MSNBC's Toure says Romney Is Engaging In The "nization" Of Barack Obama

[Zioneer]

I can see his point, but he really should have phrased it better.

[Zioneer]

MSNBC makes me ashamed to be left-wing. Seriously, it's the liberal Fox News.

Yeah, MSNBC is full of blowhards (Ed Schultz, Al Sharpton most of the time, and a few others I can't remember, plus Joe Scarborough who is a blowhard while being spineless at the same time). Still, I think Rachel Maddow and her "clique" (Chris Hayes, Melissa Harris-Perry, Ezra Klein), are well-spoken and thoughtful.

[Zioneer]

Actually, Chicago is 45% white and 33% black. 

Outstanding contribution.

I don't know where everybody gets the idea that 90% of the population of every American city is African American.

It was Archie Bunker who said:  "One colored family on the block is a novelty.  Two is a ghetto."  That was a joke on a sitcom.  Toure seems to have bought into it in real life.

[Of course, my joke is, "One white guy on the block is a wigger.  Two is gentrification."]

The association of 'black' with 'urban' isn't limited to this Toure person.

No, but it is still wrong.  In this case, Chicago is known for its political machine, not for being 100% black, or even majority black.  Toure is the one who seems to be race baiting here.

Yes, but Chicago is known for both it's black communities and political machine. Those who accuse Obama of "Chicago politics" are using both connotations.