'Barack the Magic Negro' - Satire or Racist?

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(CNN) -- A candidate for the Republican National Committee chairmanship said Friday the CD he sent committee members for Christmas -- which included a song titled "Barack the Magic Negro" -- was clearly intended as a joke.

"I think most people recognize political satire when they see it," Tennessee Republican Chip Saltsman told CNN. "I think RNC members understand that."

The song, set to the tune of "Puff the Magic Dragon," was first played on conservative political commentator Rush Limbaugh's radio show in 2007.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/26/rnc...tire/index.html

[Otto 83]

Lyrics for those (like me) with no speakers...

Barack the Magic Negro lives in D.C.

The L.A. Times, they called him that

'Cause he's not authentic like me.

Yeah, the guy from the L.A. paper

Said he makes guilty whites feel good

They'll vote for him, and not for me

'Cause he's not from the hood.

See, real black men, like Snoop Dog,

Or me, or Farrakhan

Have talked the talk, and walked the walk.

Not come in late and won!

Refrain:

Oh, Barack the Magic Negro, lives in D.C.

The L.A. Times, they called him that

'Cause he's black, but not authentically.

(repeat Refrain)

Some say Barack's "articulate"

And bright and new and "clean"

The media sure loves this guy,

A white interloper's dream!

But, when you vote for president,

Watch out, and don't be fooled!

Don't vote the Magic Negro in

'Cause... (music stops, Sharpton rants, music returns)

(background vocalists repeat refrain & finish song)

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Obama the 'Magic Negro'

The Illinois senator lends himself to white America's idealized, less-than-real black man.

By David Ehrenstein, L.A.-based DAVID EHRENSTEIN writes about Hollywood and politics.

March 19, 2007

AS EVERY CARBON-BASED life form on this planet surely knows, Barack Obama, the junior Democratic senator from Illinois, is running for president. Since making his announcement, there has been no end of commentary about him in all quarters — musing over his charisma and the prospect he offers of being the first African American to be elected to the White House.

But it's clear that Obama also is running for an equally important unelected office, in the province of the popular imagination — the "Magic Negro."

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-...-opinion-center

[panamania79 2]

Lyrics for those (like me) with no speakers...

Barack the Magic Negro lives in D.C.

The L.A. Times, they called him that

'Cause he's not authentic like me.

Yeah, the guy from the L.A. paper

Said he makes guilty whites feel good

They'll vote for him, and not for me

'Cause he's not from the hood.

See, real black men, like Snoop Dog,

Or me, or Farrakhan

Have talked the talk, and walked the walk.

Not come in late and won!

Refrain:

Oh, Barack the Magic Negro, lives in D.C.

The L.A. Times, they called him that

'Cause he's black, but not authentically.

(repeat Refrain)

Some say Barack's "articulate"

And bright and new and "clean"

The media sure loves this guy,

A white interloper's dream!

But, when you vote for president,

Watch out, and don't be fooled!

Don't vote the Magic Negro in

'Cause... (music stops, Sharpton rants, music returns)

(background vocalists repeat refrain & finish song)

[rebeccajo 14]

Well, it looks like it's supposed to be a parody on Al Sharpton.

But it's still stupid.

[panamania79 2]

Well, it looks like it's supposed to be a parody on Al Sharpton.

But it's still stupid.

Al Sharpton needs to get a life !

[JVKn'CVO 11]

Racist

Saludos,

Caro

[peejay 327]

Really...this stuff is tame.

My vote: Satire

[panamania79 2]

Racist

Saludos,

Caro

I agree.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Racist

Saludos,

Caro

I agree.

Which one or both? The original LA Times article or the satire of the article?

[JVKn'CVO 11]

Racist

Saludos,

Caro

I agree.

Which one or both? The original LA Times article or the satire of the article?

I do not approve of either one

Saludos,

Caro

[Ban Hammer 12,861]

Al Sharpton needs to get a life !

and a hair stylist that's not on drugs.

[panamania79 2]

Al Sharpton needs to get a life !

and a hair stylist that's not on drugs.

I think that's a weave anayway.

[Danno 1,228]

IF the LA times (or whoever) felt this subject was okay for a serious article, I hardly see how anyone can attack the making of a satire of the article.

As for song selection, I give it a "c", not one of Rush's best choices of songs to use as a parody.

I like this one.

(forgive the goofball in the beginning)

[Empress of Groovy 373]

I'd say it's lame. If you're going to go down that road, you have to be funny and/or clever, and this is neither.