Comments on: Are blue lips a racial stereotype? http://www.popcultureshock.com/are-blue-lips-a-racial-stereotype/46794/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:19:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Adam C. Sieracki http://www.popcultureshock.com/are-blue-lips-a-racial-stereotype/46794/comment-page-1/#comment-543595 Adam C. Sieracki Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:38:52 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/?p=46794#comment-543595 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.) 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.)

]]> By: Rich Watson http://www.popcultureshock.com/are-blue-lips-a-racial-stereotype/46794/comment-page-1/#comment-542540 Rich Watson Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:11:45 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/?p=46794#comment-542540 He has been trying to quit smoking. Not sure if blue lips are an indicator of that or not. He has been trying to quit smoking. Not sure if blue lips are an indicator of that or not.

]]> By: lucy http://www.popcultureshock.com/are-blue-lips-a-racial-stereotype/46794/comment-page-1/#comment-542539 lucy Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:15:33 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/?p=46794#comment-542539 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. 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.

]]> By: Vichus Smith http://www.popcultureshock.com/are-blue-lips-a-racial-stereotype/46794/comment-page-1/#comment-542482 Vichus Smith Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:44:05 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/?p=46794#comment-542482 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? 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?

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