The Victimized President
Earlier this week Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and Barack Obama were photographed having what appeared to be a mildly heated exchange on a tarmac outside of Phoenix shortly after Obama's arrival on Air Force One. According to Brewer, Obama was expressing his displeasure over her characterization of a meeting at the Whitehouse where, she said, Obama had lectured her "like a little kid in a classroom" for her views on illegal immigration.
MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry looks at the snapshot and sees evidence of widespread racism:
The fact is, when I see that still, I cannot help but to be reminded of the still photograph that was captured in 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas, of the young woman Hazel screaming at a young Elizabeth Eckford on her way trying to get into Little Rock High School…that image captured all of the ugliness, all of the nastiness of the larger political milieu, and I feel that (the Obama/Brewer) picture does as well.
Americans should think twice about electing another black President until this sort of ridiculousness is expunged from the body politic.
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