My President Is A Black Man, And I’m Proud

I know that many black people are proud that Obama is the president.

I have an entirely different perspective about the Obama presidency and what it represents.

Understand that Obama was supported by whites NOT BECAUSE he was black and NOT BECAUSE of his ideals but foremost because he was an Ivy-Leaguer WITH a socioeconomic affiliation that they gave credence to.

This Obama victory does not mean that America is no longer racist.
This Obama victory does not mean that America is no longer classist.

If Obama had the exact same demeanor and ideals but he was as dark as Wesley Snipes and the illegitimate son of Shaquaniffah and if he had graduated from a community college or a black college (instead of Harvard) then please believe me when I tell you that Obama WOULD NOT have been elected to the Senate…. and would NEVER HAVE been taken seriously as a presidential candidate.

Yes, socioeconomic class affiliation still matters in this country.

I keep reading blogs of black people saying that “now the barriers are shattered” and they are living on Fantasy Island because NO the class barriers are not shattered and a black boy from the projects has the same probability of being gunned down by the age of 18 as he did BEFORE November 4th… black women have the same probability of dying from HIV as they did BEFORE November 4th.

I am happy that you are happy for his victory but Obama will not change how blacks are viewed in this country as long as classism is alive and well.

Barack Obama is the President of the United States Not because he is Black, but because he was the best man for the job, and because John McCain wasn't!

I believe we as Black people have earned a right to be PROUD. Why not be proud of a man so eloquent, humble, poised and who brings people of all backgrounds together? The fact that he happens to be Black… is only icing on the cake!

Are Jewish people white?

Jews are Semites. They are not White.

Jews do follow a program analogous to biological mimicry. They like to look like their host population so they marry off their daughters to the males of the host population. The offspring, having Jewish mothers, are therefore Jews and over succeeding generations look more and more like the host population. Not only that, they have the names, manners, and customs of their fathers -- all the better to infiltrate the host population.

Nevertheless, DNA studies have shown that Jews in diverse countries have more in common genetically with Jews in other countries than they do with the host populations no matter how much they resemble the host.

The term "anti-semite" is related to Jews as much as to any other race of people.

Jews and Arabs are both Semites, so when you hear someone say: "Arabs are anti-semites." I don't think they really mean that, as they aren't against themselves, only against Jews. I think what they mean to say is "Arabs are anti-Jewish".

Black People in America

Black people in America have suffered tremendously. We have came from Jim Crow days where Blacks had to enter restaurants through the back, drink out of separate water fountains, sit at the back of the bus, and attend unequal schools to having a Black man for president. That itself speaks volumes. Blacks or people who are a part of the African Diaspora have been discriminated against worldwide. Some places it has been worse than others. For instance, look at Apartheid in South Africa or the caste system in India and some Caribbean countries. Those instances, I’ve only read about but, I’ve witnessed racism firsthand here in America. So the pain runs deep inside me. It goes beyond the stories that I was told about Medgar Evans, Emmitt Till, Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and more.
Those are the stories that we must not forget in addition to our own account of struggles because of the color of our skin.
This Obama victory does not mean that America is no longer racist. Oh No! Far from it. And that Michael Jackson opened the door for the Blacks like Obama, Tiger Woods and Oprah.
I keep reading blogs of black people saying that “now the barriers are shattered” and they are living on Fantasy Island because NO the class barriers are not shattered and a black boy from the projects has the same probability of being gunned down by the age of 18 as he did BEFORE Barack Obama was elected.

Don Imus Makes Another Racist Remark

If you hang around the chimpanzee cage at the zoo long enough, eventually they will fling feces at you, and if you listen to Don Imus long enough, eventually he will make a racist comment.

More than a year after being canned for referring to the Rutgers women`s basketball team as "nappy-headed ho`s," the shock jock is in the midst of another controversy for comments he made regarding Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam (Pacman) Jones during his "Imus in the Morning" radio show.
The only surprise is that it took months for Imus to utter a racist remark, he must be mellowing in his old age. His shtick consists of making rude, vulgar, inappropriate and racist remarks, it was only a matter of time...

"The latest comments by Imus to come under scrutiny were aired on Monday`s broadcast. During a conversation about Jones` run-ins with the law, Imus asked, `What color is he?` Sports announcer Warner Wolf said Jones, formerly known as Pacman, is African-American. Imus responded: `There you go. Now we know.`"
Why has Pacman been arrested multiple times? A racist will see Pacman`s black skin as the only explanation required.

Barack Obama is where he is today because he COMMITTED HIMSELF TO EXCELLENCE.

Barack Obama is the President of the United States because he was the best man for the job.

I think that we limit ourselves if we look for reason why some of “us” may be different than Barack Obama, rather than looking for the parallels and building upon them. What I feel Barack has done for Black America is that he has given us (especially our youth) a reason to believe IN THEMSELVES. Barack Obama is where he is today because he COMMITTED HIMSELF TO EXCELLENCE. He was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he earned his socioeconomic status and proved that a commitment to excellence, along with audacious hope and belief in oneself can lead anyone to accomplish great things. We can’t get caught up in the mental barriers of where we’re from or what odds are stacked against us. With that mindset, we’ll continue to be stuck.

We have to have the courage and the conviction to reach for the stars. So perhaps kids in the projects won’t be able to get into Harvard, but they may be inspired to work harder in their local public school and go to an HBCU or the state college, or the city college. It’s about an improved mindset and pride in ourselves that will encourage us to pursue our highest goals. Everything in the middle is just hurdles. They CAN be overcome

Blacks discriminated agianst in America !

Up until the end of segregation they weren't allowed to use the same bathroom, drinking fountains, restaurants, anything, you name it. Schooling was a huge issue and for a long time blacks were given a really hard time during integration of schooling, especially in the south. After segregation was over up until now there is still that undercurrent of discrimination but its not as 'obvious'. We have the KKK and other such groups floating around. White supremacists. Think about why we need to have affirmative action and to say that we don't discriminate by race on job applications. Now because its very un-PC to be racist, its more difficult to spot, but its there.
They were excluded from many jobs, and white employers were very reluctant to hire black employees. Evenin times of emergency. for instance, during WW1, a lot of black nurses volunteered to go overseas and nurse the troops, but only two out of the hundreds who volunteered were allowed to go. Things hadn't got much better by the time of WW2, black women had extreme difficulty getting hired for war work for instance. The United Auto Workers surveyed 280 factories that employed women workers, and found that only 74 were willing to hire African Americans. White women often refused to work with black women. However, WW2 did see some breakthroughs for African Americans. Maya Angelou, after terrific persistence, managed to get a job as a streetcar conducotor, and in New York, in 1944, black women finall broke the colour barrier and got jobs as telephone operators.

In the south, transport, eating places, hospitals etc were segregated. In a terrible twist of irony, Dr Charles Drew, the black doctor who invented the blood bank, bled to death after an accident because there was no hospital near enough that he could be admitted to.

Segregationon transport was particularly insulting, the front seats in buses were reserved for white people, and if the bus was full, and a white person wanted a seat, a black passenger had to give up their seat no matter what their age or condition.

Schools were segregated, and when black students finally began to be admitted to white schools in the south, they were met with extreme abuse, threats and violence.

It IS getting better. The black people as a whole are finally just beginning to be considered as just...people. Like they should be. Just Americans.

"I have a Dream".

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

Intergration of the Armed Forces

On 26 July 1948, President Harry S Truman signed an executive order establishing the President’s Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services. It was accompanied by Executive Order 9980, which created a Fair Employment Board to eliminate racial discrimination in federal employment.

establishing the President’s Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services. It was accompanied by Executive Order 9980, which created a Fair Employment Board to eliminate racial discrimination in federal employment.

Segregation in the military services did not officially end until the Secretary of Defense announced on 30 September 1954 that the last all-black unit had been abolished. However, the president’s directive put the armed forces (albeit reluctantly) at the forefront of the growing movement to win a fully participatory social role for the nation’s African-American citizens.

The true fulfillment of the entire scope of Executive Order 9981—equality of treatment and opportunity—actually required an additional change in Defense Department policy. This occurred with the publication of Department of Defense Directive 5120.36 on 26 July 1963, 15 years to the day after Truman signed the original order. This major about-face in policy issued by Secretary of Defense Robert J. McNamara expanded the military’s responsibility to include the elimination of off-base discrimination detrimental to the military effectiveness of black servicemen.

the military effectiveness of black servicemen.

The true fulfillment of the entire scope of Executive Order 9981—equality of treatment and opportunity—actually required an additional change in Defense Department policy. This occurred with the publication of Department of Defense Directive 5120.36 on 26 July 1963, 15 years to the day after Truman signed the original order. This major about-face in policy issued by Secretary of Defense Robert J. McNamara expanded the military’s responsibility to include the elimination of off-base discrimination detrimental to the military effectiveness of black servicemen.