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Race baiting

January 22nd, 2009 5 comments
We have a black president.  I’ve heard people say that this proves that anyone can do anything.  I’ve always believed that anyway.  But I’m not naive.  I believe that racism exists in this country.   However, I don’t think it’s as pervasive as some would like us to believe.   I believe that there was a time when affirmative action was the right thing.  Not anymore.  Skin color doesn’t matter.  What matters is who is best suited for the job.  By the same token, if someone owns a private company, one that is not publicly traded, that owner should be able to hire whomever he wishes.  If he wants to take the lesser qualified person over other candidates because he happens to like one type of person more than another, that’s his prerogative.  His business may suffer because of his choice.  That’s not anyone’s business but his.  He has to live with it.

Racism is like a pendulum.  In the past the pendulum was in a position where blacks were targets of racism.  The pendulum is swinging.  It is actually swinging to the other side where whites are starting to be the targets of racism.   Rodney King said, “Why can’t we all just get along?”  Martin Luther King Jr. said that he hoped that his children would be judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.  All great comments.  From where I sit, I think we’re pretty close to that.  So why is it that we have black people in positions of leadership that practice race baiting and don’t get called on it.  Our own president, during his inauguration, sat by and listened to a black preacher, Joseph Lowery,  race bait during the recitation of his prayer.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYBjZT7JbVw It would not be appropriate for the president to react or comment on the spot, but I would hope that he has a follow up with this individual and explains what is wrong with what he said.  And he should never be invited to a function again.  Now, if a white person speaks out about this obvious race baiting, it gets turned around on them and they are called racists.  But where is the outrage by the black community?  Why are they not calling this guy out?  Why don’t they call out Jesse Jackson, Al Shapton and all the other race baiters?  Why don’t the blacks see that these people are actually the ones that are holding them back?  They are the ones that perpetuate racism!  Where is the outrage?  Kudos to Bill Cosby for calling them on it.  We need more leaders like Cosby and less of the other guys.  Obama should put Cosby on his cabinet.  He could be the Secretary of Shut-the-hell-up-and-do-for-yourself.  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6615-2004Sep8.html  And by the way, this isn’t a “black” problem.  This is a “victim” problem.  Color really has nothing to do with it.

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