The whiteness of McCain eludes media

It isn't just Advocate staffers who are fascinated with Obama's race. Consider the lead on the Washington Post's racist report on his nomination:

Sen. Barack Obama, the first African American to lead a major-party ticket, accepted the Democratic nomination for president Thursday night, sharply criticizing Republican John McCain and casting the election as "our chance to keep, in the 21st century, the American promise alive."

In the interest of balance, it should also mention McCain's whiteness - for instance: "... criticizing John McCain, life-long white person, and casting ..."

On Thursday 8/28/08, Associated Press referred to Obama's color in the first sentence of its racist report on his nomination. On Friday a report by GNS, whatever that is, ran at the top of the Advocate's page one. The first sentence of that racist report referred to Obama's color.

In that same edition on page one is where the Advocate published its racist article on how "black community members" feel about Obama.

I asked in Advocate on-line comments: Will the Advocate have a story on the whiteness of McCain? How proud whites are that he's a candidate? Nobody is whiter than McCain. Do you think you're doing blacks a favor by keeping the race issue up front? Will there ever be a time when media will let America forget the various colors of skin, none of which, by the way, are black or white?

If media can't let go of the race issue, let them at least be fair enough to mention whiteness at every opportunity. News reporters obviously feel the need to keep people aware of how important is the issue of skin color, but they should have the decency to direct their racism at more than just "blacks."

EDIT: Here's a comment I added in my Advocate blog to the above text:

I don't think this is a conscious attempt to be unfair. It is a tradition that needs to be broken so we can become Americans, rather than folks who supposedly belong to "black communities" and the remainder of citizens who don't. Just this kind of media blather is what keeps "black communities" separate and somehow different. The inspiration for the news reports I quoted, I think, is to sort of praise Obama for his achievement in spite of his "blackness." He doesn't need that crap and neither should anyone els