Are we to be divided along color lines?

I don't understand why one group of our Lawmakers are meeting with the President to the exclusion of the rest of them regarding employment in the Black community. Do only white Lawmakers represent the 'whites' and black Lawmakers represent 'black' Americans?

It makes me sick at the stomach to see how we are divided along skin color lines since this administration came to power.

guess, what I didn't expect to see was such blatant racism!

Maybe you are noticing it more because the person delivering it is black himself, rather than a white acting on behalf of the organized black lobby?

Certainly blatent racism emminating from our government is at least 30 years old, maybe more. Consider:

Affirmative Action admissions to public university (30+ years) give less qualified blacks admission while turning down more qualified whites. Litigated and lobbied against, but still the fact and law in most places.
Minority set-aside contracting laws require government agencies to buy goods and services from "minority owned businesses" in prefernce to white owned businesses.
Hiring in public sector. Preference given to blacks over whites, by law.
Promotion in public sector. The famous fire-fighter suit in New Haven a classic example. Was finally overturned, but even then city dragged their feet. How many other cities are still stacking the deck.
Private sector hiring - affirmative action required by law and EEOC regulation. Regular "check ups" and threat of lawsuits to large companies for not having enough blacks at all levels, regardless of qualifications. (We tried is not a defense)
Lower government guaranteed home loans rates for minority buyers, lower requirements for equity, income.
Black History Month
Court ordered gerrymandering to produce 'black districts' and elect black candidates
Black Entertainment Television (can you IMAGINE the outrage at "White Entertainment Television")
The Black Congressional Caucus (again imagine a White Congressional Caucus... which ever politician promoted it would be hounded out of the Congress)

This has become so internalized that liberal whites now proactively act this way even when the government isn't prodding them to do so.

For instance Bill Gates just created a huge program of scholarships for children that EXCLUDES whites, while inviting every other race to apply.

Being a simple person (which I consider myself too) we tend to ignore the small injustices and just get on with life.

This type of blatent rigging of things for blacks has been supported by both the GOP and Democratic party. Where are we to turn to get reciprocity? Will we continue to argue only for a return to "color blind" policy, or will anger push us all the way to pushing for explicitly pro-white policies to match the 30 years of pro black ones?

These are interesting questions, questions that have somehow become more obvious with Obama blatently running the affirmative action state of behalf of his chosen minority.

Standard Disclaimer: not all blacks support these policies. But using Dem voting as a rough proxy: 95% do.

The racial gerrymandering sometimes works to the Republicans' advantage, by making other districts easier for Republicans to win.

What the gerrymandering does is produce black Congressmen and Congresswomen who espouse leftist and victimologist viewpoints which don't appeal much to non-minority voters, so they aren't competitive in statewide races.

I think the last person to go directly from the House of Representatives to the Presidency was Garfield (and he had been elected to the Senate before winning the Presidency, just hadn't taken his seat there yet). I think he was the only one ever to go directly from the House to the White House (Lincoln was an ex-Congressman when elected President). To be a contender for the Presidency, you usually need to be a senator, governor, vice president, or a former holder of one of those positions, or else a war-hero general.

The current system benefits black politicians who can win re-election easily, but have no prospects of advancing to higher office. It may not really help the Democrats, but they are stuck with it.

I don't think anything has changed because of who is President, but because of who is President things are more out in the open. The dividing lines are less disguised.

I was in the break-room at work tonight and a black coworker was speaking: “...what is going on with our leaders? Who is running the country, who is taking care of us?. I mean what is goin on, man this is just crazy. They say Obama has had more than 100 parties in the white house since he been President, well what did they think when they put him in office: he's Black - he gonna party. He been liquoring up since he got there, I mean - what did they expect?

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