Why Aren't Birthers Embarrassed Into Silence?

In a blog entry at BlackAmericaWeb, Tonyaa Weathersbee explains why racism may be the main reason Birthers are still questioning President Barack Obama's citizenship long after he released his long-form birth certificate. Suggested Reading ‘Sinners’ Releases in Black American Sign Language. Here’s What That Means A Burger King Employee Throws a Drink on a Child…

In a blog entry at BlackAmericaWeb, Tonyaa Weathersbee explains why racism may be the main reason Birthers are still questioning President Barack Obama's citizenship long after he released his long-form birth certificate.

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โ€ฆ The latest person to capitalize on this nonsense is [Joe] Arpaio. Arguably the nastiest lawman since Bull Connor โ€” heโ€™s being investigated by the Justice Department for racially profiling Latinos and punishing Latino inmates for speaking Spanish โ€” he recently announced that he and his team of "volunteer" investigators have determined that Obama's birth certificate is a forgery made up by computers. Yeah, right. โ€ฆ Then there's [Gordon] Epperly, who, last month, filed a complaint with the Alaska Division of Elections saying that Obama isn't a "natural born citizen" because he is of the "mulatto race," and that the 14th amendment didn't give blacks political rights, only civil rights. That's nothing but neo-Confederate nonsense.ย ย 

Also, last month, [Thomas] Barchfeld, a Republican, was trying to get people in his borough to sign a petition to remove Obama from the 2012 ballot. His reason? Because Obamaโ€™s father wasn't a U.S. citizen, that means Obama isn't either โ€” and he's therefore ineligible to be president. Read Tonyaa Weathersbee's entire blog entry at BlackAmericaWeb.

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