A growing number of Americans don't dislike obama because he's black (the only ones throwing the race card are people trying to use race as a cover). A growing number of Americans don't like obama because he's incompetent and dangerous to the sustainability of our once great nation. Obama's been propped up his entire life and when it finally came time to stand and lead on his own, the empty suit showed itself unable to do so. It's truly a shame obama was the first black president. There were so many other black Americans imminently more qualified.

Once he started talking about Zero, I had to give up reading. It sounded like a bunch of cr*p to me.

FTA: "He will not go out confirming the warped logic of those who hate him and the community in which he is rooted. He represents too much."

Whatever, as long as he goes..... and doesn't come back!

Here we go again with the "burden" of being "black".

His greatest burden is his discredited world view and liberal-activist approach to everything. If being black was his burden he would have never been elected to begin with.

Dolts.

This Presidency is not Obama's burden. The burden is on America.

He should have pursued a career in professional sports like Joe Lewis and Warren Moon. But, he would have failed there too, as both Lewis and Moon earned what they did. Obama benefited by playing the race card.

"Nooobody knows de trubbles I be seein'."

The race card is played again, proof that the author doesn't get it. When you're President of the United States, you have to leave any other group identity or loyalty at the door. You can't be just the President of one sub-group.

Sorry, but this is the codswallop that these people seem to be fed and wallow in from birth.

If they could get over their race, they'd have a much easier time.

Quality, like cream, rises to the top. Ta-Nehisi pinned his hopes on someone who was not quality. Someone who is not clean and who does trash talk. Someone who has not handled his business. Not worthy of his investment.

And Obit did not "maul" Mitt Romney. Not ever.

Here is Ta-Nehisi:

Coates was raised in a working-class family in Baltimore, Maryland. His father, William Paul Coates, was a Vietnam veteran and former Black Panther. His mother was the breadwinner in the family and his father was a stay-at-home dad during Ta-Nehisi's childhood.[2] In high school, he attended Baltimore Polytechnic Institute.[3] Coates attended Howard University[3] but dropped out to become a journalist.[4] He currently resides in Harlem[5] with his wife[6] and son.[7]
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Chronicling his middle and high school years, it narrates his experiences both with his father's consciousness – his father's awareness of himself as a part of history, and his awareness of the strength and oppression of black people, born from his days in the Black Panthers – and the harsh, violent realities of life on the streets. Despite obvious intelligence, Coates remains unresponsive both to traditional schooling and his father's consciousness; however, as he matures he comes into his own consciousness – for him, a melange of Black Power texts and hip-hop beats. Armed with his knowledge of contemporaneous rap along with budding literary talent, he barely avoids failure; however, he eventually ends up at "Mecca," also known as Howard University. The book ends there, as Coates turns away from the rapidly changing world of hip-hop and the violence that governed his youth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta-Nehisi_Coates

Mom was the breadwinner. "Stay-at-home" dad was stuck in Black Power ideology.

FTA:"Losing is always a bitter pill, but the taint doubles when the loss belongs not merely to you, but to that nation you represent."
He must be referring to the Nation of Islam. This is some of the most elegant and eloquent racism I've ever read.

But Hey! Ta-nehisi, thanks for the warning.

The only burden Obama had, it was not being black, was to have a set of core values that were not race based. Unfortunately, he sat in Rev Wright's church for 20 years listening to his ideology. Coates, you and your brothers and sisters in the liberal, biased and racist media, enabled a largely ill-prepared, ill-equipped (except for skin color) and incompetent black man to become President. He was destined to fail and fail miserably not because of his blackness but because of his incompetence. But all of the blacks now rally to say it was because of his skin color that he failed. He failed because of the content of his character.

Racist column, in the extreme.

The fact that 97% Blacks still support Zippy and a man like Colin Powell (disappointing to his admirers in some ways) will not garner more than a third of African American voters tells the whole story.

If it's such a burden, brutha, then STEP DOWN! Don't wait for 20 January 2013; let us have the fun of a few months of Uncle Joe at the helm. Gawd hep us...

This racist rubbish is a symptom of the problem. People like the writer and too many other Americans make a big deal out of race. Making a big deal out of race is racism, regardless of the details. The whole problem, the one and only fly in the ointment, is that Obama was elected BECAUSE and not IN SPITE OF the fact he happened to be black. He was nominated to be America's First Black President by smiley-faced racists who were eager to prove something, namely that THEY were not racists. Heavens, no!

It is understandable that some Americans might have race on the brain and see everything in terms of race. Being black in America has been a challenge for many. It isn't surprising that they would be especially sensitive to the race issue. But being understandable and being correct are not the same. A warped or false view is a warped or false view, regardless of where it came from. It is a warped, false view to make a big deal, a preponderant deal of Obama's (mixed) race. It is racism, pure and simple. The author of this piece is a racist. He is the one he is against.

Blacks who are racist have an excuse even though they are still racist. What excuse do white liberals have for their incorrigible racism?

None. The racism of white liberals is all about ego. It is deeply dishonest - and it is malicious. It points the finger at others for a fault of its own. Why? From malice and moral vanity, nothing else.

FTA: "He will not go out confirming the warped logic of those who hate him and the community in which he is rooted. He represents too much."
Which community would that be, the rich upper-middle class, private school in Hawaii? Or maybe the Ivy League schools he and his wife attended? What a load of crap, I have a suggestion for all the "bitter clingers" of race. Take a line out of an En Vogue song:
Free your mind and the rest will follow
Be color blind, don't be so shallow
Free your mind

Maybe Ta-Nehisi Coates would like to talk sometime about the burdens of black conservatives.

Barack Obama had absolutely everything going for him insofar as support of his party, excitement that the race barrier had been broken, and a massive amount of goodwill from the world. Those who didn't vote for him for the most part were NOT voting against his color. They were voting exactly as they would have voted no matter who the candidate was.

He is a massive failure. This is not due to having a 'burden' except as it pertains to the gimme crowd and those who projected their needs onto his blank canvas. He had no burden any bigger than any other president. He just is not up to the job.

Ta-Nehisi is right. Jimmy Carter was an incompetent buffoon but the racist whites elected him a second time didn't they?

The real tragedy in all this is that, as #1 stated, there are many highly qualified, smart blacks who could have stepped up to the plate and been great Presidents. Obama is not one of them. As a result the blacks look like the bigger racists here by far because they will vote by race no matter who the candidate is. Obama is half white and grew up in an affluent white neighborhood in Hawaii and has little in common with the minority victim class. But his skin is dark so that's all that matters.

The only black community Obama was rooted in is the one where his tribe, the Lao, sold their fellow Africans to the Arab slave traders and actually converted to Islam to show where their loyalties lie.

Maybe obamas 'burden' is that he's not black. He's just a wannabe phony in that respect also. The name he named himself shows he wanted at one time to be thought of as Middle-East.
He only decided to be Black when he got into American politics because that's the group that gets the special dispensation. Truth is, he dreams of being a King because of his blood-line, but his blood-line is that of a mongrel and his tender psyche just can't accept it.

The Obamboozler will go down in history as the President who was hired for being Black and fired because he's useless!

If the opportunity presents itself again pick an American. The democraps can never never never again be trusted with the presidency.

Obama: Requiem for a Lightweight.

What century is Coates living in? Who thinks in terms of "credit to your race"? I've never heard anyone use that expression in real life, in a really old movies but never in person.

Did Condi Rice have the "burden of being black?" How about Colin Powell? And on and on.

Yo.

Hoffer. "...but an excuse can last a lifetime."

Obama could have positioned himself for re-election by moderating his liberal views. He chose not to do so. If he is not re-elected that will be the reason.