Take careful note what the President had to say,the way he said it and the context in which it was said: When his term ends, he will become the de facto national spokesman for colored people. All the others will fall by the wayside fast and hard. That should bring you glee, not consternation.
rfenst wrote:
Outside the NAACP, who uses the term "colored person" any more?
You sound like Archie Bunker.
And you're 100% right.
This president is creating racial divide with extreme hypocrisy.
Think about it:
The first African-American president elected (then RE-elected) is telling us that we're a racially motivated country.
The majority of voters put him in office. Yet we're a racist nation.
Nobody denies that racism exists, but when the PRESIDENT tells us that EVERY black man in America knows what it's like to be followed in a store??
I'm a white dude.
I can tell you what it's like to be followed in a store.
I guess if I were black, I could blame my color.
Instead, I have to assume that I fit a profile or it was just an instance of circumstance for any number of reasons.
So many questions are left to be answered.
Like, if I followed David Ortiz in the store for his autograph, is it because he's black?
And, is David Ortiz really black, or just a "black Hispanic"?
