"African-Americans For Obama"

[drblasphlemy.livejournal.com]

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/02/02/obama_announces_2012_launch_of_african-americans_for_obama.html

I got an email this afternoon telling me about this new Obama campaign tactic.

How is this ok in America today?

How is this not racist? What do you supposed would happen if Romney announced a “White Americans for Romney”?

He’d be crucified yet it’s perfectly acceptable for Obama?

Please explain to me why this is ok for a black president but no white in this country could ever do this?

Comments

[404.livejournal.com]

Not the greatest links, I didn't read the whole page, but the fact still remains that free blacks owned slaves in the south.

Here is a better page about the demographics of slave owners:
http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/wahl.slavery.us

[yes-justice.livejournal.com]

Yes. How many of those slaves where white?

[404.livejournal.com]

Less than none, but that's not the point at hand.

[yes-justice.livejournal.com]

The point at hand is that there historically an asymmetrical relationship between whites and blacks in America. It means we accept groups like "african americans for...." more readily than "white nationalists for...".