If you want to have an effective racial discussion, you need to listen closely to what others are saying. If what you hear makes you squirm, that’s okay. When it’s your turn to speak you can explain your discomfort or ask more questions for further clarification. So I am here to listen on this one because frankly, I’m skeptical. I keep hearing conservatives saying, “If you criticize Obama you’re called a racist!” I am not seeing that at all. In fact, after former “Law and Order” actress Angie Harmon …

Note to the international community: cut it out! Stop using President Obama to sell snacks and services.
First there were "Obama Chicken Fingers" from Germany, now there’s "Duet" ice cream out of Russia to add to the subtly racist Obama food pyramid:
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian advertising agency has used an image resembling U.S. President Barack Obama to promote a new vanilla-and-chocolate ice cream, drawing the ire of human rights groups who said the ad was vulgar.
Ice Cream Plant No. 3 in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg launched last week …