# Al Quada calls Obama a "house negro"! Is it "on"?! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 19, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486 "2008-11-19T18:37:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/41 "2008-11-21T14:49:50Z")
Personally, I think the proper defense would be to send a posse of outraged rappers, Jesse Jackson and Oprah (are they still crying?) over to ‘‘deal’’ with the situation. It would end exactly as planned. We nuke the territory from outerspace. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/42 "2008-11-21T15:00:39Z")
It’s no wonder that those of us in the West despise Al-Qaida. How did Ayman al-Zawahri become Number 2? I don’t remember seeing the job advertised. These guys are like fucking politicians, they give all their friends the best jobs. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/43 "2008-11-21T15:07:58Z")
I have no idea why I feel compelled to make this distinction, but I do. House nigger isn’t the same as ‘nigger’. And ‘nigger’ in the term house nigger doesn’t mean ‘nigger’. House nigger is something that a fellow black uses, to express disgust at the way a black man cow-tows to a white man. It is not a nice thing to say, but it is not really considered a ‘racial slur’. Of course, this is all my own understanding of the term, as it is a commonly used term in my ‘circles’. When a white man says ‘nigger’…well, I guess I don’t know what he is thinking. But when a black man says ‘house nigger’, I am pretty sure he is not expressing disdain for blacks as a people. Again, I admit that I have no idea why I feel I should make a point of this distinction. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/44 "2008-11-21T17:54:38Z")
You know, a relative of mine _just said today_ that Obama is the first White House Negro. I wonder… ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/45 "2008-11-21T18:01:52Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > When a white man says ‘nigger’…well, I guess I don’t know what he is thinking. But when a black man says ‘house nigger’, I am pretty sure he is not expressing disdain for blacks as a people. While I get your point - he’s calling him an Uncle Tom, not a nigger - I don’t think Zahrawi counts as a black man. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/46 "2008-11-21T18:18:55Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > You know, a relative of mine _just said today_ that Obama is the first White House Negro. I wonder… That is cracking me up. Really Not All That Bright, While, in this context he kinda does ‘count as a black man’. I mean, in that his usage of the term is coming from an angle of non-white peoples that feel oppressed by white people. It is a weird distinction, I know. You kinda gotta have a feel for when someone is calling you a nigger, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/47 "2008-11-21T18:23:23Z")
That last post was jumbled. I meant to say, I don’t think he meant it in the context that a white man uses nigger. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/48 "2008-11-21T18:28:23Z")
Hey al-Zawahri, do you kiss your goat with that mouth? Feel free to toss your prayer rug outside on a sunny day and give it your best shot. Because we fully intend to. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/49 "2008-11-21T18:35:38Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Th about the problem that Al Qaida was having with Obama. > > I guess Al Qaida didn’t get that message. > > My hope is that this goes over well (sarcasm) with Black Muslims, especially the African branch of Al Qaida. > [@PunditLisa](#): > > An Al Quaeda VIP acting provocatively? > [@Guinastasia](#): > > Al-fucking-Quada. > [@Princhester](#): > > Al Quada are down there. Spell it with me, people: Al Q **ae** da. No ‘u’! And for the sake of completeness, it’s “Nuke from **orbit**.” ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/50 "2008-11-21T19:08:59Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Spell it with me, people: Al Q **ae** da. No ‘u’! And we need to spell Al Queda correctly why? ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/51 "2008-11-21T19:15:39Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Of course, this is all my own understanding of the term, as it is a commonly used term in my ‘circles’. That would be Southern cotton or tobacco plantation owners? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/52 "2008-11-21T19:21:11Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > And we need to spell Al Queda correctly why? The same reason we should pronounce Iraq as uh ROCK, not eye rack, uh rack or eye rock. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/53 "2008-11-21T19:32:29Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > That would be Southern cotton or tobacco plantation owners? Err…I actually meant ghetto black folks. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/54 "2008-11-21T19:48:16Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > The same reason we should pronounce Iraq as uh ROCK, not eye rack, uh rack or eye rock. 🙂 Iraq is a country. Al Quada/Al Quida/Al Queda is a bunch of goat fucking terrorists bent on destroying the lives of anyone who do not share to their beliefs. By the way, from WIKI: Al-Qaeda, alternatively spelled al-Qaida and sometimes al-Qa’ida. So I think **Al-goat loving weasel fucks** is close enough. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/55 "2008-11-21T20:24:24Z")
Would it have been less outrageous if they’d issued a statement saying, “Hey, that Obama is a great guy”? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/56 "2008-11-21T20:39:24Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > Al Quada/Al Quida/Al Queda is a bunch of goat fucking Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/57 "2008-11-21T21:22:44Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Cite? You need a cite for a rhetorical insult of terrorists or are you a devotee of goats? ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/58 "2008-11-21T21:47:19Z")
Ok, I probably over reacted but can anyone here deny if Bush had said the same thing it would be front page news. Maybe I’m giving this Cleric way too much importance, if so, I will shut up. I have been known to be wrong on occasion and will even admit it unlike some members. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/59 "2008-11-21T22:24:49Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Spell it with me, people: Al Q **ae** da. No ‘u’! I’ll agree with the no U part, but Al Qaida is just as “correct” as Al Qaeda. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/60 "2008-11-21T22:26:06Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > And we need to spell Al Queda correctly why? To make searching easier. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486.md?page=4)