Fox News goes there. I can't say it any better than this:To everybody who cares about Obama’s racial identity, either positively or negatively, the man is a black man, married to a black woman, who has black children. Black black black black black black black black.
It sure as hell matters to Fox News, which is why it’s dog whistling about Barack so loudly that it’s vibrating the windows.
Calling Michelle Obama a “baby mama” isn’t just Fox News having a happy casual larf; it’s using urban slang to
a) remind you the Obamas are black,
b) belittle a woman of considerable personal accomplishment, and
c) frame Barack Obama’s relationship to his wife and children in a way that insults him, minimizes his love for and commitment to his family, and reinforces stereotypes about black men.
Someone at Fox News just ought to call Barack Obama “boy” at some point so we can have all the cards right out there on the table.
Or "nigger", perhaps. It really is quite curious.
Racist is as racist does.
Still, there's only one question I'd like answered.
Will all the White women who hollered about the sexism thrown at Hillary please stand up for Michelle Obama? Hey, Geraldine! I'm hearing crickets!
John Ridley says that if attacks on Michelle Obama are all the GOP has, they really have nothing.
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