• maegul (he/they)@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    Trumpism at its “finest”. Still, Obama’s call for an open convention does open exactly this kind of attack. I’ve certainly BIPOC talk about it as a typically “not really culturally BIPOC” move from Obama that betrays his predominantly white cultural upbringing. Sometimes unity is better than whatever else you have in mind.

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      4 months ago

      … Did you just suggest that Obama isn’t “black enough?”

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        4 months ago

        He’s half African and was raised by his white mother and grandparents. He’s not really culturally ADOS (African descendant of slaves).