Comments on: Obama’s Ads Too ‘Black’ http://separate-equal.net/?p=169 Start off with a joke. Everyone’s seen that line in every public speaking book they’ve ever read. While a good idea perhaps, as it disarms and invites a cautious audience, I fear it’s done little more than flood every nickel and dime conference, wedding reception, and graduation ceremony, with a flurry of bad jokes. Blackline hopes to build on that solid foundation of bad comedy. Perhaps the greatest obstacle in our national dialogue on race, is the inherent fear we have of discussing it. Blackline addresses this problem head on, serving as the opening joke to the nation’s ongoing racial discourse. And believe me… most of it will indeed be terrible. -Lerone D. Wilson Blackline Executive Editor Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:27:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: tate http://separate-equal.net/?p=169&cpage=1#comment-185 tate Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:12:39 +0000 http://separate-equal.net/?p=169#comment-185 yeah, it's ok if obama does it. yeah, it’s ok if obama does it.

]]> By: Tarah Sweeney http://separate-equal.net/?p=169&cpage=1#comment-58 Tarah Sweeney Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:32:15 +0000 http://separate-equal.net/?p=169#comment-58 Uneek, that's a very well observed point you raise there! Uneek, that’s a very well observed point you raise there!

]]> By: Tarah Sweeney http://separate-equal.net/?p=169&cpage=1#comment-57 Tarah Sweeney Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:31:26 +0000 http://separate-equal.net/?p=169#comment-57 Um ... I'm not American, so perhaps I'm not one to speak, but I also don't really think it's demeaning. In fact, I quite liked the mellow sounds! At the risk of sounding ignorant, I don't know much about this campaign, other than Obama being of mixed-race and that there was a furore over his winning. He looks like an interesting candidate to me, even though I've heard people worry he is too conservative. Um … I’m not American, so perhaps I’m not one to speak, but I also don’t really think it’s demeaning. In fact, I quite liked the mellow sounds!

At the risk of sounding ignorant, I don’t know much about this campaign, other than Obama being of mixed-race and that there was a furore over his winning.

He looks like an interesting candidate to me, even though I’ve heard people worry he is too conservative.

]]> By: uneek http://separate-equal.net/?p=169&cpage=1#comment-40 uneek Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:14:05 +0000 http://separate-equal.net/?p=169#comment-40 just leave barack alone....the man is running a race in a white world were most blacks wish they were white themselves....its ok that he appeals to whomever in his ads...he has too!!! just leave barack alone….the man is running a race in a white world were most blacks wish they were white themselves….its ok that he appeals to whomever in his ads…he has too!!!

]]> By: brandnew http://separate-equal.net/?p=169&cpage=1#comment-39 brandnew Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:03:28 +0000 http://separate-equal.net/?p=169#comment-39 I believe Obama is a strong candidate. I dont believe that he is wrong for catering to issues prevalent in the black community. I believe Obama is a strong candidate.
I dont believe that he is wrong for catering to issues prevalent in the black community.

]]> By: nancy rosow http://separate-equal.net/?p=169&cpage=1#comment-37 nancy rosow Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:13:21 +0000 http://separate-equal.net/?p=169#comment-37 I don't think it's demeaning either. In order to reach your audience, you have to let them know you have something in common with them. Because Barack went to Harvard doesn't mean he wasn't raised in a single parent home with the help of his grandparents. If he seems "broader" than some people, it's because he is. Don't dislike him for his strengths. I don’t think it’s demeaning either. In order to reach your audience, you have to let them know you have something in common with them. Because Barack went to Harvard doesn’t mean he wasn’t raised in a single parent home with the help of his grandparents. If he seems “broader” than some people, it’s because he is.

Don’t dislike him for his strengths.

]]> By: G.D. http://separate-equal.net/?p=169&cpage=1#comment-36 G.D. Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:26:30 +0000 http://separate-equal.net/?p=169#comment-36 @ Wendell: "But stereotypes do come from somewhere." Come on. Really? Stereotypes are inherently limiting; they *always* take away the full humanity of the group being stereotype. Their only purpose is to justify treating or dealing with members of Stereotyped Group X in a certain way. We shouldn't be riding for them because they make us comfortable in some instances. @Lerone: That said, this conversation overlaps a little with the brouhaha surrounding Bob Garfield's column in Ad Age about 'acceptable blackness'. Obama has run a campaign that has actively avoided nakedly racial appeals, and now he has to target S.C.'s large black electorate without calling on them by name. Look for some fake, Clinton-style blaccent over the coming few days. @ Wendell:

“But stereotypes do come from somewhere.”

Come on. Really? Stereotypes are inherently limiting; they *always* take away the full humanity of the group being stereotype. Their only purpose is to justify treating or dealing with members of Stereotyped Group X in a certain way. We shouldn’t be riding for them because they make us comfortable in some instances.

@Lerone: That said, this conversation overlaps a little with the brouhaha surrounding Bob Garfield’s column in Ad Age about ‘acceptable blackness’. Obama has run a campaign that has actively avoided nakedly racial appeals, and now he has to target S.C.’s large black electorate without calling on them by name. Look for some fake, Clinton-style blaccent over the coming few days.

]]> By: Wendell Marsh http://separate-equal.net/?p=169&cpage=1#comment-30 Wendell Marsh Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:02:42 +0000 http://separate-equal.net/?p=169#comment-30 I don't think that it is demeaning. I politician has to cater to his audience. Just like a republican candidate gearing his message of agriculture reform in the Midwest and emphasizing tax cuts for the rich at a swank party, Obama addresses his audience. It is the "rhetorical situation." Stereotypes can be really unfortunate, especially when they are limiting. But stereotypes do come from somewhere. I know before I went vegetarian, I loved my Fried Chicken and when a fresh crop of in-season watermelon comes out, it's a family event. So when is it a "stereotype" and when is it more or less a prevalent occurrence in a cultural group that you have to account for?. Obama is smart for speaking in the "language" of who he is addressing. I prefer the slick rhythm and blues vibe. It says that he cares enough about my vote to cater to me. I don’t think that it is demeaning. I politician has to cater to his audience. Just like a republican candidate gearing his message of agriculture reform in the Midwest and emphasizing tax cuts for the rich at a swank party, Obama addresses his audience. It is the “rhetorical situation.” Stereotypes can be really unfortunate, especially when they are limiting. But stereotypes do come from somewhere. I know before I went vegetarian, I loved my Fried Chicken and when a fresh crop of in-season watermelon comes out, it’s a family event. So when is it a “stereotype” and when is it more or less a prevalent occurrence in a cultural group that you have to account for?. Obama is smart for speaking in the “language” of who he is addressing. I prefer the slick rhythm and blues vibe. It says that he cares enough about my vote to cater to me.

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