{"id":5253,"date":"2004-09-03T11:27:04","date_gmt":"2004-09-03T11:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multiracial.com\/?p=5253"},"modified":"2021-06-10T22:10:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T22:10:57","slug":"bridget-mccain-and-the-woods-versus-singh-skin-color-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/2004\/09\/03\/bridget-mccain-and-the-woods-versus-singh-skin-color-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridget McCain and the Woods versus Singh skin color issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is generally conceded that calling someone &#8220;black&#8221; when he or she does not identify as &#8220;black&#8221; is an insult.  Only black ODR supporters and their allies try to confuse the issue when the criminalized sub-Saharan &#8220;blood&#8221; is involved.<\/p>\n<p>At &#8220;Interracial Voice,&#8221; I was constantly assaulted by black ODR supporters who whined &#8220;What&#8217;s wrong with being black?!&#8221; The answer, of course, is that EVERYTHING is wrong with it when you&#8217;re NOT &#8220;black.&#8221;   <\/p>\n<p>Even the most pro-black groups concede that calling someone &#8220;black&#8221; can be a racist insult.  Blond Rashida Jones &#8220;black&#8221; and the nearly ebony Vijay Singh and Bridget McCain dark &#8220;Caucasians&#8221;?  I&#8217;m not buying it.  &#8220;Racial classification&#8221; is a con game designed for fools.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/forums.collectors.com\/messageview.cfm?catid=9&#038;threadid=315663\">http:\/\/forums.collectors.com\/messageview.cfm?catid=9&#038;threadid=315663<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnkerry.com\/pressroom\/releases\/pr_2004_0821c.html\">http:\/\/www.johnkerry.com\/pressroom\/releases\/pr_2004_0821c.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bush Supporters Spread Racist Rumors About McCain&#8217;s Daughter.  Bush supporters in South Carolina made race-baiting phone calls saying that McCain had a &#8220;black child.&#8221;  The McCain daughter, Bridget, was adopted from Mother Teresa&#8217;s orphanage in Bangladesh.  In August 2000, columnist Maureen Dowd wrote that the McCains &#8220;are still seething about Bush supporters in South Carolina spreading word of their dark-skinned adopted daughter.&#8221; [Time, 3\/6\/00; Boston Globe, 3\/4\/00; Dowd column, New York Times, 8\/9\/00]<\/p>\n<p>Picture of Bridget McCain: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mccain2000.com\/contents\/welcome\/biographies\/cindy.shtml\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is generally conceded that calling someone &#8220;black&#8221; when he or she does not identify as &#8220;black&#8221; is an insult. 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