You would think in the year of 2008 that we would have come farther as a nation than we truly have. Although it is admirable the distance Barack Obama has come in the United States Presidency campaign, it is also disturbing to read articles such as “The South” written by Adam Nossiter of Mobile, Alabama. In this article, Nossiter interviews and handful of ignorant white southerners and questions them regarding Obama actually making it to the White House.
One man actually has the audacity to say that Obama will “cut down the rose bushes and plant a watermelon patch,” clearly a racist comment. Another man makes a comment regarding Obama’s background stating that he’s “half white and the Bible says not to mix breeds.” It makes me wonder what Bible he’s reading or referring to…
While the article is supposed to take a political stance, it does the opposite, it distracts your attention from the issues at hand – that gas prices across the nation are skyrocketing by the day, that people are losing their jobs and being forced to search for avenues of how they are going to support their families, that people that have worked hard and invested their monies in the stock market have recently had to say goodbye to the funds that were going to support them in the future, that we need a leader for this country that is going to put our country back together again. These issues are so much more important than the racial background of Barack Obama. The petty attacks on him aren’t going to aid this country, but will only keep up in the horrible shape we’re currently in.
Adam Nossiter needs to be careful who he interviews in the future…it’s a disgrace for his name to be associated with such trash!
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