Race Code

Oh brother. Matthew Bigg writes of Obama

At the same time, references to his alleged "inexperience" as a one-term U.S. senator and perceived "arrogance" on a trip to Europe and the Middle East last month could also be seen as subtle racial digs, political commentators say.

Inexperience might be a substitute for an idea with roots in the era of U.S. slavery that African Americans couldn't be trusted, while arrogance can be a way of suggesting that black people are "uppity" or above their station, they said.

So calling a light-on-experience black man "inexperienced" is racist? How is that? Is every negative comment on Obama racist? That's convenient.

No wonder he goes on to say, "Understanding that code can be difficult." When you make it up as you go and whenever it's convenient, of course it's hard to figure out.