The November 19, 2007 New Yorker magazine carries an article by Tom Reiss entitled “Laugh Riots” (abstract). It is about a guy whose father is black and who leads a public life based on a black identity. Said black father is from Africa and split up with his mother when the public figure was an infant. The guy was raised by his white mother. The guy gives public talks to thousands of people and attracts an audience where people of nearly all creeds and colors get together and feel inspired. He has been a recent candidate for presidential office.
Who is this French Barack Obama? He goes by the single name of Dieudonné. What is his message that unifies the bourgeoisie and Muslims from the exurban slums surrounding French cities? That all of their problems can be blamed on (1) the 500,000 remaining French Jews who control French media, finance, and politics, and (2) Jews in Israel and the U.S. who control the rest of the world’s media, finance, and politics.
More: Wikipedia as usual.
[Speaking of the Jews in France, I recently finished Suite Francaise, an interesting book by a Russian-French Jew. The novel, which has no Jewish characters, starts with the defeat of the French in June 1940, which terrifies folks into fleeing Paris, and then the first year of the German occupation and Vichy government, to which her characters gradually adapt. The book is worth reading despite its being part of an unfinished multi-novel set. The author, Irene Némirovsky, was killed by the Germans in 1942.]
Ouch…I would say he shares few important characteristics with Obama. You may or may not like Obama or think he’s really black enough, but, has he said any anti-Jewish stuff like this? I mean, this guy sounds like a real Jew-hater. Just because this guy likes Osama doesn’t make him Obama! Please correct if I’m wrong but I’ve never heard accusations of Jew-hatred by Barack Obama.
I specified the similarities in the first paragraph of the posting. Obviously Dieudonné has a different message than Barack Obama’s, which is what you’d expect because they have to appeal to difference audiences (one French and one American).