White men, or more specifically, white males of European heritage, have been oppressing peoples of other races, genders and ethnic groups for millennium. Electing one man to a high office is not going to erase that. Some whites haven't done right. Lowery suggested, in a humorous way, that perhaps now they could. If you find that an insult, I would suggest you have extremely thin skin. I think you fail to see that the barbs are aimed at those one are guilty. If you aren't, don't take the insult simply because you share skin color and body parts with those who are. But don't dismiss their sins for the same reason.
As for being Jewish, perhaps you should check the heritage of the civil rights workers who were murdered by WHITE MEN while helping the blacks obtain the right to vote. Those white men Lowery was commenting on, who would kill you as quickly if you got in their way, because you are a Jew. On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Michael Dinowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > Its ok because payback is a bitch. It's ok because it's just gentle ribbing. > It's ok because it is sticking it to the man. But its not. It's a direct > insult to white America saying "you're not doing ok". Not the man, whites in > general. Not gentle ribbing but a direct implication that whites are the > ones keeping black/brown/red/yellow from advancing, etc. Not payback because > this is supposed to be a unification president, not a racially divisive one. > I guess white America voting a black man into the highest office in the > country is not doing right. > Get over it? Sure. They didn't say "when Jews stop penny pinching" > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sorry. As a member of a wide variety of ethnic and social groups that >> are subject of frequent ridicule, I find it hard to have any sympathy >> for the "man" - especially upper class white men. If a white >> president was mocking blacks, it would be racism. The gentle ribbing >> of white men today was humor. Get over it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:285924 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
