I am enraged by an article I just read on CNN about the possible downside for blacks should Obama win the November election. The gist of it is that instead of being a vehicle for fundamental change, Obama would be a puppet for white guilt, the penultimate statement on the death of racism among white Americans.
By publishing an article whose premise is utterly incendiary and stupid, CNN has decided that the scandalous opinions of a few rogues looking to breath new life into the otherwise waning saga of black victimization and welfare economics are, in fact, more important than their potential backlash. I am awed at the creativity of many people to turn the election of a black president into a racist event. Maybe I'm the dumb one.
Thank god the kind of white people who Obama will need to carry are not capable of being dumb enough to believe that suddenly everything is rosy for black people.
I can see this kind of bullshit being spewed from Republican pulpits as a clever way to discourage blacks from voting for Obama, but if there is one single black person that thinks an Obama presidency would do more harm than good, please, kindly, go fuck yourself.
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Are you really saying anyone who has an opinion different from you on this should do a physical impossibility? Are you so aware of all the complexity that race has in our culture that you can be sure no black person can think Obama might do more harm? That's quite a presumptive position for you to put yourself in.
Did you read the third paragraph of my post? The one where I inferred an Obama presidency doesn't automatically mean everything is rosy for black people? Oh wait, I didn't infer it, I STATED it.
The CNN article is butchering the obvious in a move apparently intended to at least whip up frenzied controversy, or, worse, deliberately sabotage his campaign and hand it to McCain.
Can it do harm? Yes, particularly if Obama turns out to be a lousy president. Is it more likely to do a lot more good for race relations in America? Yes, unequivocally.
It smacks a whole lot more of apologists for victimization politics than it does any substantive arguments.
Also, it is my blog, which, last I checked, is read by about 3 people.
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