While a significant talking point of right-wing commentators is that race is declining in significance, this course was frequently reversed when they discussed Obama. That is, Obama was often framed as a racially obsessed man, driven to institute draconian measures that would drive the country into a race war or that would, at least, cause a bevy of unfortunate racial interactions. For example, Glenn Beck has constantly framed Obama’s policies and statements as evidence of a secret plan for black reparations. In July of 2009 Beck stated, “This guy [Obama] is not who he says he is. None of his bills, none of his proposals are about what he says they’re about. The health care bill is reparations. It’s the beginning of reparations. He’s going to give—if you want to go into medical school, the medical schools will get more federal dollars if they have proven that they are putting minorities ahead.” The very next day, Beck returned to the theme: Everything getting pushed through Congress—including this health care bill—is transforming America. And it’s all driven by President Obama’s thinking on one idea: reparations. “Oh Glenn, you are crazy! President Obama is against reparations. He said so himself.” Yes, he did say that. What the media conveniently ignores is the reason why he is against them. As I warned before the election, he doesn’t think they go far enough: “I fear that reparations would be an excuse for some to say, ‘We’ve paid our debt’ and to avoid the much harder work.” I had forgotten about Obama’s position on reparations until a couple of days ago. It ties everything together. What is that “harder work”? salon/2014/05/17/fox_news_divisive_race_strategy_how_oreilly_hannity_and_coulter_intentionally_tore_america_apart/?source=newsletter
Posted on: Sat, 17 May 2014 20:49:53 +0000
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