How do you measure "Blackness".
How do you measure "Whiteness".
I submit that the Debate Itself is the racism. It is a filibuster designed to exclude.
It is a hurdle of indeterminate height, in a race with no finish line. This race cannot be won or lost, only run endlessly. The only winners are the ones who comment on it for profit and those who would sow the seeds of doubt.
Those who exploit this Endless Race for gain are racists, exploiters, and shameful.
How many Angels can dance on the head of a pin?
How Black is Barack Obama?
The media and the right wing noise machine have created a distraction, a straw man construct. This is of course their function. Every time it is invoked, it is racism.
It is exclusion. Every minute of Airtime devoted to this endless chatter is a minute stolen from a black candidate. Every time a needless question is broached it is a robbery of opportunity to define a stance on the issues that matter.
It is a systematic attempt to undermine Barack. It is an effort to force him to waste the precious time in the public eye affirming what is both obvious yet cannot be clearly defined. This allows anyone who can speak or type the license and expertise necessary to attack Barack Obama.
After all, we are all qualified to debate how many angels it would take.
This allows for the lowest and hungriest of the media carrion eaters to have a voice. They can never be disproven, or affirmed—making all who want to make a few dollars an instant expert.
The debate is fueled by cash and opportunism. They have covered their straw man in honey and gold. Anyone who wants a taste need only question the man, a question that has no answer. This is how it is organized. The greed attracts the chatter and the flies.
Whenever you see this debate, know that its very existence is racism. Know that it is a clandestine filibuster designed to exclude a voice. Know that whoever engages it is a dupe, or a profiteer.
The Debate is the Racism.