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Who Maclaughlin Report
When Jul 2008 Weekend of 12th and 13th, via theTalkshow
What This weekend on The McLaughlin Group, the program's host, John McLaughlin, asserted that Obama "fits the stereotype blacks once labeled as an Oreo -- a black on the outside, a white on the inside."

Direct Quote:

McLaughlin: "Question: Does it frost Jackson, Jesse Jackson, that someone like Obama, who fits the stereotype blacks once labeled as an Oreo -- a black on the outside, a white on the inside -- that an Oreo should be the beneficiary of the long civil rights struggle which Jesse Jackson spent his lifetime fighting for?"
Context Any additional information about the setting or circumstances of the incident necessary to understanding it correctly.
Offensiveness What is the level of offensiveness?
  • High - Crosses the Bright Line-blatant, intentional disregard for people of color
Links http://www.observer.com/2008/arts-culture/john-mclaughlin-obama-oreo
Latest Status At this time Media Matters has issued the information and has this action page:
http://mediamatters.org/action_center/mclaughlin/?src=mclaughlin-0714-3

Aaron, can we have the letter template posted to the forums a few weeks back added to the incident template in case anyone wants to write to the WCBS New York and others who carry his program?
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