BET Founder Robert Johnson's slam of Obama demonstrates the negative campaign approach many have decried in recent weeks. (click here for article)

While I am certainly no supporter of either Clinton or Obama, I must take exception to his comments. When Johnson suggested that Obama was out doing drugs while the Clintons were fighting for civil rights I wonder how old Obama was when he began his drug experimentation. And did I miss the massive expansion of civil rights in Arkansas in the 1980s or in the United States in the 1990s?

I don't know what major accomplishments the Clintons can claim in regards to civil rights legislation- or how deeply involved they have been in "black issues"- and Mr. Johnson certainly spent no time offering details. I know Bill Clinton has liked to claim, compliments of Toni Morrison, that he was the the country's first Black President. (click here for article)

Additionally, his attempt at an analogy between Obama and Sidney Poitier in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" lacks any logical premise. Is he saying that a Black man who speaks clearly and dresses well and pursues post-secondary education doesn't fit into Mr. Johnson's conception of "real life"? What did he mean and will any of the main stream press question him about his exact point?

People of every race, across all socioeconomic lines should be able to recognize a flagrant attempt to use race as a wedge and should reject the message and the messenger.