{"id":1426,"date":"2008-10-12T21:08:19","date_gmt":"2008-10-13T01:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=1426"},"modified":"2008-10-12T21:08:19","modified_gmt":"2008-10-13T01:08:19","slug":"republican-racism-my-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/10\/12\/republican-racism-my-neighborhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Racism & My Neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone on my street who had an Obama sign in their yard received a copy of this letter:<\/p>\n

Dear Neighbor:<\/p>\n

Please don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t take this the wrong way, but a friend has recommended that I reach out to you about a problem that you may be having<\/strong> but may not be aware of: Have you ever considered whether your ostentatious support for Senator Barack Obama<\/strong> is really a disguise<\/strong> that hides a deeply anchored form of racism towards Black-Americans<\/strong>?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And it goes on and on like that.\u00c2\u00a0 A neighbor who writes for the Washington Independent has the whole letter here<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m not angry about it – it’s more pathetic than anything else, really.\u00c2\u00a0 If anything, it stoked some fires.\u00c2\u00a0 It sure pissed off my neighbor Jack, a 70-something vet who is four-square in Obama’s corner.\u00c2\u00a0 He went out and put up more Obama signs after getting his.\u00c2\u00a0 Keep it up, guys.\u00c2\u00a0 But after you lose?\u00c2\u00a0 Please go away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Everyone on my street who had an Obama sign in their yard received a copy of this letter: Dear Neighbor: Please don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t take this the wrong way, but a friend has recommended that I reach out to you about a problem that you may be having but may not be aware of: Have you ever […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-virginia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t