Obama to put basketball court in White House

[jitterbug13]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

All the bullisht aside, this has gotten the reacton that it's gotten (not by people in this thread) because:

BASKETBALL = BLACK
BASKETBALL = STREET
BASKETBALL = NONELITE
BASKETBALL = LOWER CLASS
blahzey blah

The Repubs and nonRepubs who have made this into a silly "issue" are using these images because of the threat of a black man, who is a Democrat, possibly becoming POTUS. Politics is never just about politics.

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

EXACTLY. It's also the same thing with Fox News referrring to Michelle Obama as a "baby mama." It's not enough that both Obamas are double-Ivy graduates who have worked at one of the nation's top law firms, or that they're overachievers by anyone's standard. For all that, the media wants to knock them down to look ghetto. I experience it in my daily life, and I'm sick and tired of it.

*applause*

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

I just see the watermelon and chicken jokes coming......

That reminds me...Curious George analogy is rising up in a different form....

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_9587847?source=rss

http://www.thesockobama.com/

I guess you haven't seen the doll, which look more like my five year old cousin in the sun than Obama.

Black Voices story (which includes the doll): http://www.blackvoices.com/blogs/200...y-sock-monkey/

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by jitterbug13

*applause*



I guess you haven't seen the doll, which look more like my five year old cousin in the sun than Obama.

Black Voices story (which includes the doll): http://www.blackvoices.com/blogs/200...y-sock-monkey/

I saw the doll which is why i stated as much and yes, I think it is offensive.