Did you know Mr. Obama is black? Did you know we can start having a serious conversation about color now? And I thought this was 2008. I didn’t realize it was 1968.
Mr. Obama was elected for three reasons. One: he talks gooder than John McCain. Two: main stream media gets tingles up their legs whenever he speaks. Three: even though America thinks the President is doing a better job than Congress, we still despise Mr. Bush and don’t make the connection between the two. There’s a tangential reason that I have a hard time accepting. Three people have mentioned to me how exciting it is to finally have a black man in the White House. Bull.
If this were about skin color, why not vote for Sharpton or Jackson or Rice? If this is about skin color, ask yourself if you’d vote OJ Simpson. A segment of the population are about electing a black man, no matter what, but most of us are about electing the best person running for the job.
Can we move on to real issues now? Black, Caucasian, Hispanic, Asian, or Indian we’re people. We have different backgrounds, genealogies, accents, and styles, but we’re all still people aren’t we? I don’t imagine I’m much different than a dad in Baghdad, Bangkok, Dublin, Lima, or Sydney. We all worry about our family, try to be the best men we can be, and work to build a better future. So, don’t give me this BS about having a serious conversation about race or how amazing that a black man could become President. Until neither of those questions don’t enter our minds, we’ll remain slaves to our pasts. Does his skin color in some way make him more qualified to run the country and represent us to the world? I can think of a bunch of requirements and desires for the person we hire for this job. Skin color ain’t on the list.
Burn Out
15 years ago
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You know, I was wondering if I should call you last night about the election... but I figured you might be a bit cranky. Looks like I made the right call.
Maybe later, when I have more time, I'll write a longer response, but for now, have a nice day. =)
For the record, I'm not cranky. This isn't personal. It's just politics. As I've said in a couple places, I hope I'm wrong about him.
I am cranky about all the people who want to make this about color. He made a point of trying to separate himself from the color thing. When it comes to that, I think we should follow his example. Keep the conversation about substantive issues and leave color to the racist.
Raceism is, unfortunatly, an incredibly pervaisive, and subversive aspect in our culture. Though the number of 'active racists' in our country has dramatically decreased, there is still alot of unconscious racisim. People who do not think of themselves as racist, or even find the idea of racisim ahrborent, still sucumb to it in subtle ways.
So, though I think we would all hope he wasn't elected BECAUSE of his race, we should also be amazed that he was elected despite his race. And thought he 15th ammendment gave blacks the right to vote in 1870, for much of the country that wasn't a reality until the civil rights act of 1964. 54 years ago.
And I know you know all of this already.
This is about color, in the sense that it is symbolic of progress in america, and hopefully about the american dream of equality.
Making a decision based on the color of someone's skin is a racist decision, assuming that everyone has racist tendencies is an unfair and pessimistic generalization. There's simply no way that anyone can say that everyone sucmbs to racism even subconsciously. Making a decision based on skin color is a choice not nature.
Voting for Mr. Obama because of his skin color, regardless of how symbolic the vote was intended, was a racist thing to do. Affirmative action does not enrich us, Mr. Obama, or evidence a honest level of equality. It ignores his value as a person, politician, and leader.
Good for him and his political strategists for being elected, but I expect that he has more to offer than pigment.
david i agree...i am so ready for the real issues to FINALLY be brought to the surface. i hope that the euphoria will subside soon...i am so over it! god bless america
... well, I had some mroe thoughts on this, but I'm pretty sure they're going to fall on deaf ears, so I'll let it go. Heh.
Thanks for commenting to say that you weren't gonna be commenting.
Well, I didn't want you to think you were being ignored.
Voting for someone because of race is just as bad as not voting for someone for the same reason. I got hit with the "doesn't that make you feel wonderful about our country" 3 times on Wednesday morning before 9:00am. personally I don't care if the guy who got the job is purple - I just pray that the Lord will grant him the wisdom he is going to need for this job cause I sure couldn't handle it.
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