Quote: (12-03-2014 08:05 PM)speakeasy Wrote:
Quote: (12-03-2014 07:27 PM)Excelsior Wrote:
That should tell you all you need to know about the state of race relations in the modern USA. Many naively concluded that the coming of Obama would signify some sort of magnificent transcendence for American race relations, a turning point at which the nation would truly move toward the creation of a more cohesive whole.
I said then that this was foolery, and I've been proven correct. Racial tensions have only increased under Obama.
I agree. I think it is entirely due to white conservatives fueled by the Tea Party. It wasn't white liberals and it wasn't blacks. The rising racial tensions are due to the type of whites that feel they are "losing their country" because of a black president. All anyone has to do is look at youtube comments, Heartiste or the type of racist propaganda and imagery that gets distributed in right-wing circles.
http://aattp.org/20-of-the-most-racist-t...cal-signs/
http://www.msnbc.com/politicsnation/stud...-likely-ex
You will not find equivalently vicious propaganda from Obama-supporting blacks against whites.
Edit --
I'm not saying any white that's in the Tea Party is racist, or that their official platform is racist or that one cannot support the Tea Party without being racist. But at the very least we can admit that there is a racist, reactionary faction amongst their ranks that used the birther nonsense and spread rumors that he is Muslim in order to appeal to the emotions of whites that are scared of the changing demographics.
...and then people wonder why blacks vote Democrat.
I would agree with this. Obama has put up with a lot of shit since he came into office when it comes to racial discrimination. Many feel like a lot of the hecklers and blatantly forms of disrespect are motivated by racism coming from people who don't want a Black man as their president. From questioning his Americaness with the whole birther thing which there was no evidence supporting that he was an illegal alien from Kenya to shutting the government down
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monk...down-deal/
to congressman Joe Wilson from South Carolina shouting "You Lie" to Obama's State of the Union Address.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/...ed-racism/
To Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona pointing her finger at Obama's face which was a clear form of disrespect
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/...IARXvldVlc
Also Rush Limbaugh put forward this song in the radio:
So I definitely agree that a lot of the Obama backlash is motivated by racism. The funny thing about all of this that I see is that it can all be traced to immigration. The birther thing is immigrant related. The most controversial point of Obamacare had to do whether illegals were going to be covered by it or not. Jan Brewer pointed her finger because she disagreed with him on immigration. Race relations in America have gotten worse in my opinion.