WarPhalange said:
And no, I don't have a guilt complex about my race. I simply realized a long time ago that looking at people as people works a lot better than looking at them as man/woman or by their race.
That's why I find it ridiculous that people even say things like "I'm not racist. I have a black friend and he doesn't like fried chicken at all!"
Why bring up these stereotypes in the first place? When people analyze "the black vote" or "the hispanic vote" on the news, they're not talking about being racist, but what these people feel strongly about based on shared experiences.
A lot of latinos are 1st and 2nd generation immigrants, ergo they might care about immigration laws more, especially if they want to visit family or bring family over.
A black person (half-black, at least) has a shot to get to the White House now, so people who feel they are still not represented equally in government might see this as a chance to equalize things. Well, who has a history of being oppressed in this country?
This is pretty simple stuff, just take a while to think about it instead of saying "well black people don't trust white people". That's just damn insulting. If someone sBaid "White people don't trust black people" around me I'd smack them in the face (oops, I gave my race away!). They don't speak for me. How dare they?
As a black person, I can say I don't think it is a big deal that he might win the presidential election this November. Back in 1963, when a black person had an almost zero chance of winning the presidential nomination, let only the presidential election , I might consider voting for Obama because of his race given the circumstances of race relations during that time period of US history.
In this day and age, if the black person political positions coincides with the political positions of the general public, then I say a black person(or any minority, except atheists and non-religious people) has a great chance of being nominated and elected for president as a white person running for president. Sure they're are a few racists, overt and covert, who will not vote for Obama because of his race nor his background. But those racists make up the minority of the population , since most of obama's constituents are white people.
If Virginia, a former slave and Jim Crow state, can elect a black governor, then I don't think it is nearly impossible for Obama to win the Presidential election . I don't think black people will be well off or have political advantages over any other race just because a black person is elected as president.
I find it very insulting when committees are formed in congress like the black caucus, whose purpose is devoted to addressing and attempting to solved problems in the black community " as if black people are a one dimensional group and therefore, more or less, have the same problems. I don't like when Michelle says something along the lines of " Well the reason why black people are apprehensive at electing a black president, is because in the back of OUR minds, we think their isn't a chance that the black person will be president" ARgghHH! Statements like that annoyed me! She talks as if blacks act and think collectively, and therefore have no independent thoughts outside the black community!
I think there is racism in this election. However, most people are acknowledging only the white racism of the election and not the black racism that seems to be popping up in the election. I'm not trying to say their are more black racists in this election than white racists, I am saying that all forms of racism should be targeted, not just white racism. Racism is racism, regardless of what race is purporting racism. The only way to fight racism is not to bring of the race of the person , PERIOD!
Hehe, I hadn't noticed, but you are right.
