MTV Street Team Interview With Arab Comic About Barack "Hussein" Obama

29 Feb 2008 Author: Baratunde Thurston (Jack Turner)

Comedians are taking over the world. More from the world of NYC comedy that’s relevant to our discussions.

Sara Benincasa is on the MTV election street team. Despite having promoted disturbingly destructive or unattainable images of success to young people across the globe, MTV’s Choose Or Lose campaign is really good. I remember checking some shows out in 2004 that had me in tears, with young ladies talking about their decision to get an abortion.

This year, MTV has raised the notch, financing street teams of local journalists and media mixers all across the country.

In this interview, Sara asks fellow comedian Dean Obeidallah about Barack Obama, his middle name and Christianity vs. Islam. Sara and Dean are both great comedians but also just good people.

Check it

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Craig Hickman
What’s In A Name
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I think one of the more interesting aspects of the election is the use of codified racial language. Terms invoked essentially to highlight Obama is not like “us” like he is saying he is… One of the ways George W Bush was successful (aside from the cheating in the election,) was to make an THEM versus US argument. Historically it was a tool of the Republican party, its interesting how whites cannot just come out and say… we don’t want this country being led by a Black man, so I’m going to question everything else about him in code to prey upon your hopefully shared latent racism (for whites) or inculcated white supremacy (for people of color.)
All this dancing around the race issue is cowardly. I like a good KKK guy from time to time, cuz at least they own their stance.
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