November 10, 2006
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Race Still Matters
I know, I know....it's been a while since I've posted here. A lot of it has to do with the fact that I reserve my writing now as a means to sort through my emotions - emotions that I don't want to share yet. The other part is that I have been buried in nonpartisan election work. Michael Steele lost in Maryland and Kenneth Blackwell lost in Ohio. Both lost by a large percentage of votes which leads to the point that NO ONE will vote for a Black man, no matter his party affiliation. White Republicans won't even vote for a Black Republican. What does this mean?
I'm glad you asked.
It means race still trumps all other factors.
It means that someone like Barack Obama, with all of his appeal, political savvy, and promise, will have a tough fight if he chooses to run in '08.
It means that the minority (white men) control the majority because they control the money.
It means that racial hatred is still very prevalent in so many more ways and levels than can be imagined.
It means that America is still very much afraid of The Black Man.
To give you a further example of the last point above, Walter Cronkite said of Ed Bradley: "He didn't make you feel like he was Black."
As if it is a horrible, despicable thing to be Black or be in the same room with someone who is Black...................................
Comments (3)
where are U, darling?
holy crap...cronkite said that!
but yeah, i've never heard of the police throwing 50 bullets at unarmed white dudes leaving strip clubs. and in ohio's defence, blackwell was instrumental in the repubilcan's efforts to disenfranchise black voters in '02.
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