn.com.

Ezorsky, Gertrude. (1991). Racism and Justice: The Case for Affirmative Action. Ithaca, NY:

Nittle, Nadra Kareem. (2011). Three of the Most Racist Anti-Obama Political Attacks.
About.com. Retrieved April 14, 2012, from http://racerelations.about.com.


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