Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Pandering to The Elephant in the Room




Readers of this blog are familiar with the Elephant metaphor constructed in so many posts on this site.  The Elephant in the American room is race.   The  social construction of race in America intertwines issues of intelligence, economics, civilisation and integrity between Europeans and many post-modern "others".  The sharpest dichotomy between races exist between blacks and whites in America.  Also,  side note, the genius who scheduled a Republican debate on MLK Day deserves a steak dinner.

The public display of racial pandering that exists in the Republican primaries is predictable, unfortunate and telling.  The racial undercurrent  running through the Republican Primaries is a clear indication of the effectiveness of the Southern Strategy of the post-modern Republican party.  Rachel Maddow's clip illustrates how the Elephant is now sitting at the table.  Know who else is sitting at the table with Ms. Maddow?  Reverend Al Sharpton, that's who.  He actually makes some good points.
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