America: Still Talking About Race

Townhall.com ^ | August 23, 2010 | Joseph C. Phillips

[Vaduz]

And in real news people can’t stand the stupidity of the Obama’s,both are dumb and dangerous.

[Uncle Ike]

” I have found few blacks honest enough and willing enough to have a calm, quiet, honest discussion. “

That’s because people (non-race-specific) who have advanced to the point where ‘calm, quiet, honest discussion’ is possible, have also advanced to the place where such discussion is no longer necessary....

[CincyRichieRich]

The leftists use race as a proxy for “oppressed vs oppressor”
Classic leftist thinking. Turn one against the other, create class struggle, class strife, leading to civil unrest. When the opportunity arises, rush in and set up a marxist government.
Looks like that already happened.

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Exactly. Watch the mosque issue...Obama will have black owned businesses doing the work where whites will sign on to not ever be a part of it’s building. More division. I know black couples who are still saying he’s not supported because of his race...these are mostly elderly couples...no mention of his policies, beliefs, morals, nope...only race.

[GailA]

Then why did 61% of the conservatives in a ‘racially’ divided district vote on Aug 5th for Charlotte Bergmann http://www.bergmann4congress.com/ a CONSERVATIVE black female businesswoman to go up against the incumbent white, Jewish, socialist, obama butt kisser steve cohen in the US 9th District TN (MEMPHIS)?

[MBB1984]

It wouldn’t work at all if we did not have so many, even Conservatives, laden with self imposed white guilt and self loathing.

[Old Landmarks]

Liberals have their motives for lying. Their game has always been their pseudo-faith which has nothing to do with truth.

The truth is their enemy, so they lie without even a pause.

They will do anything, especially continually lying, to set up their view of utopia because the end justifies their means.

[frithguild]

I don't ever recall qnyone saying, "uppity negro"...

I heard it in Blazing Saddles.

[GailA]

So very true. Right shall become wrong, wrong shall become right as the Bible says.

[Old Landmarks]

Well said.

[Texas resident]

CNN is obsessed with race.

Most Americans only race concern is nascar.

Go away CNN.

[dfwgator]

Race, Inc., will always be around as long as there is money to be made off of it.

[xrmusn]

I had attempted to have discussions like this with colleagues but, always in the back of my mind, is the fear that it will degenerate into racial epithets.
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When I get the hints/winks/rolling eyes etc that I do not like BO just because he is black, I just tell ‘them’ that I had the same disdain for Clinton, Gore, Kerry, Johnson, MacNamara, Carter etc etc etc. Then you get called a Liberal basher but still racist.
Tell them you had no problem voting for Doug Wilder for gov of VA and I would have probably voted for a Sam Nunn, Bob Kerrey, Zoe Miller, avid fan of Sowell and W. Williams appreciate Justice Thomas and you (at least I) get the impression that Libs and Blacks don’t consider ‘my choices’ as one of ‘them’.

Just tell them you have no problem with the Black half of BO, it is the White half you despise.

[FrankR]

No...America isn't "still talking about race"...the left is still talking about race. It's all they can talk about because it's the only argument they can come up with.

Obama was supposed to heal the race thing in America; but he hasn't, in fact, he's made it much, much worse.

His rebellious, punk-ass attitude has so empowered the militant left that it's like the 60's all over again. Hate seethes from the militant left, you can see it, you can feel it.

I sincerely hope that Glen Beck's rally in D.C. this month goes peacefully, but if it doesn't, maybe the TEA party folks will take out the trash. Ol' Al will be there trash-talking and probably surrounded by his para-military terrorists to try to intimidate everyone.

But how far do we allow ourselves to be pushed? Over the cliff?

[DustyMoment]

That’s because people (non-race-specific) who have advanced to the point where ‘calm, quiet, honest discussion’ is possible, have also advanced to the place where such discussion is no longer necessary....

A fair point. But, as an eeeeee-vil white guy (married heterosexual and all!!), I would like to try to understand the mixed messages coming from the black community. For decades, white America has bent over backwards trying to accommodate them and they keep pushing us away. We keep trying to integrate and they keep trying to segregate . . . . . what kind of message does that send???

I'd truly like to understand what it is that they want. The problem is that I don't think they know what they want. They just want to keep a battle going that ended decades ago and they won . . . . they just don't realize it, yet!!

But, as has been noted recently, the race card is maxed out and we are all suffering from race fatigue. Personally, I'm tired of it all.

[MrB]

“race” is an “instead of” argument,

since any discussion of the efficacy of their policies leaves them on the losing end.

[DustyMoment]

The early claim by the race-baiters in ‘08 that you were a racist if you wouldn’t vote for Obama intentionally ignored the legitimate political disagreementas that many of us have with his policies.

That attitude still pervades the debate today and is still just as disingenuous. This, IMO, is one of the main reasons that the whole race-based debate is falling flat.

Too many of us are tired of the race card being thrown everytime a “minority” (translation - non-white) doesn’t have a rational argument to support their claims. That’s why the race issue isn’t playing this time. They’ve used it too many times.

[eddiespaghetti]

Libs just talk. The rest of us live our lives.

BINGO!!!

[Alberta's Child]

Everything I needed to know about race in this country I learned from Bill Cosby.

[xrmusn]

That attitude still pervades the debate today and is still just as disingenuous.
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Well, PC has put ‘us’ in the position that the ONLY one you can ‘dislike’ is a clone of yourself.
You (supposedly) can’t dislike a person because he/she is a slug, boor, butthead etc, they have to throw in the “REAL” reason is because they are black, female, Irish, Jewish, Italian, Middle Eastern etc etc etc.
The worst part is the people that are buying this garbage, some you would have never suspected....

[kalee]

I am weary of hearing about race. I don’t give a flip about color, I care about values. I want family, friends and representatives who share my values.