Simple. Tell him Whitey done stole da 'lection. And shut up dat cryin'.
Posted on 11/01/2012 11:07:08 AM PDT by Kaslin
What do I tell my black child if Barack Obama, America's first black president, loses his bid for re-election? This is a question many parents are asking themselves -- especially those who would blame the loss on racism.
Jubilant black parents on the front pages of newspapers, the day after Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, said things like, "for the first time" they could "sincerely" say to their children that a black person could realistically aspire to become president of the United States.
The New York Times wrote: "That a new day had dawned was immediately apparent at breakfast on Wednesday at Eagle Academy, a young public school in the spot where the often hard-edged Brooklyn neighborhoods of Brownsville and Ocean Hill intersect: The sixth-grade boys sat in silence over their eggs, biscuits and apple juice.
"They were too busy poring over the transcripts of President-elect Barack Obama's speech that teachers had handed them as they walked in. Too tired, perhaps, from having been awoken at midnight to hear the news from their tearful mothers. ...
"The 30-year-old principal, Rashad Meade, pushed his proteges, asking why they thought ... this moment was so important ... why their parents had woken them the night before.
"Isaiah Purcell, who is 11, started to say something about the issues, then trailed off. He picked up again, asserting that Mr. Obama's ascendancy to the White House 'makes us think that we could accomplish anything when you put your mind to it (emphasis added).'"
Goodness! Pre-Obama, what were these parents and teachers telling these kids about their future? What would the teary-eyed parents have said had Obama lost? Would they have told their children that racism remains a major force in America and Obama's defeat proves the point? And assuming he loses his bid for re-election, what will this defeat say about "race" in America?
My father, a former Marine, World War II vet, was born to an illiterate single mother in Athens, Ga. An only child, he never met his biological father. He was a 14-year-old teenager in that Jim Crow South when the Great Depression began. Hard, hard knocks.
But as I write in my new book, "Dear Father, Dear Son," my father taught my brothers and me that the only barrier to success is lack of effort. My Huntsville, Alabama-born mother also taught us that, through education and steady application, goals could be achieved -- no matter how lofty.
Yes, even the presidency of the United States.
I write: "Mom made me feel like I could spit lightening and make bullets bounce off my chest. She sat me down on the front porch when I was about 6 years old. She had an illustrated book of all the presidents from George Washington to Dwight Eisenhower. We talked about their achievements and disappointments.
"'Larry,' she said, tapping the book, 'if you work hard enough and want it bad enough, someday you can be in this book.'"
My parents told us that no one can make you feel inferior without your permission. In high school, we read a sad, bitter poem about racism in a black literature course:
"While riding through old Baltimore, so small and full of glee,
"I saw a young Baltimorean keep a-lookin' straight at me.
"Now, he was young and very small, and I was not much bigger
"And so I smiled, but he put out his tongue and called me 'nigger.'
"I saw the whole of Baltimore from May until September,
"Of all the things that happened there, that's all that I remember."
The teacher angrily talked about the permanent damage done to this little boy's psyche. The permanent stain of racism. The assault on the little boy's dignity. The boy, said the teacher, will never be the same. By the time the bell sounded, everyone was angry.
When I got home, I read the poem to my mother. She was in the kitchen, cooking a pot of greens. When I finished the last line, she turned, big spoon in hand, and looked me in the eye.
"Too bad," she said, "that boy let something so trivial spoil his vacation."
If Obama loses, how many parents will tell their children that his race did him in? Already, The Associated Press published a poll supposedly showing that the negative "racial attitudes" people hold against blacks could likely cost Obama 2 points in the election.
Really?
Not only does Obama benefit from a near-unanimous black vote, but also from the many whites who voted for Obama because of his race. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, explained in 2008: "This is (their) chance to demonstrate that we have been able to get this boogeyman called race behind us. And so they are going to vote for him, whether he has credentials or not, whether he has any experience."
Hall of Famer Frank Robinson became the first black manager in the modern major leagues. There have been many since. Robinson's hiring made a statement about the irrelevance of race. Years later, when his team underperformed, Robinson was fired.
Obama can be fired, as well.
Oh, I could tell the kid a LOT!
Tell them Obama’s white half is a very bad man - if that makes you feel better. Or just say Obama sucks.
I simply would say, “if you get a job and fail to perform it, expect to be fired.”
Simple. Tell him Whitey done stole da 'lection. And shut up dat cryin'.
What Do I Tell My Black Child If Obama Loses?
If he can’t do the job, you must let him go.
Tell them the same damned thing that Whites tell their children when a White man loses. For crying out loud, it’s just damned depressing to see some folks this stupid. And of course, the media is there to provide comfort, and disburse/network the lunacy.
That black Americans still need to perfom, to get results and not expect to get a pass due to skin color. Being black is not an excuse for poor performance or poor behavior.
This is, I believe, a corollary of Dr. King’s “I have a dream” speech. I think more black Americans understand this than do white liberals. Theirs is the soft racism of low expectations.
Tell him that his chances of survival as an adult just doubled.
You could tell them that America is so much not a racist country as they elected a blackman to be President and when he turned out to be an incompetent Socilaist liar America kicked him out just like they would have a white guy.
“See? A black man just lost an election like white men always have.”
Tell 'em that, after all, he's only half black.
That actually made me LORL (laugh out really loud).
"Guess you'll have to stay with your grandmother during the days, since I won't be getting anymore welfare checks, and actually will have to get a job."
Does an oPhone require no contract since it gets its minutes, text messages and data from other phones?
Mr. Elder. What did you tell him when Obama won? Did you say you voted for a black man because of his color? If you did, you’re a damned racist! If you vote for him again, you’re a racist, and an effing FOOL!
It is a beautiful sentiment and a biblical one as well. You shall know them not by their words but by their deeds.
Tell a black child that the way to be successful isn’t to “get to the top” because of your race but because you worked harder than everyone else, every single day. And if you take the easy way out...it will catch up with you.
So too will Obama be fired. This race pits a communist with a capitalist. Guess who's going to win. . . America saw who Obama was in the first debate and they've been researching him for years. . They now know, . . and will produce a landslide.
Just tell him that Obama doesn’t value time honored traditions that most United States Citizens hold dear, that Obama is too politically correct, and he is out of touch with the ideas that have made this nation great. Obama thinks politically correct thought is more important then the values the United States represents. Obama thinks those time honored values are like a rerun from father knows best, that’s why he was rejected as President of the United States. He just doesn’t get it.
Oh boy! This thread is going to be frozen soon!
My FIRST question would be to my wife: How is it that we have a black child when we’re both white....?????!!!!!
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Remember that Jim carrey movie; ‘Me, Myself and Irene’?
Funny as hell.
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