Shelby Steele on President-Elect Obama

Shelby Steele says Barack Obama won the presidential election by successfully basing his candidacy on race. We know very little about the content of Barack Obama's character, although we will come to know it with every decision he makes as president. Obama represented an opportunity for white voters to dispel the stigma that this is a racist country. Black voters, by contrast, voted for Obama to dispel the idea that they are inferior. Either way, the November elections revealed how this country is obsessed by race.

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[MyTotalRemedy]

In the other video, he bullcraps at the end about Powell. Powell doesn't have loyalty.

[MyTotalRemedy]

No. Powell is a liberal-leftist who loves Obama because they agree on so much. On The Issues also identifies his policies as liberal, since he's so scared of conservative views.

They're both terrible.

[MyTotalRemedy]

@charlene12341234

What have you been smoking?

[NitajView]

As a not white person myself, I could not be more agree with Mr Steele than I could be with anyone else’s views on race.

[JimBowie1133]

"chose to be black"?? Dr. Steele must understand that in the usa a man with any African heritage is identified as black. There's no choice. No one of black heritage is ever accepted as a member of the white in-group.

[Aphoresis]

@jollysincere

Well...you could have added that Barack Obama has proven that you don't need to be senile to be incompetent.

[stephenabm]

Obama has proven to be an elitist / insider and has been a horrible president.

[1879gym]

@HanStanwell Intellectual rubbish by a slick opportunist, who’s degreed and has an excellent authoritative disposition. Actually his intent is working even though he wrote a worthless book (which is a huge joke!), but he is making a hunger group of anger men within the popular culture feel better while profiting. At 13:20 he begins to tell you what’s in his heart and the struggle that has perverted his mind

[1879gym]

: Dr Steele knows full well that Obama’s Mother would have been well received and embraced in Rev Wright’s church. Steele knows better but the truth doesn’t fit his hype. Don’t be naive listing to this nonsense.

[jollysincere]

@gkraychik The ward connelly's and shelby Steels's of the world are the one with deep inner demons and only God's knows what else. Here is a man who openly admits to voting for a senile fool like McCain, and placing a complete idiot like Sarah Palin a heartbeat away from the presidency. Need i say more.