Just logged in to the internet and saw this headline plastered on MSN. Black USDA official resigns after saying she only 'did enough' for white farmer
I'm just confused. I heard recently that the NAACP accused the "Tea Party" of being a racist organization.... Well first of all it's a movement not an organization, and second of all, remind me what the "Tea Partiers" have done to deserve that statement from an organization inherently racist per it's name - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. So wait.... does that mean that I can't recieve assistance to advance my life because I don't happen to fall into the category of "colored" people because I don't have enough "color" pigmentation in my skin? Hmmmm sounds racist.
So yeah, that combined with this.... just makes me wonder - has the world gone mad since electing the first black man to the office of the presidency? I mean are the true colors starting to shine and show for what it is? That the real racism is the bitter feelings of blacks toward whites and not the other way around? I grew up under the golden rule philosophy - and I try to live by it - Treat others how you want to be treated regardless of race, religion, sex, or any other characteristic which differentiates us from one another.
Here's a link to the article if you want to read it: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38321920/ns/us_news-life/?GT1=43001
Thanks for the lovely display of ignorant racism. We know you're kidding so it's OK. Back when the NAACP was founded (1909), the term "colored people" was perfectly acceptable, in fact far more acceptable than what people of color were generally called.
ReplyDeleteObama has gone out of his way to avoiding any discussion of race, but since his detractors are often unable to articulate a rational reason for their displeasure with him, racism is a convenient mode of expression. Of course, it's cleaned up a bit for public consumption and appears as accusations of reverse racism or some other nonsense.
Was he avoiding race when he got involved with the situation of the black professor and the cop? Was he not being racist while supporting a racist pastor for twenty five years? Let's face it, Obama may not be playing the race card like Jessie jackson does, but that is very much a consideration for what goes into his efforts in the past. One does not just shut that off like a switch upon entering the white house.
ReplyDeleteI'll grant you that Obama was dumb to get involved in the "beer summit", although it would be hard to characterize that intervention as racist. I would not classify Jeremiah Wright as a racist in that he doesn't hate people because of their race, although he is certainly willing to point out the fact that race pays a huge part in the power structure in this country and that black people have been oppressed for generations. Also, once he began shooting off his mouth (following the intentional expose of fragments of his sermons by people playing the race card), Obama distanced himself from him rather clearly.
ReplyDeleteFrankly I would have a lot more respect for Obama if he had supported Rev. Wright, but Obama is a good enough politician to realize that he couldn't be perceived as a stereotypical black man and win the election.
The problem is that race is a double edged sword. If it becomes an issue you have to take a side in the issue - and that side will have some element of racism to it. If you favor a black person because he is a black person then is that not equally racist just in the opposite direction? Racism is not just hating one race or another, it can also be the supporting and supremacy of a race as well.
ReplyDeleteThe KKK are still racist even if they say they are not anti-black but pro-white. That is still racist. Under this banner, Jessie Jackson is one of the most racist people on the planet along with his buddy Al Sharpton. Their approach is not equality, it is not love, it is revenge, it is hate, just in the other direction.
If you favor a black person over a white person, or vice versa, it should be because you believe that person was right and the other wrong. Supporting a person who happens to be black or white is not racism necessarily, it could just be that you happen to agree with them about the issue at hand.
ReplyDeleteIf a group of people has been treated unjustly for reasons over which they have no control, what would be the response of someone who valued equality or who sought to love his or her fellow human beings? It would seem to be that seeking justice might take precedence there.