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Mob marches on Obama's grandmother's house: Burn her in effigy
03/19/08
Inspired by presidential candidate Barack Obama's speech on race, thousands of enraged protesters marched on the home of Madelyn Dunham, Obama's maternal grandmother. Nervous residents of normally sedate Honolulu, Hawaii barricaded their homes and the Hawaiian governor called the National Guard as the crowd overturned cars and burned Madelyn Dunham in effigy:
"She's a divisive figure. She's insensitive. She made Obama cringe!" said Obama supporter Chad Thurston.
"Her comments forced Obama to question who he was," said professional peace activist and barista Mary Howell, "Now, she must pay!"
Pastor John Peters addressed the crowd, accusing Durham of developing a more severe strain of common cold, going to predominantly black neighborhoods, and intentionally coughing on people, "I said, 'when you gonna stop coughing, devil.' Little did I know."
Obama spokeswoman Judith Moon called Durham a "monster," a comment that Obama distanced himself from later in the day:
"Look, the lady's a racist. Is she a monster? No. In fact, she may have done us a favor by exposing the America's racism-inflicted wound. It's going to take a unifying figure to heal it. Somebody with hope and dedication to change. It would help if that person were multi-racial like me, but, listen, I don't want to make the historical significance of my candidacy an issue."
Things calmed down after authorities rolled in a jumbotron and played a video of Obama urging calm, "I understand your frustration. The last eight years of failed policies can lead even the most peaceful people to murder and destroy. You don't have health care- you're sick. Your bosses are mean. No homes. We're going to be in Iraq for 400 years. But, this is not the way-we need healing. Once I'm president, there'll be enough change so that you won't have to wallow in your hopelessness. Be patient."
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I was involved in the historic march on Grandma's house, and I resent the mocking, racist tone of your post.We are unashamedly anti-grandma and unapologetically grandchildren. Do you want us to be ashamed? Do you want us to be apologetic?
The Big Bad Wolf was with us in the march on Grandma's house. He has been involved in non-violent, esteem building, grandchild-centric community organizing for decades. Yes, his experience of the 1950s sometimes comes out in his behavior, but we usually get him to disgorge grandma before too much damage is done.
This is laughable... You know Honolulu well, I can tell. There are no black neighborhoods. In fact, you must turn to tourists to find many African Americans. Your picture must be of some African country (maybe a Bush burning). That is why Barack Obama had to do some soul searching - he had few African American role models.
Please don't pick Hawaii for your foolishness, now Mississippi, Georgia, I might believe this story...
People were so outraged that they flew in from around the world. 
I heard that Rodney King had to also make an appearance to inspire calm and to "all just get along". 
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