For decades now, liberal black leaders have read from the same playbook, ‘Blacks cannot be prejudice because they are not in power. Only those in power can be bigots’. Hence, the term ‘Black Power’ was merely pride within a powerless group, ‘White Power’, was a term of hate speech and bigotry.
Ebony, a magazine for blacks, by blacks and only black advertisers, a cultural pillar with the community.
Ivory, a magazine for whites, by whites and only whites advertisers, a intolerant hate publication.
The United Negro College Fund (which also reaches out to a whooping 2.7% poor whites) is a wonderful organization dedicated to the advancement of certain people exclusively. The United Poor White College Fund was jeered and closed after being denied any serious consideration by the government establishment. Since poor whites make up the vast majority of poverty in this country, one might have thought that such an organization would have been allowed to exist. I can t take the time and space here, but the list could go on forever.
Thank God and hello 2009! ‘White Guilt’ has finally toppled the scales. The black community is now in power, and we can all breathe a sigh of relief. Finally we as white people can now grab the title of oppression and mistreatment.
According to OPM.Gov, the congressional reporting office, blacks make up 10.2% of the overall civilian labor pool, yet they are over double that in the employed federal workforce. 37% of HUD, 36% of education, 87% of CSOS, 32% of state rolls, and the list is endless. The above numbers are during the middle of the Bush era. Today blacks represent at least double their population percentage in government power, yielding controls in great numbers above their representation within the bureaucracy.
I AM NOT A RACIST! I AM ALSO NOT A DOORMAT.
I am sick and tired of all the racial crap overflowing my river. I am sick of seeing black on white hate crime being ignored or minimized (in the rationale of keeping the peace), and seeing white on black hate crimes make every headline in the country. I am tired of reporters having to use the freedom of information act to get hidden statistics from government documents, such as 70 whites are killed by blacks for every 1 black killed by whites (2004). I am tired of seeing white comedians and commentators run out town on a rail for racial remarks, when every black comedian, rapper and commentator do far worse routinely to no response.
Mostly I am sick of white guilt. Yes, ‘some’ of our white forefathers should have had that guilt, they deserved it. Yes, ‘most’ blacks were treated horribly in past generations. News flash, it was not me! News flash, if it weren t for the ‘Vast Majority’ of whites, it never would have changed!
I wasn t the one who oppressed anyone, I wasn t the one who stood for change, hell I don t give a damn what skin color anyone has, I just want to be left alone. If I see racial injustice on any side, why can t I say so?
OK, to the point of this article. Here is the great ‘unstated’ truth of which everyone is aware but afraid to say publically, ‘If President Obama were not black, would he have been elected?.’
He was one of the thousands with a fancy Ivy League law degree. He taught a college class at Chicago University, he was a black community activist employed by a corrupt ACORN arm, spent 6 years in local politics and spent one, yes less than one term in the US Senate.
It is without question that Governor Palin had a much better resume , and yet was constantly ridiculed for her lack of experience in government.
This article is not trying to make a point of race, rather to NOT make a point about race. Enough is enough! In my opinion we have put an unqualified man in our highest office because of race. We cannot point it out because of race, we ignore certain stories because of race, we focus on others because of race.
When will it stop. Below are the 2007 race and poverty stats for our country.
By race/ethnicity and family status.
Among married families: 5.8% of all people[17] including
5.4% of white persons, [18]
8.3% of black persons, [19] and
14.9% of Hispanic persons (of any race) [20] were in poverty.
We are within 2.9% of each other. Close enough. Hell I d gladly take the 2.9% difference with the blacks if we could just stop all the race crap!
I Believe there is a day coming when men of all colors can say what s on their minds without fear of being called a racist. I believe a day is coming when skin color doesn t matter. I also believe sadly, it won t be in my lifetime due to the continuing guilt of liberal whites and the marketing of blacks as victims in this, most unprejudiced, country.
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I love the conversation! Great article. There are definately inequalities in the world, but I am sick and tired of people sitting around spending their lives pointing them out. It’s a problem we get it! Propose some solutions, help build success in those who are unequal, but most of all spread the gospel of freedom and the American dream. Success is what you make it. I’m one of those white males with a 3.8 GPA who can’t get a scholarship because my GPA is still too low, I’m not a minority, I’m not female, and my SAT scores were just a smidgen too low. Is it fair that I cannot pursue the same scholarship opportunities because of my race and gender? I remember an open-entry scholarship for $500 that I applied for. They picked the winner at random because they recieved more than 10,000 entries. While I picked through the few open-entry scholarships it really aggrivated me to see so many scholarships dedicated to minorities or females. To add insult to injury the government believes my parents are rich and should pay for my education; my parents disagree. Because of my so-called rich parents FAFSA will not help me. In the grand scheme I don’t care. It is what it is and I do what I can to survive until one day I can get a real job and be the wite male making 80% more than my female counterpart. (The last part was a joke btw). But that is the difference. In the face of inequalty (which is around every corner in life) moving forward is all you can do to better your situation. I have little sympathy for those who complain about these issues when I see them doing nothing to better their personal situation. What would really help me is an even playing field. That would be nice.
Another perfect example:
But Bertha Lewis, ACORN’s CEO, told ABC News she suspected that at least some of the attacks against her organization had a “racial undertone.”(http://abcnews.go.com/WN/white-house-calls-acorn-employees-behavior-unacceptable/story?id=8593161)
So they throw Carter Under the bus.
“The president does not believe that the criticism… is based on the color of his skin,” White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said today. (http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/09/wh-president-obama-disagrees-with-former-president-carter-that-most-animosity-towards-obama-is-raceb.html)
he then misses a great opportunity to adress this issue of race to heal the divide even further.
Senior White House adviser Valerie Jarrett said she does not believe the president needs to give a speech about race, as he did last year. (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/politics-obamas-race-conservatives-divide-america/story?id=8596409)
Just making an observation.
Dear Ms. Bramble,
You have labeled me a racist and a chauvinist. I m so happy you didn t brand me a Jew hater, homophobe and pedophile. My Jewish mother, gay brother and two beautiful children would have a part in this response.
To the first two labels, I happen to know and love people of all races. My church is a good example. As one of those wacko Christians, we believe with all our being that there is no black or white (Jew or Gentile), just people. The blacks I worship and fellowship with are as close as any family can be. Of the dozen or so young men my oldest daughter has dated two have been black, and one of them my wife and I pray works into something more than casual dating. Can a house be divided and stand? Either I judge by the color of the skin or I do not. I do Not.
I think your confusion as to my position on race relations is derived out of you own sense of superiority. Your ‘feelings € and perceptions reacting to the plight of an entire race, and you, one of the real and honest suffering heroes seeking to stand for those not as strong and smart as you, although you would never say that out loud and doubtfully to yourself.
You dear woman confuse right with plight. You and your liberal kind seek to hand out preferences to help those weaker than yourself, and to topple the ‘Man €. Does the very word ‘man € anger you, not as much as ‘white man € I assume. You see, as a enlightened and proud woman, you are going to war with the oppressors of the weak, gosh that s so big and wise of you.
To take down the evil white man, we must band together in separate and oppressed groups, rise up and take him down. As an evil white man, I have a small business which employees a few of the weak ones you seek to empower, and I pay lots of taxes. How do you want to bring me down? You attempt to shame me for what your forefathers did and give special pay and advancement to those you view as unable to play on a level field. Oh it s not level, I say it is, and I would know. Make me money, get money. Act like a leader and don t whine, be a leader.
You have clarified one thing in my mind that was not in enough focus for either of us, my problem is not with color, but with idiocy, with liberals, with you.
Sling your labels, I will work, love and live well with all Americans who s mentality is to be an positive force for his/her family, company and community, not someone with a chip on his/her shoulder, feeling they should have ‘special € treatment, or worse yet, a suffering hero such as yourself, trying to knock me and mine to make yourself feel good, superior.
J Byron Davis
1) Obama was elected by a majority white nation — this in itself is a statement that racism isn’t a definitive factor in our nation anymore, if it was, he’d never be president — end of story; and 2) he was elected because he promised to move the nation beyond the old ways of doing things. Well, making claims of racism is one of the old ways of doing things that he needs to decisively move us forward.
So you are basing you opinion on the southern portion of the country. You should really get out more.
To clarify, not all white Christian Southerners are racist, and I don’t know how racist whites are in other parts of the country in comparison. My point is racism and racist attitudes are far more common than a lot of people think or would like to admit. Tere are many people alive in this country who went to segragated schools and experienced life before the Civil Rights movement. That is not wiped from their memories and it affects what they taught their children about race.
And no one who would be making a claim of racism could possibly be valid because all minorities do nothing but play the race card? I notice that that is the backlash reponse to every claim of racism. It has become the standard defense- “they’re just playing the race card”, even though the claim could very well be true and before the claim is even investigated. I don’t know if Wilson’s outburst was racist or just impulsive rudeness. I don’t live in the man’s head. But I will tell you this- it is no accident that Obama was not elected in the South. In the privacy of the voting booth, whites were allowed to make their feelings about his race known, even though they were no longer fans of Bush either. If Strom Thurmond had not died, he would still be in the Senate representing SC. People forget what that man stood for.
You don’t even have to leave the metro areas to experience subtle but overt racism and discrimination in the South, and not just toward blacks, but to Hispanics, homosexuals, Jews- anyone who does not fit their version of normal as defined by their church. People even home school their children in significant numbers to avoid having them mix with “the wrong people.” It is even worse in rural areas. Just because they will smile at a black person to their face doesn’t mean that they are not racist and will not act on that racism in private and in secret. And the blacks here know it. Don’t discount what Jimmy Carter has to say- he may or may not be right, but he knows white, Christian Southerners and their hearts.
I agree with you in part that race has become an issue in politics. It’s a card that is played in order to stifle discussion and make people shut up. The problem is no one can defend themselves against claims of racism. Again it goes back to the Rules for Radicals,” Saul Alinsky’s bible. This whole Jimmy Carter claim that Rep. Joe Wilson’s outburst was racially motivated is laughable. The people complaining about guns at town hall meetings and worried for the safety of the president didn’t mention that one of the gun carriers was a black man. It doesn’t fit with their claims that a white only hate is focused on the president. NBC carefully edited that footage and no major media outlet called them on it. No, race still plays a part in politics, just these days as a tool for those who would seek to halt dissent. Be strong, fear not, they will be exposed for who they are. The argument that minorities are no longer in power has been taken from them, and what you are hearing are those who cling to that ideology as a means to keep their power.
You contradict yourself here- you call for a color blind society, yet make comments about how black have exclusive rights and are over-represented in government as though you feel that is unfair. Which is it that you want- a percieved difference in race or color blindness? Or do you want things the way you are used to, with white males on top?
Anyone who thinks that the days of white male supremacy are over, I hate to tell you but they are not. In this day and age, where physical strength plays a role in very few jobs, women are still paid only about 80% of their male counterparts who do the same job. Look at that stats. And women are the majority in this country! We are graduating college at higher rates than men and there are almost as many women in the workforce as men. All the numbers and stats should be in our favor when it comes to receiving equal pay for equal work. Yet they are not.
Old habits die hard. Take a look at the people in this country who TRULY have power, not the president and civil servants. The majority of them are not women nor are they persons of color.
If you think that race is not a factor or that blacks are the only ones who see race and are racist, then be a white person who lives in the South and hears the things that other whites say in front of you about blacks because you are white and they assume you agree with them or won’t be offended. Racism is alive and well, as is sexism, but PC has just made people sneakier and quieter about it.