Scrutiny has broken lose over a video posted by the Clinton campaign that allegedly shows Obama “blacker” than his true skin color. It was first observed and blogged about on the Daily Kos who accuses the Clinton campaign of not only making Obama appear “blacker” (i.e. more sinister) but also distorting his face to appear squished.
What say you?
But should a line be drawn with an African American opponent? Should this be considered treading too heavy on race waters that should be left undisturbed?
The right wing is calling this discovery preposterous. It’s explained as only a difference between video sources, software, and screens. Perhaps they’re right. But then again……..is it possible for a million dollar campaign to lay claim to electronic saturation and poor video quality? Is that really the best that their digital equipment can muster, not to mention, the best their video engineers can create?
Personally, I wouldn’t go so far as calling the Clinton campaign racist. But I would certainly acknowledge that it was a conscious effort to bring out the “blackness” in Obama. It’s a political tact to appeal to people’s fears and our country is still teaming with folk who shiver at the thought of a black man running anything in their lives. At this point, Clinton is on the edge of defeat. Put a Clinton against a wall and she’s sure to pull out some punches.Linkage:
The Clinton Campaign Ad showing Obama “blackified” here.
The original video of Obama here.
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March 6th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Oh for the love of Christ!!! I heard about this yesterday on the radio and the way it was made out to sound is that someone put blackface on the man or something. Anyone who’s ever photoshopped around with their pics can easily tell someone was screwing around with either the lighting or the saturation/hue, lol. Shakespeare was soooooo right….”Kill all the lawyers!” Lawyers…liars. Again…Colbert would’ve made a disgrace out of the political system?!?!?!