Between Barack and a Hard Place Pt. 1

A lot of people in America viewed Barack Obama's presidential victory as a major step towards racial equality in America, and in a sense, it was. However, this doesn't mean that racism has been defeated, which is obvious when you look at the numbers on employment, incarceration, and even housing. What's even worse is that Obama's victory could be seen as a new form of racism, where only African Americans who meet a certain set of standards are deemed acceptable. Air America's Mike Papantonio talks with author Time Wise about what Obama's victory really means for race relations in America.

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News & Politics

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• Barack Obama
• Racism
• Racist
• Sarah Palin
• John McCain
• Black
• White Supremacist
• Dave Chappelle
• Actor
• KKK
• SPLC
• Tim Wise
• Mike Papantonio
• Air America Radio
• Ring of Fire
• GoLeftTV
• GoLeft.tv

[DaHonestAbe]

Tim Wise is great!

[buckeyefan05]

Oh my god I love Tim WIse's work. Especially "White Privilege". Thanks for doin' this interview!

[leifsoren]

How can you like his work and yet support white privilege number one and it really bothers mean that you pretend it is false by putting it in quotes number two.

[Pentazoid111]

I am going to laugh my ass off at Tim wise if this Al greene person becomes US senator.

[emzzdad]

Time to take ya hoodies off....Emzdad as in Eminem's father

[DougW333]

Obama is not a real black American. He is like a foreign exchange student who stayed. People loathe him for his ideas and his background, which has zero to do with the American black experience coming out of slavery days. Do your homework people before you are impressed with this nitwit and the worthless interviewer. This has nothing to do with style or affect. Altogether a total baloney pseudo intellectual.

[Childrenscneterh]

Tim Wise rocks! Break it down to them Tim.

[AmAfrican]

If you are looking for a good book to read, get the book by Tim Wise: Between Barack and a hard place- Racism and White Denial in a age of Obama 13.95 paperback

This book is well written and articulates what we all know is really going on.

[Frackin64]

This is great, but we should consider that it's easier for someone who went to Harvard to become president whether they're exceptional or mediocre.