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@jpetty
You wrote:
"And how is it exactly that saying Jesse Jackson won SC a racist comment? It is simply a statement of fact. It is apparently all right for commentators and pundits to say that Obama overwhelmingly gets the black vote, but when Bill Clinton says Jackson won SC, that's somehow "racist."
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That comment isn't racist, it's racializing. Bill Clinton equated Obama's far more successful campaign (than either Jackson or Hillary) up to that point with a man who could basically only win a state with a large black electorate. The only thing the Obama and Jackson campaigns have in common is (kind of) the color of their skin. It's insulting, demeaning and untrue.