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The birther thing is straight up racism, not education. Maybe a little of both, I suppose.

• icegreentea 14y ago
  The hoax in question prays as much on discrimination and "the other" as the birther movement.
  • PakG1 14y ago
    Just a note, I do think you mean preys. It gives quite a different meaning to the sentence. :)
• anamax 14y ago
  > The birther thing is straight up racism, not education. Birthers think that all Blacks/African-Americans were born in Indonesia?
  • prakashk 14y ago
    Is it racism only when you consider the group as a whole? Can't one be racist when talking about individuals? [To be clear, I am neither supporting nor refuting the GP's claim that the birthers are racist.]
    • anamax 14y ago
      > Is it racism only when you consider the group as a whole? Can't one be racist when talking about individuals? The claim was that racism explains why birthers think that Obama was born in Indonesia. Racism supposedly means "ascribing attributes to individual/group based on their skin color/ethnicity". How are you defining racism such that Birthers believe that Obama was born in Indonesia because of racism/their beliefs about Black people but don't believe that other Black people were born in Indonesia? In terms of actual usage, "racism" is basically code for "I'm a good person, we disagree, therefore you're a bad person".