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Barack Obama is shedding more light on what appears to be an inherent bit of racism in himself. He is apparently so steeped in the idea of the inherent nature of white racism that he has now made the claim that the racism shared by his grandmother is something that is typical for for “white people”.

“The point I was making was not that my grandmother harbors any racial animosity. But she is a typical white person. If she sees somebody on the street that she doesn’t know. . .there’s a reaction in her that doesn’t go away and it comes out in the wrong way.”

Speak for yourself Mr. Obama. Perhaps your grandmother but not mine; at least not in my presence and certainly not know by me. Obama’s statement is the kind of garbage one absorbs and subsequently regurgitates after spending decades alongside a race baiting hate monger that hides beneath the protective titles of reverend and pastor.

The statement does not absolve Senator Obama from his decision to stick by his pastor. It does not explain his lack of judgment by keeping him and his family in such a backwards thinking environment for 20+ years and it certainly doesn’t sit well on the resume of a man who hopes to be President.

It does do something however. It teaches me something about what Barack Obama thinks of me. His beliefs about the inherent nature of racially stunted white grandmothers exposes an inner belief that is racist in itself. The man that wishes the world judge him on anything but race is the same man that is judging me, my family and my grandmother on that very thing.

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