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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How is what he said possibly racist?

He is blaming Obama's wack job, academic, commie mom, not his race.[/quote]

I agree that Rudy's comments are not exactly racist, but he does play the theme of "foreign-ness" when it comes to Obama (doesn't love America, doesn't understand our country, etc.).  There have been strains of this in the GOP for a long time -- Barrack Hussein Obama, the birth certificate obsession, suggestions that Obama is really a Muslim.  It's still surprising that a cross-dressing, proudly Italian-American washed up politician would play up the foreigner angle.[/quote]

no, not really

Most first and second generation Italians were raised with a very strong work ethic b/c their parents did indeed love this country.

My father, grandfather and uncle faced discrimination - weren't allowed to enter a southern diner b/c their skin was too dark, and other such nonsense.  However, they worked their asses off and instilled in us a strong work ethic.  Some of use went directly into the workforce/a trade; others graduated with college degrees.

So while we're still tied to our cultural roots, we're American, too.  This isn't the case with family members in Italy, however, who tend to criticize how we live. [/quote]

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