But the whole game is based on a deep ignorance, and arrogance–an inability to confess how little they know about race. It really is the twisted vestiges of segregation that allow Obama to stand up in front of a bunch of black Democrats, and say something as banal and qualified as “The scourge of anti-Semitism, at times, revealed itself in our communities” and then get credit. It’s what allows Obama to say what black mothers have been saying for three decades now, and garner applause.
White people should demand a little more. (bold in original)
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