ReelUrbanNews.com recently sat down with syndicated columnist and political commentator, Anthony Asadullah Samad, Ph.D. for an exclusive interview to gain his perspective concerning columnist Mark Halperin’s referral to President Obama as being a “dick,” while providing commentary on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. “For Halperin to make a statement that he thought the president was a “dick” means there is this continuing subtle but not so subtle opinion that many folks want to continue to see President Barack Obama as someone other than a statesman. It’s a continuing iteration of the race caste system as to whenever an African American male speaks with some level of authority than he has to be uppity or he is somehow out of place.” Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, Syndicated Columnist
Immediately following the election of Barack Obama as president of the United States, some politicians begin to use to term, “Taking America Back.” Before the end of our conversation with Dr. Samad, ReelUrbanNews.com asked, what is the underlining meaning associated with this kind of political rhetoric? “This messaging that you see coming from Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann and Mitt Romney, with this constant drumming of ‘We the People’, ‘We are America’, ‘Returning America back to its people’…., is codification that we’ve heard before.“ Dr. Anthony Asdullah Samad, Syndicated Columnist
