With ya on this one Steve. That’s offensive on all kinds of levels.

There is a point made here, however clumsily. Different people are held to different standards. Perhaps, it shouldn’t be that way, but it is. A woman generally scores no points for a foul and filthy mouth, and too much aggressiveness in a woman is often construed as, well you know …. If Ms. Haley is South Carolina were a man, no one would have tiptoed around the adultery stories. If a White man gets angry, the benefit of the doubt is generally afforded, and it is righteous indignation. If an African-American man gets angry, it is threatening. None of this should be true, but I think we all know it is.

ditto… repulsive headlines. CNN is so disconnected with this one on so many levels. No wonder they’re going down the drain.

RRK… thats royal bullshit. If any man, black, white, purple, green… displays emotional anger with level headed maturity then no one is held to a different standard. There’s showing anger and then there are immature, angry tantrums… there’s a big difference. Men of any color are just as scary as anyone else if they’re emotionally immature when venting their anger. This whole conversation is utterly ridiculous.

This is silly. I thought CNN was better than this.

Since hiding emotions is a symptom of psychopathy, I’d be more worried about someone who couldn’t display anger.

Ridiculous. No wonder we can never get past race in this country. The media love it, it sales newspapers and advertising I guess.

I have seen my father display anger maybe twice. He’s doing just fine.

Political Rhetoric, it’s hard to escape.

Oh Steve Krakauer, I thought you showed genuine emotion and caring about CNN covering and the professor’s hyperbole. Genuine, not staged, not planned, not reactionary to criticism, not a tactical play towards a strategy, not disingenious.

Geniune emotion and care. Thanks

Typical for CNN! They are irrelevant, anymore!

Obama is 43.75% ARAB, 50% WHITE and only 6.25% BLACK

It’s amazing how the left continually stereotypes black people. We see it with this CNN headline as we saw it with the reaction to the Drudge headline. Clear thinking people didn’t read anything racial into the Drudge headline just as clear thinking people wouldn’t think to be “scared” if Pres. Obama showed some anger. However, when people on the left see this, they immediately think of things in terms of black stereotypes. Why do lefties immediately think of negative stereotypes when it comes to black people. Why are they incapable of looking at anything other than the color of one’s skin? There are tons of examples. From Norah O’Donnell to Chris Mathews to Bathtub boy. Very disturbing.

Yes Drudge’s headlines are always on the level and totally respectful.

President Obama is the President of the United States of America. I don’t care what color/gender the President is. The responsibilities are the same. The leader of of a group eventually has responsibility…this particular group is the consensus of the American people.

Nobody asks for fealty…you don’t have to bow in his presence, This is nothing new…just diversionary tactics. The President is just a titular head of state and other people run the government.

This has nothing to do with race. It has everything to do with Media questions that keep the questioners in the news.

You guys do seem like a pack of dogs willing to go for scraps or rolling over if someone asked you to.

And yet, occasionally, a story breaks out.

I’ll just take that in 1 breath and see how that goes.

TRRK: ” None of this should be true, but I think we all know it is.”

Uhhh, no we don’t. YOU see race in everything, I don’t. That’s a defect in YOUR character pal.

lonestar77,

Good point. When I see these things, I immediately think that the person writing it or spewing it has some underlying bigotry. I think that it is CNN, or more precisely, many of the editors/ reporters that have some form of latent prejudice. They feel guilty about it so they over compensate.

This site thrives on controversy, yet I do see some serious thoughts both in the columnists opinions and in the forums…

Y’all should be a little practical. If you use innuendo and controversial headlines…you’ll get hits. There is an open front row chair in the White House Press room and Andrew Sullivan asked why shouldn’t a blogger be allowed that right.

That’s a thought.

If I’m not mistaken…this is whole reaction of journalists/pundits came from a Drudge headline.

I know this is a gossipy/commentary media site…take a step up above the fray.

I tend to think CNN’s article and Professor Ambar’s angle on this is more political tactics and not primarily invoking race. Race with the professor and maybe CNN is just the tactic or political tool used to deflect criticism, turn a polling negative to a positive event, demonize political ‘opponents’ and to keep political voting blocks ‘in line’.

It’s just simple tactics to manipulate public opinion towards or against a President, congress member, political force, political party and ideology and at the same time energize voters, donors etc. To invoke race as merely a tactic to ‘defeat or injure’ the other side is pathetic.

It’s manipulation of public opinion. It happens everyday for power, ratings, revenue and income

The politically incorrect topic, perhaps, which no one in the media has the nerve to address, imo, is how slavery in America, most likely affects blacks differently than whites, in their respective perceptions of America. While many whites may view America in a positive aspect, as symbolic of our Independence from Great Britain, I’m quite sure that the black experience in America, has had more of a negative impact, due to the enslavement of blacks. Based simply on differing perceptions of America, this may explain why George W Bush and other white presidents, were more agressive in their approach to governance, while Obama is more passive. Just my own theory, of course.

DON’T BE SCARING THE WHITE FOLKS BARRY-PULL YER DRAWERS UP SON!

CNN is obsessed with black people. Lots of black anchors, black specials, everything is black and black to them.

@RazorsEdge:

It’s manipulation of public opinion. It happens everyday for power, ratings, revenue and income
and @Ann Smith has her point.

The representative can’t always be responsible for every goal that they promised.

It would be refreshing if our elected officials just actually told the truth.

Uh, oh…I’m from the South!

Seriously, why do I get judged because of someones’ values? When were y’all last in the South?
Hailey Barbour isn’t the only Southern voice. Joe Liebermann makes me wonder about Northern politics.

I would be anxious about any kick butt angry man bringing a gun.

The Real Royal King says:
June 9, 2010 at 2:36 pm

“A woman generally scores no points for a foul and filthy mouth …..”

I’m sure that this isn’t a dig at both sarainitaly and Steve Krakauer.

This is CNN and this is why they have fewer and fewer viewers.

This is just another case of the left seeing racism where it isn’t. I’m with Lonestar77, when I saw the headline on drudge, I never once thought about a scary, black man.

Liberty – Not Redistribution says:
June 9, 2010 at 2:57 pm
Ridiculous. No wonder we can never get past race in this country. The media love it, it sales newspapers and advertising I guess.

Amen, LNR. But it’s not just the media, I blame the Dem party for this (although the media and the dem party are one in the same nowadays). I’m not saying all Dem’s play on the race war, but I don’t think you can deny that people like sharpton and jackson exist because they push the race war. If the race war ends, then people might realize that they don’t need gov’t to take care of them and then where does that leave the the Dem party? Their whole flatform is, you can’t do it on your own, you need us to take care of you because the system is rigged against you. It’s sad, but true. If it weren’t true, every little criticism of Obama wouldn’t be labeled as racist.

Once a Headline is posited…doesn’t where…why does ideology have to kick in?

Kick ass means to me as an Irish/Scot…1st thing I thought was the Rolling Stones song….”Street Fighting Man”.
Obviously, the phrase means different things to different people in different generations.

My point is that the Prez shouldn’t have to articulate his anger that way….and if he does….he should do it better.
Also, it is an easy problem to blame….I’ll still stick with my “pack of dogs” analogy…the Media just looks for blood.

Where is his chief of staff?

In any business…you have to be responsible. Someone has to own up…the longer, you wait…the worse it gets.
Transperancy? This whole mess will happen again somewhere else and I’m personally tired of excuses.

You don’t have the government suborn the guilty party. That won’t work. You can’t ignore what is happening or “wish it away”.

Do you just elect people that that have the best public credibility?

That is what change is…it only stops when the issue has an effect on you…personally.

whooo….I’m conservative.

I am conservative….that’s what irritates me.

As a black man I can say it’s true their is the stereotype of the “angry black man”, but I think it’s not a matter of us sometimes being angry. From my experience it really refers to those of that walk around with a chip on our shoulders.

That is a fair comment zepfan81.

I look at our Prez as our leader. it’s a pain in the butt if you constantly have to apologize because you disagree.

I look at President Obama as a leader…period.

I disagree with him…but race doesn’t come in to my disagreements.

A lot of people have missed this, and it gets argued.

Sometimes you disagree with the person and their political moves.

“Who would have ever expected some white Americans to demand that an African-American man show more rage?”

Who, besides Bill Maher, was demanding that an African American show more rage?

As I recall, people were asking that the President of the United States show some passion and anger over the oil spill. In other words, show that he gives a rats a**, not act indifferent and as if it is an annoyance, interrupting his scheduled parties and concerts. Where were the specific requests for “anger from a black guy?”

Once again, all some on the Left seems to see is Obama’s skin color. obsession!

zepfan81 says:
June 9, 2010 at 10:30 pm
As a black man I can say it’s true their is the stereotype of the “angry black man”

Who perpetuates that stereotype? If you ask me, it’s Hollywood. You can’t escape that stereotype in movies, tv and music.

I find it so hypocritical that (mostly liberal) Hollywood continuously perpetuates that stereotype but turns around and accuses Conservatives of holding those perceptions.

MichelleF says:
June 9, 2010 at 5:53 pm
How did I know you’d be here spreading your biased unbased ilk again? Historically democrats have had lower unemployment among minorities and lower welfare roles. Carter and Clinton lower, under Republicans they go up. As a matter of fact wasn’t Carter trying to enact welfare reform? Didn’t Clinton actually succeed in enacting welfare reform? Under Carter’s plan weren’t more people going to have to work? Didn’t Clinton have the lowest minority unemployment on record? Yeah, they did. Doesn’t Clinton hold the record for the most jobs created under a single administration; 22.5 million? Why yes, he does. Let’s look at the competition; Reagan 16.5 million Bush Jr 4.8 million net jobs. Bush Sr. 7.8% unemployment, the highest at the time since 1984 when, omg, Reagan was in office. Let’s go back a little further to Kennedy; loosened tight fiscal policies of Eisenhower resulting in swift economic growth, low inflation & interest rates, 5.5% gdp growth, longest growth period in modern times past his own presidency, a feat not topped since!!! This is the side which blacks throw their support behind, these are the people we support, if these guys are the ones continuing the race war and keeping us down, the ones that aren’t serving our interests I’d hate to see what your party has to offer given the fact that dependence on gov’t programs rises under them. And by the way, those same things that you say about Sharpton and Jackson were perpetrated against Dr. King, W.E.B. DuBois, Marcus Garvey and A. Philip Randolph during their lifetimes. The only one who did not recieve such treatment was conservative Booker T. Washington, unfortunately, he didn’t leave as much of an impact as the rest. Also it’s not that every criticism of Obama is labeled as racist, but when you hate the man no matter how much he panders to your side, when you have PREACHERS praying for his death, and constant denial of his benefits yes there is a deeper motivation behind it and the most obvious one is racial. “Obama goes street”? Come on here, get your head out of the sand!!!!!
And as long as you continue to spread this simply false opinion, I shall continue to respond.

sarainitaly says:
June 10, 2010 at 5:33 am
Really? I’m curious as to where you get that from.

As for your conservatives aspect, I turn you to Lee Atwater, the true founder of the modern conservative movement:
You start out in 1954 by saying, “N*gger, n*gger, n*gger.” By 1968 you can’t say “n*gger” — that hurts you. Backfires. So you say stuff like forced busing, states’ rights and all that stuff. You’re getting so abstract now [that] you’re talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you’re talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is [that] blacks get hurt worse than whites. And subconsciously maybe that is part of it. I’m not saying that. But I’m saying that if it is getting that abstract, and that coded, that we are doing away with the racial problem one way or the other. You follow me — because obviously sitting around saying, “We want to cut this,” is much more abstract than even the busing thing, and a hell of a lot more abstract than “N*gger, n*gger.”

The_Reasonable_Lib says:
June 10, 2010 at 9:43 am
sarainitaly says:
June 10, 2010 at 5:33 am
Really? I’m curious as to where you get that from.

Where do I get the idea that (liberal) Hollywood perpetuates the angry black man stereotype? Or that liberals perpetuate the stereotype that they accuse Conservatives of holding?

Seriously? You don’t think that Hollywood feeds the angry black man or violent stereotype through tv, film and music?

You don’t think that liberals accuse Conservative of stereotyping minorities, while perpetuating the stereotypes themselves? Look at Bill Maher with his “i thought we were electing a real black man as president, one who carries a gun (paraphrasing)” But he turns around and calls Conservatives racist, for…you name it, he calls them racist.