the real face of america
July 23, 2009 by Betmo
there has been much talk about ‘post racial’ america lately, especially in lieu of the last election. i never believed it for a second. anyone who saw any of sarah palin’s crowds knew better. watching pat buchanan on the rachel maddow show- or anywhere for that matter- and his sister bay buchanan on msnbc it really brings home the reality that the republican party is full of racist bigots. trust me- so are the so called ‘liberals.’ one only has to happen upon a local NOW meeting to realize that women of any shade other than lily white- not welcomed.
even so, i was shocked that professor henry louis gates, jr. was arrested recently at his home. shocked because unlike his neighbors or the local police thug department- i had actually seen professor gates on tv and knew how tirelessly he works to bring folks together. the bitch of it is- the police obviously arrested him to make a point- doesn’t matter what your credentials are in america, if you are not white or a white male- we still own you. listening to the recent ‘testimony’ that was the farce of a confirmation hearing for judge sotomayor, well, that slaps the point home too- non whites aren’t welcomed in government at any level. the obstruction in the congress has more to do with having a black president than it does his policies because the man has pretty much been following the cheney style of government.
so, will america wake up and smell the coffee? nope. americans will continue to ignore everything at their own peril. today it was professor gates- tomorrow it could be you.
update: as if we needed anymore proof- florida neurosurgeon thinks this is funny
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Hi Billie
There will be no post racial America. Obama’s election made it much worse. It will continue to get worse the more angry whites fear their grip loosening on what they think is their America. That whole incident at the town hall that was supposed to be about Obama being an alien was really about him being black. Wait and watch how bad this gets. Not good!
Jim´s last blog ..Retired Colonel Peters says if Bergdahl deserted The Taliban should kill him! Kill all journalists, kill Gitmo prisoners! WTF?
I agree with Bill Maher, all republicans are not racist, however, if you’re a racist, you’re probably a republican. Either that or you belong to something even further to the right like the John Birch Society. The democratic party holds no charm for racists, in fact, it’s full of of folks racists don’t like on sight. Now that the GOP has lost its claim to fiscal conservatism, you have to ask yourself why non-racists would want to be associated with all the garbage. Inertia, I guess.
Yeah, there’s no post racial America to boast of, but at least the percentage of racists has dropped through attrition. The actual number of them is probably the same, though. I could share some astonishing anti Obama emails with you that prove racism is still alive and unwell in America. Don’t even get me started on anti gay stuff and for the anti abortion folk, just see “Steve’s” last post on the Amy Goodman thread right here on the Siren’s site.
I like to think progress is being made toward less twisted people, but they keep having more children to indoctrinate in their “faith.”
The white males are all butt-hurt that America elected a Black Man. They will push the racial buttons as long as Obama is in the White House.
The reichwing militia folks are growing in size as well..friggin amazing that all this horseshit is due to the majority of America voting for a Black Man For President.
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scared crazy white folks scare me. things are getting uglier and uglier with the birthers, the tea baggers, the neo nazis- there are quite a few americans who fall into one if not all of those categories. and they are our neighbors. who most likely horde bullets…
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