Why are we calling the president Black? I thought he was just the President? I do not recall other presidents being referenced by color or race. Hmm...more evidence that racism has "surfaced", or increased, since the new president has been in the ""White" House.
Beeblebrox's daughter has the right idea: "My daughters refer to their friends as "..the one with blond hair, the one with brown skin, the one with tan skin, the one with black hair, the one with the green eyes"...as if skin color were nothing more or less different that hair color or eye color. They're not Black, Asian, Mexican or any of those labels our society uses. I wish I could be more like that." Me too... On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 9:12 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > Did you hear when she said this? > > I haven't seen such a mean-spirited people as I've seen lately over > this issue of health care. [Mumurs of agreement.] Some of the racism > we thought was buried [someone in the audience says, "It surfaced!"] > Didn't it surface? Now, we endured eight years of the Bushes and we > didn't do the stuff these Republicans are doing because you have a > black president. [Applause] > > Yeah, she's a uniter. > > > On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I have to admit. I read her remarks (admittedly taken out of context both > > from a content and timeliness standpoint), and I thought "this woman > should > > be fired. today. nothing can justify this statement or attitude. > Especially > > not in a government employee. Escpecially not in one setting policy". > > > > On Monday night, I did not think _anything_ could mitigate her > statements. > > > > Of course, I was wrong. And I was purposefully and skillfully manipulated > > into that wrongness by professionals. > > > > So, I have learned an invaluable lesson that I _thought_ I already knew. > > Don't take any story at face value. Don't rush to judgment. Nothing I > learn > > today is necessarily more correct than what I learn next week. > > > > There are whole swaths of our society whose single profession is to > > manipulate us into doing what they want and feeling how they want. > > Advertising. Politics. Branding. Romance novels. Breaking news stories. > > Blues albums. Movies. > > > > I can't blame them too much if they get good at it. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:323622 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
