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March 29, 2007 04:13 AM UTC
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As of 8:35 pm the beastie boys are in the lead-who knew?
Seriously… who cares? When we stop talking about race, making decisions based on race, and judging stature in a particular community based on something as arbitrary as race than maybe – just maybe – we’ll begin our escape from the cruel oppression of racism.
…on a lighter note I voted for the Beastie Boys. 🙂
Is to illustrate how ridiculous people have gotten in commentating about how “Christian” (as with Dobson) or how “Black” someone is (as with Sharpton).
The rest was just my view on Sharpton and why he bugs me.
I voted for the beastie boys too.
He is questioning Obama’s support in the black community and Obama’s position on issues. His point seems to be that just because Obama is black doesn’t mean he automatically gets the black vote.
he now has Jesse Jackson’s.
that’s a fair question……Sharpton did correctly point out that we’ve had two black Sec. of State who have led us into a disaster of a war. He neglected to mention all that Clarence Thomas has done to (not for) the minority communities in this county.
and if it came from any other messenger, I’d listen to it. But Al Sharpton is a corrupt, lying, pandering tool.
I’m not talking Tawanna Brawley. I mean every single thing he’s done for the last five years. He should not be listened to.
Either I have a long way to go when it comes to blogging good, or y’all are missing something…..
Look at the Spiegel Link…”You have to be more than our color”. What the crap does that mean if it doesn’t mean “you have to be black enough to be considered black”. It’s the same assertion that certian minorities have made for a long time. If you don’t fit their mold (typically a mold of victim-hood) then you’re considered “white”. So since Sharpton is the know-all of who’s “more than our color”, then he should come out and say right out (instead of in between the lines).
I have to admit I’m a little surprised. Dobson comes out and questions someone’s christian-ness, and everyone is appalled. Sharpton comes out and spews this crap and it’s a “fair question”. Why is someone’s color a fair question and not their religous stand point.
Someone is going to have to explain this to me….
The divide and conquer ideology of White America is the simple cause of this discussion. A drop of Black blood used to mean that you were Black. Pat Waak speaks about her background that includes, I believe a Black Grandfather – would Pat be considered Black?
As for Obama, he is clearly Black. Black is a race, not an ideology. Growing up in Colorado Springs, I have been faced with not being Black enough (my mother is white and British, my father is Black). However that issue had more to do with the way I spoke and dressed and not with the how I looked or the nature of my being. Unfortunately, some in Black America have made being Black a proving ground, instead of the simple fact that people in our race will have different views, different socio-economic upbringings and different opportunities – just like the rest of America.
In my opinion, Condi, Colin, Barack and even Clarence are Black and are Black enough. I don’t agree with all of their politics (except Colin and Barack), but I proudly welcome their achievements as an asset to our race. HOWEVER, all people in a minority situation need to be very cautious of how White America will use their involvement to continue to divide who and what we are. For example, Clarence Thomas believes he has not benefited from Affirmative Action. The truth is he is currently in an Affirmative Action position!! All his appointments have been because of Affirmative Action. He is allowing the White Majority to pit him against himself – silly isn’t it?
Barack is educated, the son of an African man (I believe a tribal head) and an American white woman, and is our best shot at real power. I don’t believe that Blacks should support him because he is Black. I believe that America should support him because he moves us forward as a nation, he bucks the idea of “royal political families” (which is a huge danger to our constitution as we are currently seeing) and he may be able to bring about a change in the world. Why? Clearly, the Black and Brown nations of the world are fearful of America – White America – and the complete disregard we have shown over the last eight years for our very idea of Democracy.
I will also say, being a bi-racial person, that we see the world differently. We not only exist in each world – we are truly a part of each world. We have a complete understanding of White and Black America and I will guess that most of us do not harbor the racist values that all Americans deal with from time to time. Why? I can not dislike white people without disliking those closest to me, i.e. my mother, my cousins, a couple of siblings, etc. We are completely comfortable in a political debate in El Paso County (ALL White, ALL male and mostly Republican) as we are at a 4th of July Party in South Central Los Angeles.
America needs to grow up and realize that our families are so intertwined that in 50 years we may not be able to distinguish what is Black from what is White. Pat Waak is a good example. The funniest story in the last month was the discovery that that Strom Thurman’s family and Al Sharpton’s Family have the same bloodline (don’t think for a half a second that the Thurman men were not raping the Sharpton women – Hell Strom himself has a Black daughter!) So yes, there is a shared bloodline of slaves and slave owners, therefore a shared bloodline of Americans.
Anyway, there is your American History lesson for the day!
Here’s what Senator Obama said after Senator Biden put his foot in his motormouth by calling Obama “the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy”:
“African-American presidential candidates like Jesse Jackson, Shirley Chisholm, Carol Moseley Braun and Al Sharpton gave a voice to many important issues through their campaigns, and no one would call them inarticulate.”