Showing posts with label racial tension. Show all posts
Showing posts with label racial tension. Show all posts
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Is The McCain/Palin Rhetoric Intended To Incite Rage? If Not, That's What They Are Doing!
It's deeply infuriating to be viewed as a whole race. God created individuals. Man created race. I am black & people have preconceived notions about me before I utter one single word to them! On far too many instances, my character has been assassinated simply because of the tone of my skin.The assumptions have already been made about me in a racist mind. What are these preconceived notions that I speak of? For the impoverished black, you must be uneducated, promiscuous,dishonest,& just plain lazy. You may be a victim of circumstance when you are poor. In the mind of a bigot, you are the reason for your situation being so dire. And if you are an educated black person you must have an angle. What might these angles be in the mind of a racist? Well,if you're concerned about the plight of the black man or woman you are deemed a communist. You are a radical liberal if you speak out on the travails of the poor. You are a socialist when you want to implement programs to help struggling communities. At least in the putrid mind of the racist individual.
Who do I conceptualize when I think of a race hater? The trivial minded McCain supporters that are shown in this video are the perfect illustration. Lately, they have been yelling out hateful comments at these rallies due to the atmosphere that the McCain ticket has fashioned. It almost feels like a KKK gathering rather than a campaign rally! That was until I finally saw a black McCain supporter stand up & demand more aggression from him. I don't know if he is an artificial enthusiast or not. What was apparent was that this was the only black person that I saw there. John McCain & Sarah Palin can see that they are inciting anger with their rhetoric. They should not only abandon these divisive tactics but it is imperative that they condemn these insulting remarks!
Monday, September 29, 2008
This Is The Reason I Created This Blog!!
I decided to go even further into the conservative stratosphere. I didn't watch the Fox channel for my daily insight into the "far right".Instead,I went to a conservative blog & look what I found on this site! At http://www.moonbattery.com/ there was this picture of Barack Obama that I find to be highly offensive! These are the fear tactics that Americans are sick of under the Bush regime. We will not tolerate 4 more years of code red, yellow, or orange! Remember that? There were constant terrorist alerts to keep us aware that we live in constant danger since 9/11. Only a republican president can protect us, right? Like Barack Obama said,"ENOUGH"! We're getting off the BUSH/MCCAIN TRAIN on November 4!! What are your opinions on this racist propaganda being promoted on that blog? Leave a comment.
Friday, September 26, 2008
This Is One More Reason Why Most Blacks Don't Vote Republican!
Wow! I don't think anything that Fernando C. de Baca was taken out of context. I have experienced racism from a mexican co-worker that I had. She was trying to get a promotion & feared that others would get it instead of her. For this reason, she tried to sabotage everyone that may get in her way. That is not an uncommon scenario albeit it's not the way I operate. This job was just a source of income for me so I did not even put my bid in for a promotion.But I still did not escape her wrath.
What threw me for a loop is that she injected racism into the workday as often as she could.It's not the first time that a mexican has made their dislike for me known. I just had no idea that some hispanics have such disdain for blacks. Mr.Baca claims that the racial dissent stems from the civil rights movement. Supposedly, blacks gained greatly from all the benefits that were bestowed upon them because of that event. This is the same claim that whites who are racist make about affirmative action. We have been the victims of great oppression since the birth of this great nation. Blacks have suffered lynchings, burnings,& death throughout the twentieth century. Even though we were instrumental in the composition of this great nation. As Richard Allen,a black leader, states "blacks were the first to till the soil."
How outrageous that this man would claim that blacks came here as slaves& mexicans as conquerors. Like mexicans & puerto ricans, blacks are a collage of races. The spanish conquistadors came & conquered the indians. The anglo-saxons came & conquered the indians as well. Mexicans are not from spain. I believe that they are a hybrid race just like many americans today. Black simply means the color. It does not define a race of people with a distorted & contorted history. A lot of blacks have African, Native American, & European ancestry. Watch Henry Louis Gates on PBS. His documentaries delve deep into the mystery of african-american ancestry. Racial intolerance should be a thing of the past. America really is a melting pot. Many Americans are of mixed race like Barack Obama. A large number of people have multiracial backgrounds. Any hispanic that doesn't like blacks should first learn how to define what black is!
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