Destee - you found it unfunny because... he referred to himself as a dog, or a mutt?
The First Black President of the United States calls himself a mutt ... which is a dog ... in his first press conference ... after all the hoopla and pride and everything ... this is what he says ... and i'm suppose to think this is funny?
I see absolutely no humor in this at all.
I think it is a very poor misstep on his part, though it may ultimately mean nothing at all ... i think it means something, what exactly, i'm not sure.
One can be offended at the mixed breed implications given Obama's so called and socially accepted mixed race.. I get that
I'm not offended that he's a "mixed breed" as you refer to him.
I'm offended that he'd call his own self, a dog ... when so many young Black Children are looking up to him.
If he is a dog, then what are they?
If he is a dog, what are his children?
I can hardly believe he put this in the atmosphere.
It's one thing for others to say ugly stuff about you, but when you embrace it yourself ... that's a whole different matter.
Can one be offended because of the canine implications? (Outside of Rover and Spot)
One can be offended over anything they'd like, i'd imagine.
Can one be offended because the canine reference used by a black man holds different implications? Does it?
He's the First Black President of the United States of America ... i believe every thing he says and does, will be closely scrutinized ... as is the case for most Black Men, but even moreso in his case.
Again ... one can be offended over anything they'd like.
Is it unfunny to your senses as a global citizen, or as a Black person?
I am a Black Person and a global citizen ... and it's unfunny in both regards.
I think i'd be offended by any Black Person that has this unprecedented world-wide media exposure, the ear of the world, and they refer to their own self as a dog, mutt, or any other demeaning characterization.
Or it is unfunny that the president (ANY president) would refer to themselves as a canine... would they all be held up to the same level of.. unfunniness?
I'd not even be watching this closely, if it were a white president saying the same. No ... it might even be funny to me ... if one of them called themselves a dog.
I'm sincerely curious to know why it wasnt funny... ok.. to each their own humour.. but even if not funny, why it would be "disconcerting" to you?
Even if you called your own self a dog ... without the media exposure he has ... i'd be upset with you about that. I'd be upset if anyone i knew, cared about, hoped the best for, referred to their own selves as a dog. I'd be very disappointed in that.
But with him ... every Black Child is watching and listening and hoping ... and he calls himself a dog.
I don't get it.
Destee