Are blue lips a racial stereotype?
Posted by: Rich Watson on January 23, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Vichus Smith January 23rd, 2009
I don’t see it as a stereotype- I just see it as a stupid color choice for ANY person. Blue lips? When does that ever make sense?
lucy January 28th, 2009
Not a stereotype. I always think Barack looks as though he has blue lips – the sort you get from congestive heart failure or cyanosis. It makes me nervous – I hope he’s OK.
Rich Watson January 28th, 2009
He has been trying to quit smoking. Not sure if blue lips are an indicator of that or not.
Adam C. Sieracki April 3rd, 2009
Ujjal Dosanjh (former Canadian Health Minister) has about the same melanin-level as BO and had the same-coloured lips…after his heart attack-prompted bypass, his lips ‘pinked-up’ again. My late (white) grandfather experienced the same phenomenon: blue lips PRIOR to a bypass, pink after.
Obama is a smart man, yet has made some staggeringly stupid statements (”57 States”, &c.). He umms and uhhs his way through impromptu speeches. This makes me wonder if he’s having transient ischemic attacks, or something. (He WAS a cocaine user, years ago, and is apparently still a chain smoker–both risky behaviours for getting TIAs.)
