Originally Posted By ecdc <a href="http://open.salon.com/blog/keka/2010/10/10/white_men_with_guns" target="_blank">http://open.salon.com/blog/kek...ith_guns</a> We were told that racism wasn't part of the backlash to Obama, except perhaps a minuscule minority. It continues to look less and less like that's so. Warning: The writer has amassed homemade signs and logos that are deeply disturbing to make her case. I'm serious, do not click unless you're prepared to see sickening racism.
Originally Posted By FaMulan What a sad, sick society we live in. I hope the poor schlubs with guns can get past this manipulative b******* by the rich white power brokers and realize they are not superior or special and wake up, just wake up to the fact that we are all humans.
Originally Posted By HRM Racism of this sort has been around for a long time... Obama is just the current target of choice.
Originally Posted By HRM ...and it isn't just the white majority that are involved, people of all colors and backgrounds have contributed to the muck slinging.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones Some of those are definitely racist but others are not. Portraying him as the devil certainly is not racist. Other items there look like "ironic racism," the kind you see from edgy comedians and stuff like that. I mean, the "do we still call it the White House" joke was always one of the de facto black guy president jokes. We could see it coming a mile away.
Originally Posted By disneydad109 I have never seen such pictures nor have am I aware of anybody here in the south say such things. Do you think that this stuff is real? I am sure that many folks don't like the Pres but it the man not his race.I hope
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones A lot of this stuff has origins on the Internet and are created by anonymous people who are looking to offend, whether they really believe what they are saying or not.
Originally Posted By disneydad109 It seems to me that many folks are just looking to be offended.I think life is too short to hate.
Originally Posted By fkurucz A few years ago a black family moved into out upper middle class neighborhood. Late one evening I was wallking the dog and saw a police cruiser with lights flashing parked in front of their house. I was shocked to see that someone had smashed the windows on the car parked on their driveway. Within a few months they moved away. Apparently the cops never found out who did it, but it never happened before and hasn't happened since then. They were the only black family in the neighborhood that I know of.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>it never happened before and hasn't happened since then.<< I think this is the kind of racism a lot of African Americans experience that a lot of white people say, "Well how do we know it was because they were black?" I suppose in each individual instance you don't know, but when you take the total stories like this...clearly there's an issue.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 One of my right wing uncles has me on his mailing lists for right wing screeds. About two thirds are non-racial "Obama is a fascist/socialist/Muslim etc" but about a third are blatantly racist. Believe me, this is very real among a certain set of people,sadly. I always read them because I want to see the kinds of things that are making the Internet rounds, and trust me, a lot of it ain't pretty.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<I have never seen such pictures nor have am I aware of anybody here in the south say such things.>> You're serious? OH GEEZ! My mom-in-law du jour lives in SC in a fairly upscale residential area near a lake. Not quite gated, but close. Anyway, there are ZERO minorities in that neighborhood. ZERO. The nearest cluster of non-white residences are miles away. The only people of color you see in her neighborhood are riding mowers and planting shrubs. Go anywhere in town and you hear the blatant racism. It's everywhere. Even in front of the minority baggers at the grocery store, white customers open their stupid mouths and let the crap flow right out. Borderline racist billboards dot the local highways. The only thing missing are KKK advertisements. But it comes darn close. And Obama? He's the devil incarnate. They hate his guts with a passion. Seriously. I don't know how my MILDJ handles this garbage, being the long-time liberal Democrat she is. (Transplanted from Jersey, years ago, for her husband's job.)
Originally Posted By ChurroMonster I used to work with an African-American lady with whom I would discuss all kinds of things. One time when discussing racism in this country she brought up a lot of racist activities white people do without knowing it: Black people are watched more closely in retail stores. In restaurants and bars their servers will check on them more frequently when the bill has been presented. When riding in a car with a white driver they are much more likely to be pulled over and the officer is only checking to make sure everything's okay. Women clutch their purses when a black man approaches. People lock their car doors when driving through a neighborhood full of black people. The "worst" neighborhoods are always black neighborhoods. We have a long way to go to overcome racism in this country.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***When riding in a car with a white driver they are much more likely to be pulled over and the officer is only checking to make sure everything's okay*** I thought this sort of thing was illegal, no? ***We have a long way to go to overcome racism in this country*** Boy howdy! The optimistic side of me hopes beyond hope that this is the "last vestiges" come out loud and strong because FINALLY America has elected a minority to the highest position in the land, and it will get markedly better from here on in. The pessimist in me feels that this is but the opening stages of a nasty, ugly race war that will only get progressively worse as the nation shatters into at least 2 very distinctive pieces.
Originally Posted By KatieKate123 I guess if I lived in the south, and I saw these things daily it would upset me. I think more of this country needs to be based on what D.C is based on. I live in Manassas V.A and we have a very open area b/c we have every color and religion made in Northern Virginia. We have the Indians, the muslims, white people, hispanics, blacks, and pakistans. Let me tell you I am not racist or never will be. My husband is hispanic, but there are certain cultures I don't like. Anyways back to what I was going to say. Though we have all of these people and though 80 percent of the people like eachother we do have racism. We have this one girls who's mom was talking to one of my daughters friends parents about how hispanics are stupid and why do we have to have them. Only for their adopted son wanna hear irony from el sabador comes walking up mommy look who this is. Oh but to my face this lady is so nice, once my kids come around though shes a different work. Their daughter is racist 2 it starts from a young age. The daughter likes being Gabby's friend but at the same time my daughter comes home saying hispanics are stupid. I am mad about this, I live with a bunch of hispanics and for my daughter to say that is hurtful. What's worst is that my daughter dosen't consider herself hispanic but american which she is, and she dosen't even connect the 2 but one day she will. Though I keep this child away from mine, I won't be able to stop every single racist person and that bothers me. I am white and I don't deal with racism often, not sure why that is but its the truth. But I know my husband/ guys/ kids are going to deal with it. They have dealt with it b/f and will continue to deal with it. The worst thing that has happened so far was Luz and I were at waffle house, and 2 bikers stepped in front of my car and wouldn't let me in my car. They then grabbed Luz and started to plumet him. Luckily the rest of my guys were on the way to waffle house and could stop it in time, but that scares me on how some people are so racist that they don't even stop to think of their actions.
Originally Posted By fkurucz "I guess if I lived in the south, and I saw these things daily it would upset me" Heck, I live i the Rocky Mountain West and I see it.
Originally Posted By disneydad109 I don't see or hear this type of talk. I would guess that people are worried that they would sound low class and dumb.The other reason maybe that my nieghbor hood has alot of different folks (mostly computer types) and the talk never seems to enter the area of politics or race.It's a real mixed bag of nuts at our local swimming pool,tennis courts , the golf course and the bike trails.
