Identity, Up Bring and Birth
It
is obvious that President Barack Hussein Obama is not a sole member of
any particular race or ethnic group. As an offspring of a father of African
descent and mother of Scottish-American lineage, he reflects the obvious
multiracial and multiethnic mix of the rising minority-majority. He is
considered a leftist by his enemies on the right that mow encompasses the
Republican Party agenda and vocal base. President Obama is considered too
centrist or conservative by progressives on his left. Yet, based on the choices
provided by “march-in- step” and “no-compromise” position of conservatives who
dominate the Republicans, given a choice of “two-evils,” the lesser, centrist
Democrats are preferred.
Self-identification politics has been
pervasive from the inception of this nation. Race, ethnicity, and gender have
been used to determine political access, suffrage, rights, who gets what from
government, etc. Anglo-Americans have been the dominant group. The white males
in this group solely reflect the founders, titans of industry, leaders of most
businesses, politicians, public servants, and professionals, among others.
Blacks, Latinos, and women as members of the emerging minority-majority are
challenging this monopolization of leadership and power during the 21st
century. The barriers to exclude them based on race, ethnicity, and gender were
made illegal by Civil Rights laws and decisions of the 50s and 60s. In
addition, the rising migration (legal and illegal) of Hispanics coupled with
choices by Anglo-American females to delay or reduce chances of birth or abort
unwanted fetuses significantly reduced white hegemony and those seeking such
privilege.
Self-identification
politics is in a period of reinforcing its ranks and strengthening its
dominance over a rising minority-majority. Conservative politicians and
supporters are forcing states to impose stringent immigration restrictions
which racial profile and intimidate those that are naturalized citizens. They
have pressured centrist Democrats to stringently enforce federal laws and
arrest of illegal immigrants. The President’s own citizenship or birth has been
repeatedly challenged regardless of documentation, to the contrary (See Image
1). Fox News and particularly Steven Doocy and Gretchen Carlson pushed the
Insight.Com notion that Obama attended school at a Madrassa which teaches
hatred of Westerners. Insight claimed that this notion was disclosed by the
Clinton camp. The story was picked up conservative media figures and repeatedly
reported on CNN Headline News and Fox News (Media Matters, 2011).
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