{"id":293,"date":"2014-11-24T11:16:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T11:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2014\/11\/race-religion-and-the-search-for-equality-in-a-post-obama-america.html"},"modified":"2014-11-24T11:16:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T11:16:00","slug":"race-religion-and-the-search-for-equality-in-a-post-obama-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2014\/11\/race-religion-and-the-search-for-equality-in-a-post-obama-america.html","title":{"rendered":"Race, Religion and the Search for Equality in a Post-Obama America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
The worst part of the racist backlash to Obama\u2019s presidency isn\u2019t seen in comments such as\u00a0these<\/a>, made on Fox News\u2019 web site recently. The breakdown of any race- or gender-driven barrier intensifies bigotry, so a certain amount of vestigial racism was to be expected with the election of an African-American to the highest office in the land. Far worse is how quickly the certain right-wing zealots, and their equally racist compatriots in the media, succeeded in\u00a0mainstreaming Obama\u2019s \u201cotherness<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
By incessantly\u00a0attacking his birthplace and religion<\/a>, the right made it commonplace to cast doubt on Obama\u2019s motives as those of an outsider who doesn\u2019t have America\u2019s best interest at heart. So quickly was this done that\u00a0benign inspirational words<\/a>\u00a0from his victory speech \u2014 before he had even been sworn in \u2014 were used to brand Obama has anti-America. Suddenly, the duly elected president of the United States was nothing more than another\u00a0angry black man<\/a>\u00a0with a chip on his shoulder. It didn\u2019t have to be this way.<\/span><\/div>\n
As recently as the 2008 campaign, when a right-wing radio host repeatedly used Obama\u2019s middle name to disparage him, John McCain did the until-then-expected thing of any credible presidential candidate. He spoke up in defense of his opponent and said this:<\/span><\/div>\n
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Whatever suggestion was made that was in any way disparaging to the integrity, character [or] honesty of either Sen. Obama or Sen. Clinton was wrong, and I condemn it. I absolutely repudiate such comments, and again, I will take responsibility. It will never happen again.<\/span><\/div>\n
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But, once the\u00a0lynching began<\/a>, it was both unstoppable and effective. By the 2012 campaign, GOP candidates were openly embracing the \u201coutsider\u201d attacks, rather than condemning its racist roots.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The worst part of the racist backlash to Obama\u2019s presidency isn\u2019t seen in comments such as\u00a0these, made on Fox News\u2019 web site recently. The breakdown of any race- or gender-driven barrier intensifies bigotry, so a certain amount of vestigial racism was to be expected with the election of an African-American to the highest office in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nRace, Religion and the Search for Equality in a Post-Obama America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The worst part of the racist backlash to Obama's presidency isn't seen in comments such as these, made on Fox News' web site recently. 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