Star Member nolabear (15,356 posts)
President Obama just made history. That was beautiful.
His heartfelt words about race just now broke me open. If I had one wish it is for us to try to build on that, not by hating the people who will disparage what he just said (and he was incredibly acknowledging of the problems in the African American community) but by inviting and inviting and refusing to hate back.
It's the only way. He's trying mightily to lead in a way only he can. I'm touched and amazed.
This will go down in history.
http://upload.democraticunderground.com/10023296216So the preezy basically comes out and says all the problems in the black communities is all the fault of us crackers, and somehow that is beautiful and wonderful, and will unite people.

great white snark (2,133 posts)
2. It was amazing. One of many times he's made history in a positive way.
Now we just need people to listen and understand.
Ohh it may make history alright, but not in a positive way. What he did was pretty much just amplify all the race baiting and hatred of whitey that Sharpton, Jackson and others have done for decades.
As a creepy ass cracker, I was offended as hell when the president got up on stage and basically said that whitey sucks and every problem in the world is due to us being the racists.
How about having a president with the balls to address the real problem. The problem with how black leaders are not interested in actually fixing the problem, but hell bent on keeping racism alive and well so they can line their own pockets.
When is the last time any of the black leaders have encouraged their youth to ignore the gangsta culture and do their school work?
When is the last time a black leader said if you are a street sweeper be the best street sweeper you can possibly be?
When is the last time a black leader said he wanted to be judged on his character and not the color of his skin?
If the black leadership really cared about their people they would be down in the communities and teaching young people how to make their lives better instead of going around constantly blaming the white man for every problem they have.
We can only fix this problem if the left will stop judging everyone based on their skin color.
If it was wrong to profile Trayvon, then why wasn't it wrong to profile Zimmerman? Yes Zimmerman was profiled, he had white skin and had an incident with someone who had black skin. He was immediately profiled as a racist by the media and our government.