Re: Obamamania continues but he has accomplished z
Perhaps the historical significance of his win is minor to you, but to many it's bigger than Obama himself, you'd be surprised how many blacks grew up thinking they wouldn't see a black president in their lifetime. No one is saying he's going to change the world or solve everything, but his win in and of itself represents new hope to a community that, just a few years ago, was washed away to see without a single care from our government.
Disparity is a motherfucker. Excuse us for celebrating the end of centuries of disadvantage.
Minor...interesting.
Why is it that I, a white person, seem to have had more faith in the ability of a black person to become president than other black people? Why the victory is so minor to me because I'm not black and had more faith in people? I generally have no faith in ANYBODY I don't know, yet I had faith that a black person could be elected.
Just to put this back out there: I believe he is half-white unless everything I read throughout the election was wrong. Why is that always conveniently forgotten when race is being thrown around like a bomb?
I'll even throw this out there: Why is it that among all the people I've met in my life, the majority of the ones throwing race around for ANY reason were black people? Why is it that I'm called a racist (yes, many times) for using a word that has nothing to do with anything about race? I'm not speaking of just one word here, but many different words as well as completely innocent phrases.
Here's an example of what I mean.
I was once sitting at lunch during school and there were some napkins on the table by a person one seat down from me. Someone bumped into me from behind and made me spill my drink. I asked this person "Would you please hand me one of those napkins?" and he responded with "Why? Because I'm black and therefore supposed to serve you high and mighty white people?" He then went on to THROW the napkins at me and move to another table.
All I did was ask for some napkins to clean up a mess because the napkins were right there by him and my drink was all over the place, including on me. I was trying to keep as much mess off the floor as possible. They weren't "his" napkins either, but napkins placed on every table in an effort to keep the cafeteria clean.
I suppose I fail to see something here...why I seem to be thinking in such a different way. Why is it the white people I know see black people more capable than they seem to see themselves at times? I'm not referring to all black people, as my friends of different races have all gone on to do something, whether it is college or some job while they get the funds for college or something else. None have planned to skip college and plan to work hard to succeed, even if that means flipping burgers to get money. None of them consider themselves at a disadvantage because of their race.
I don't know...maybe it was growing up with a consistently diminishing money supply, fearing my own family, and later on wondering if there would be food on the table the next day or a roof over my head. Maybe it was the very mixed environment where, to a certain age, none of us cared about skin color and we actually considered each other equal aside from typical bullying which had no race. I don't know. I just know I appreciate everything I get and know I have to work hard if I want to have a single scrap of food to eat. I also know that I'm not going to try to steal what I want for any reason, even if that means I'm living in a box in an alley somewhere hoping someone passing by will drop some change.
I think I'll leave this discussion now. It seems to be little more than a war over race, and I doubt anything I say will be treated as anything but a comment on race.
So go ahead, call me a racist if you want. I've been called it so many times I don't care. I just try to treat people like people, regardless of their skin color, accent, or whatever. I've got to call someone anyway, she and I are supposed to go see a movie tonight. Yay for contests with free tickets as prizes! I keep telling her she should try a career in singing...she's not concerned about the color of her skin or anything, just has no confidence that her voice is that good, even when she wins stuff. I'd tell her to go to American Idol, but that would be an insane mistake with the way that show is now. Ah, I'm getting off topic...
So anyway, have fun fighting about race!
I apologize if I offended you in anyway. I'm mostly just asking when is this whole divide going to end? When can we put the past behind us and raise our children from the same perspectives. I suppose I'm just sick of these inequalities as much as you are and this whole election seemed like it drew another solid line down the center of blacks and non-blacks and it's frustrating. So once again i apologize.
