# \*sigh\*  Obama is not a "racist" (and neither is Rev. Wright, really)

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**Created:** [April 1, 2008, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-obama-is-not-a-racist-and-neither-is-rev-wright-really/443547 "2008-04-01T16:38:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-obama-is-not-a-racist-and-neither-is-rev-wright-really/443547/234 "2008-04-29T01:30:30Z")

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[QUOTE=John Mace]  
You think Whites and Blacks have brains that work differently, per the quote above? That sounds like nonsense to me.  
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There is apparently scientific evidence backing it up. Neither one of us is a neurologist or an expert on brain physiology, so neither one of us is in a position to say the study is “bullshit.” It actually makes a lot of sense to me. It explains why black people are better at music, for instance.

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