tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233217762125074861.post6964066515073321113..comments2023-10-14T04:04:08.325-04:00Comments on Black and Progressive Sociologists for Obama: Media Matters on the Shirley Sherrod Liie!!!RGNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10319902054540665217noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233217762125074861.post-58491635459541279902010-07-21T17:53:22.310-04:002010-07-21T17:53:22.310-04:00Many are claiming that FOX News and the right are ...Many are claiming that FOX News and the right are waging war on Obama because he is black. I see that as likely true. But also important is this sense of white entitlement that is permeating much of the nation's consciousness. <br /><br />Whites, through the voice of conservatives, are afraid. They're afraid of what it might mean to get less. The idea of becoming a minority and witnessing a fundamental change of the long-existing power structure, which they have benefitted from since the days of early colonialism, scares the $hit out of them.<br /><br />This is what motivates people like Breitbar and Fox News. On the other hand, what is motivating people like Vilsack and the Obama administration is cowardice.Gregghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16377898316671014952noreply@blogger.com