reparations

Top Obama Adviser Blames America for 9/11, Says America Is Racist

by Hans Bader on November 1, 2008 · 20 comments

in Legal, Sanctimony

Top Obama adviser Charles Ogletree says that America is to blame for 9/11 and that Americans are stupid.  He also says that America is a racist country, and that Americans will only vote for Obama because he is half-white.

Ogletree, a Harvard law professor, will likely be the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Civil Rights Division during the upcoming Obama Administration.  He has attracted controversy in the past for plagiarism and his association with Al Sharpton.  (The Washington Examiner declared him a “dim bulb”).  He is a leading proponent of race-based reparations.

You’re Still A Racist, Obama Advisor Says

by Hans Bader on October 29, 2008 · 82 comments

in Legal, Sanctimony

Even if you vote for Obama, you’re still probably a racist, according to Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree, in his remarks at recent events like a panel discussion at my alma mater.   Ogletree, Obama’s top advisor on race issues, explains that since Obama is “biracial,” his election won’t prove that racism has receded.  White America won’t vote for blacks, Ogletree argues, and Obama’s election is possible only because he’s partly white.  The ABA Journal predicts that Ogletree, who has long advocated race-based reparations, will be the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Civil Rights Division during the Obama administration.

Ogletree has blamed America for 9/11.  Legal commentator Walter Olson notes that Ogletree has attracted controversy over his association with Al Sharpton and history of plagiarism.

On October 31, the Washington Examiner declared Charles Ogletree a “dim bulb” for his racially-charged remarks.

Ironically, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who has effusively praised Obama, had a different take on Obama’s white ancestry.