Obama’s Accidental Sister Souljah Moment

Dan Balz, Washington Post

- Barack Obama leads a charmed life. He finally had his Sister Souljah moment and didn’t even have to show up. Jesse Jackson did it for him solo.

Sixteen years ago, Bill Clinton used a Jackson-sponsored forum to rebuke the rap singer for suggesting that black people “have a week and kill white people” rather than each other. Jackson fumed as Clinton made the comments and denounced them later. Politically, Clinton came out such a winner that “Sister Souljah moment” now has its own entry in Wikipedia.

Roll forward to this week and the controversy that is attracting so much attention. Obama did not have to rebuke an important constituency himself to define himself as different from the Jackson-Sharpton wing of the Democratic Party. Being attacked by Jackson was more than enough to get across the point. Whatever people may know or think they know about Obama, they can no longer mistake him as a direct descendant of old-style black politics.

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  • josecanyousee

    There will never be any more real growth in racial tolerance as long as big mouth blacks like Wright, his replacement “preacher”, J.J., or any other of the many bigoted blacks in our midst get a free pass and even praise for their ignorance and hate speech. As a cab driver I found out that (many) African Nationals have a word for black people whose color isn’t black enough. It’s just like the N-word; in fact it’s exactly like the N-word except that blacks use this word on themselves for not being a pure enuogh race! not a black enough colored skin as if that matters! And J.J. has used this type of ignorant slur too (talking about Obama) without media comment. It’s the pure Arian race in reverse! Seriously!! It’s just as Bill Clinton commented in the original “Sister Souljah moment”, because if the word black was replaced with the word white, David Duke could easily be making these remarks. If Jonn Rocker gets the re-education treatment (and I agree he should have had some punishment which he greatly recieved for comments that pale (no pun intended) compared to J.J.’s), then Wright, J.J. and the rest need a full life sentence!! Seriously. How can anyone take the race question seriously with a total double standard that only makes others of different races very mad and wanting to retaliate? We know that Wright, J.J., and the others will only get the Eddy Murphy treatment on Saturday night live with another hymietown skit. I’m an old democrat that’s voting for McCain. Period.

  • josecanyousee

    There will never be any more real growth in racial tolerance as long as big mouth blacks like Wright, his replacement “preacher”, J.J., or any other of the many bigoted blacks in our midst get a free pass and even praise for their ignorance and hate speech. As a cab driver I found out that (many) African Nationals have a word for black people whose color isn’t black enough. It’s just like the N-word; in fact it’s exactly like the N-word except that blacks use this word on themselves for not being a pure enough race! not a black enough colored skin as if that matters! And J.J. has used this type of ignorant slur too in english (talking about Obama) without much media comment. It’s the Pure Arian race-in reverse! Seriously!! It’s exactly as Bill Clinton commented on in the original “Sister Souljah moment”, because if the word black would be replaced with the word white, David Duke could easily be making the comments. If John Rocker gets the “re-education” treatment (and I agree he should have had some punishment which he greatly recieved for comments that pale (no pun intended) compared to J.J.’s,) then Wright, J.J., and all the rest need a full life sentence!! Seriously. How can anyone take the race situation seriously for a moment while there’s a total double standard that only makes others of different races feeling very mad and wanting to retaliate? We know that Wright, J.J. and the others will only get the Eddy Murphy treatment on Saturday Night Live with another “Hymietown” skit. And Geraldine Ferraro is the racist!! In reverse fantasy land! I’m an old time democrat that’s voting for McCain. Period!!

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