FreeDuck wrote:Foxfyre wrote:Even overlooking Ehrenstein's using Wikipedia as his source for a description of the term, does it strike anybody as offensive for Obama to be referenced in this way?
It does me, though not the term "magic negro" in itself. What I find offensive is the idea that a black man cannot be intelligent, sexy, and uninterested in white women (or white people in general) without it somehow being a cooked up plan by the white devil to assuage his own guilt. What a crock!
The "magic negro" character is, almost by definition, a cooked up plan (or character) by a white person (whether or not they qualify as a devil is another matter).
Steven King's use of the "magic negro" is so routine, it's almost comical. Whether or not he uses it is to assuage some sort of "white guilt," is something I will leave to him to rebut or confess.
The gist of the article was not, I believe, that blacks could not have the qualities of the "magic negro" without the presence of a guilt wracked white artist.
Actually, I think Ehrenstein overly expands the archetype with some of his examples, but then the whole notion that white people might like or admire a black person who is not a "sell-out" seems well stuck in his craw.
The very idea that a black person who is liked or admired by white people must be some sort of archetype that is a hair's breadth away from a "darky" in a minstrel show is sad (I'll leave it to others to be offended).
It is also sad that being articulate, inclusive, and not obsessed with race is thought to be reflective of "not being real."
Is Sharpton more "real" than Obama?
Black politicians will forever represent minorities if they subscribe to the twisted idea that they cannot be "real" if they appeal to guilt free whites.
Any white who feels guilty because he or she is attracted to a black candidate who is articulate, inclusive and not obsessed with race is a Liberal (for sure) fool.
This opens a crack to a very interesting possibility: If Sharpton and other influential blacks continue to attack Obama for not being "real" or for being a "magic negro," will the Left eventually turn against Obama to prove their bonafides as supporters of "keepin' it real?"
