Student Paper Reports at Obama Event - "We need more white people!" (1 Viewer)

[Saint Mike]

For some reason, this Eddie Murphy SNL skit came to mind:

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[SaintsFan11]

Student Paper Reports at Obama Event - "We need more white people!"

I've been saying this for years.

 

[Doobsdemons]

For some reason THIS came to mind

with apologies to the late, great Cleavon Little

<br><img src=http://www.triviatribute.com/images4/cleavonlittle2.jpg> "Where the white wimmen at?"

 

[RABDOG]

although his talk may be considered somewhat radical, the machine behind the facade is that of a US Senator from Illinois...carefully crafted image and spin merchants, one and all.

Wink and a nod. I'm cool with that.

i don't know about the so-called "facade"...barack wasn't even there...michelle was even out there yet...you got 1,000's of people campaining for you and you can't control every thought, action, or word they say...when you can show me where barack said something like that then and only then can you use words like "facade"

 

[DadsDream]

i don't know about the so-called "facade"...barack wasn't even there...michelle was even out there yet...you got 1,000's of people campaining for you and you can't control every thought, action, or word they say...when you can show me where barack said something like that then and only then can you use words like "facade"

I meant the facade of the campaign image, not the man himself.

As others have noted here, selecting the background audience for maximum photographic effect and message is a standard practice by the staff in most political campaigns.

Moreover, the African-American community is rightly excited about this campaign and people would push forward to be in the group that gets in the picture and be a part of history. That's perfectly understandable and perfectly predictable.

It's also understandable and predictable that the campaign managers and image handlers would prefer a more diverse background group of people in the photo. They're responsible for public perception and would have to sort things out to create an image that is in keeping with the message of diversity.

What makes it different this time is that a campaign handlers actually spoke the directions out loud, sorting people by race, where the students could hear them and a college newspaper reported it.

It's a little peek behind the scenes that we seldom get.

 

[Zardnok]

To an Asian girl sitting in the back row, one coordinator said, &#8220;We&#8217;re moving you, sorry. It&#8217;s going to look so pretty, though.&#8221;

So the Obama campaign is racist against Asians and doesn't think they are pretty??

/duck

 

[DadsDream]

To an Asian girl sitting in the back row, one coordinator said, “We’re moving you, sorry. It’s going to look so pretty, though.”

So the Obama campaign is racist against Asians and doesn't think they are pretty??

/duck

1st rule of group photography: Short people go in the front...taller people in the back, so all the faces will be seen.

 

[jpcdolphan]

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The Tartan’s correspondents observed one event coordinator say to another, “Get me more white people, we need more white people.” To an Asian girl sitting in the back row, one coordinator said, “We’re moving you, sorry. It’s going to look so pretty, though"

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Well, when I go to any parties, I always feel that they need more Asian women around, so I guess all of this sort of stuff evens out in the end.

 

[SoonerJim]

We're a visually oriented TV age society with the attention span of a fruitfly. After a Hillary victory, she put Bill, Chelsea, Wes Clark, and Madelaine Albright on the podium. Obama had a young cross-section of America. The contrast was noticable. I don't know if people vote on that basis, but the Mike Deaver packaging of candidates filters down to the minutist detail.