Posted by
TOTA on Friday, August 01, 2008 10:22:02 PM
As Obama's star fades, look for the radical left to pull out all the stops. Wild and baseless accusations of racism will be the norm, and before it's all over, we can expect the obligatory threat of riots. The 'black community' has a lot invested in Obama. Watch for at least one of their 'leaders' to caution us: if racist whites reject Obama, you can expect unrest in the streets.
This will backfire, further undermining Obama's campaign. No one wants to live under the threat of riots caused by election outcomes. If unrest actually does occur, it will damage Obama and democrats. And it will further cement the growing acknowledgment that what we've done to date on race has not worked. Many blacks remain bitter and angry over real and imagined abuses and slights. And many retain a sense of entitlement that saps their productive and creative capacity; this mindset is nursed by democrats.
To make matters worse, this poisonous worldview is the only one promoted with any consistency or visibility in the black community. Racism isn't the problem, I've never met a person who would not hire someone because they are black. Nor is there a community anywhere in America, or a school system anywhere in the country which will deny blacks a business license or a free education. The only concern I've encountered from business owners relates to the firing of blacks - some say that hiring a black person carries with it the risk that if they are dismissed, they will sue and you'll find yourself defending your business in front of bureaucrats who can destroy it. If there is any widespread reluctance to hire blacks, that is likely a greater cause than racism. And of course leftists want more such laws; if they had their way, you'd have to go to a tribunal in order to fire a minority from your business.
The vast, vast majority of whites are cheered by black success and have no hate in their hearts for blacks. Yet we are almost all depicted as racist haters, who view blacks as the enemy, and want them to fail, and miserably. In fact, the general lot of blacks was improving consistently until liberals got their hooks into them and started using the black community as a giant social experiment. The white people they consider their friends are really their worst enemies.
If the goal of a national discussion on race is to eliminate racism, it has largely already happened. If in order to move on, blacks must be convinced of the truth of this, the debate has no end. There will always be those who will agitate.
Obama promises no relief, only further division and discord. He apparently endorsed reparations the other day, and a more liberal congress could conceivably approve it. This is the age of madness.
TOTA