tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330039258193454269.post7481703988036463071..comments2023-06-15T08:31:35.030-07:00Comments on Double Consciousness: Obama, 'Black Man' With AuthorityJack Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05349703689965815558noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330039258193454269.post-68855424588799898962008-04-17T20:41:00.000-07:002008-04-17T20:41:00.000-07:00I recently wrote about this very subject on my blo...I recently wrote about this very subject on my blog entitled: "The Audacity of Being Smarty Pants"<BR/><BR/>I may have been part of the minority that viewed HOW Obama described Small Time America as being "bitter" but the feeling of people in urual America are that which is not favorable towards the Federal Government. The "elitism" lable was not voiced towards Obama's economic status but more so toward his Academic Analyst of the People to those far removed fom them; Wealthy Fundraisers in California. That set up what I'd like to call a Political Behind The Back Stab. People in Central Pennsylviania felt that Obama came, visited, left and then talked negatively about the poor mountain/farm folk. Although this was not true, the perception was just that.<BR/><BR/>Economics and Race is so closely tied that you have to walk lightly when connecting people, regions and politics. I personally did not see any "controvery" and "elitism" with what he said (then again I am not from Small Town America and i am well educated) nor did I see a issue with Obama's skin color but people will see more a problem with is past education. The elitism is in his ability to Speak and speak with what the title of this posting is ... "authority".<BR/><BR/>No people/grouping in America likes to be anaylize, especially for their faults. That is what Obama did. As much as his theories might be true, as a Politician, it isn't his place to say this. This is why you have advisors. Second, if this is what Obama feels, he needed to have kept it personal and or personable with the people he needed to be talking to ... Small Town America where everything is personal in Love, War and Politics.the poet Shazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338037314941958216noreply@blogger.com