I think the bigger hypocracy is from the writer of the article, who seems to want to suggest that 3 people interviewed represent all those at the "24th Annual Black Family Reunion", and then goes on to imply -- at least to me -- that these folks represent all opinions of blacks in general. Absurd.

The fourth person cited in the article as being interviewed (according to the link) said,

Alan Sims, 38, is a home improvement contractor. He supports Obama and the changes he's advocating, but he said criticism comes with the job. Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush, he said, was judged harshly by black Americans because he is white.

"Race is always," Sims said, "going to be a factor in American politics."

Race probably IS always a factor in politics, but I think it's a stretch even at that to imply that it's true for all people. Was George Bush judged harshly by a majority of black Americans ONLY because he is white? Or was that just the talking heads doing their thing? Why do we listen to these heads; what have they ever done for the unity and cohesion of the country?

I am a tawny beige American Trust me when I say that I judged former President George Bush harshly on his policies and actions, and haven't EVER considered age, skin shading nor gender to be an acceptable variable for qualification of a politician. I suspect most Americans are the same.

is it me or are whites being prodded and goated into hate?

I am so sick and tired of all of this crap!

The terms racist and racism are becoming a joke now. Everyone is calling those that don't agree with their position racists, and this is just stupid! I also think the term reverse racism is a misnomer, racism is racism no matter who is carrying the bigot gene. IMHO

There is something going on under all of this. I just love how O is embraced by the black community when my half black and half white children, now adults, are always called "white" by their black peers. Not black enough for most blacks and certainly not white enough for whites. But the POTUS, now he is all black man...please.

The public face of acceptance of mixed race people by the black community is largely different than the real thing.

There definitely seems to be a double standard these days. What gets me is that every year we have a 'music of black origin' awards ceremony and it gets a lot of media coverage... it always makes me ponder what the fallout would be if someone tried to do a 'music of white origin' awards ceremony and called it that... that definitely wouldn't be seen as acceptable and they would be seen as racist.

Originally posted by mikerussellus

When losing an argument, flash the race card. *ding* And you automatically win.

This is exactly the tactic that they are running with. They have to know that their plan for America is so devoid of any reasonable logic that the only way they can win is to put their opponents on the defensive.

I have to say it's a brilliant political tactic but on the other hand it shows just how weak their ideas really are.

I was randomly viewing videos of the march and it was a sea of
white people. The odd thing is there were 2 black speakers in
the first 2 videos I watched. In a way that's kinda neat but
really felt odd.

Anyway, I watched more videos and saw less than a dozen
who weren't white. Huh?
Don't blacks care about the same issues as whites?

This might be a real problem if the PTB have divided us
down the lines of color to the point where whites and blacks
have oppposing political viewpoints.

How do we get through so everyone understands that they're
being played against each other? I think they want to start a
race war as things get harder and harder. Black or white,
a government run amok is the problem all Americans must
deal with and soon or we won't have a country left!

I'm sick of all the race baiting, the white apologist culture
in politics and the UNESCO-inspired multiculturalist mandates
that say America should be ashamed of it's heritage.

I know America was built on the bodies of native americans
and the backs of slaves. But it was also built on the exploitation
of white immigrant labor too. We have attained equal rights and
opportunity for more than a generation (as far as race is concerned)
and it's tiime to stop squabbling over the tidbits left over and
let's get together and go after the real problems were facing
like runaway spending, corporate profiteering and the insider
culture of Washington. America belongs to We the People, not
We the Rich. Black, white or whatever, it's our country and we
better get control of it and fast!

[edit on 14-9-2009 by Asktheanimals]

Originally posted by OpusMarkII
is it me or are whites being prodded and goated into hate?

look...there are millions of people that simply hate having a black president. and if you don't know this, you need to start doing some road trips. being a white male, and having traveled through the south, i have seen and heard this personally. christ, if you go up into the foothills of california which i had to do for my career before i retired, you see confederate flags in quite a few of the small towns, and they are quite open to explaining that the moved up in the hills to get away from the n*gg*rs that live in the big cities along the coast.

We'd probably be getting somewhere if race was a total non-issue. Whenever people start writing articles and talking about racism it only stirs further hatred from the people being labeled "racist".

Either way, you can't control what people think, if they have an inkling of racial inequality then it's ridiculous charges of racism like this that make people stoke that fire.

I would have liked to think that we're passed this whole race issue but the people who "fight racism" would be out of a job and it's in their best interests to keep the hate going.