The Race Issue...GET OVER IT!!!

If you go to youtube and watch any political videos against Obama, many of them are used by the liberals to name conservatives racists. None of these videos in any way shape or form hint of racism. That, however, brings me to my entire point today. I will admit that there are still some white people that are racist. There are those “rednecks” and old school idiots that use the N word to refer to blacks, but the number of white racists is strongly declining. There will never be a day when there isn’t at least a small percentage of racists on either side. We are living in 2008 though, not 1968, and believe it or not, things are getting better. In this article, I would like to explore the other side of the aisle and show how racism exists today, but on the opposite side.

So a lot of African Americans want an apology for slavery. Obviously, we all know that slavery is wrong, but it didn’t’ exist in any of our lifetimes. That doesn’t only mean that we weren’t responsible for slavery, it also means that blacks today aren’t affected by it. I’m tired of feeling bad for something that happened a century ago that I had nothing to do with, don’t condone, and I’m also sick of the fact that the people complaining about it weren’t even affected by it. This proves that some blacks are using events that occurred 100 years ago as a crutch.

Believe it or not, it is possible to disagree with Obama’s politics. If you have read any of my articles, I have given you plenty of reasons to disagree with Obama. Many of you may remember when Bill Cunningham made national headlines by warming up a crowd at a McCain rally in Cincinnati. If you look on youtube, several people have that video listed as “racist comments made by a McCain supporter”. If you watch the video, nothing that he refers to is racial at all. All that he does is tell the truth about Obama’s associations, and uses his middle name, which is Hussein, just as he does with plenty of other people on his show. For example, he refers to Bill Clinton as William Jefferson Clinton, and Calls President Bush George Walker Bush. That’s simply how he talks, but it’s more beneficial for the minorities to cry racism. Ignorance is so convenient in cases such as this because you cannot say anything against minorities without getting named a racist, when you simply disagree with them.

In our nation, 70% of black children are born out of wedlock. That’s right! 70% of black babies have a father who is nowhere to be found. That is a fact. It’s not something I made up, it’s not a rumor or opinion, it’s a factual statistic, and I’m not a racist for pointing it out! It’s frustrating that anytime you mention a true statistic, and it affects a minority group, especially blacks, you are named a racist. I am in no way, shape, or form a racist. I have plenty of black friends, as well as other ethnic groups. I don’t look at someone and judge them, because I would hope that those same people wouldn’t look at me and judge me.

Why was it perfectly fine that 90% of blacks voted for Obama? If 90% of whites had voted for McCain, that 90%, including the entire Republican Party, would have been named bigots! I used to think a lot of Colin Powell, until he endorsed Obama. A true republican who claimed to be a friend of John McCain publicly supported Obama, for what reason? I know only of one thing they have in common! Why is it that blacks can call whites “Crackers”? If we use any racial slurs we are reprimanded immediately! I think that just as we have the N word, that we should also have the C word! Why is it ok that African Americans have “Black Entertainment Television? Try to start the network “White Entertainment Television” and see what happens. What about the “United Negro College Fund”? Why can’t we have the “United Caucasian College Fund? Why is one not considered bigotry but the other one is? I could continue with examples, but I’m sure you get the point.

The two most racist people in this nation that are widely known are Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton! Although not alone, these two look for racism and will grab at any straws they can to make whites look like racists. They believe that they have to look for it because racism today is “hidden”. I’ve made this point before and I’m going to make it again. These two, along with their friends, in all reality didn’t want Barack Obama to win the election. Now that Obama will be the next president, Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson have no credibility and nobody should ever listen to them making false claims again! I read somewhere today that a commentator was complaining that less than 1% of college football coaches are black. The first point I would like to reference is the percentage of players in the NFL that are black. Second of all, the word minority means that there are fewer in their population. In other words, of course there are fewer black coaches because there are fewer black people!

Affirmative action is discrimination in itself, and instead of enforcing it, the government should be outlawing it! If I am the best person for a particular job, then I should receive it. If I’m not the best person for the job, then whoever is the most qualified should get it. Believe it or not, it’s that simple. Getting a job should not depend on what race, color, gender, or age you are. It should depend ONLY on your qualifications. The truth of the matter is that affirmative action doesn’t do minorities any good either. When minorities who aren’t the most qualified receive jobs because of affirmative action, it makes the people that deserved the job angry, and gives minorities as a whole a bad reputation.

I’m not against any minority groups at all. I’m simply saying that as things are getting better and as the generation that for years were the most prejudiced is fading away, it’s time to accept it. Of course there will always be at least a small number of people in every ethnic group that are bigots, and that will never change. However, the very fact that we now have a black president proves that times are changing, and I expect others in all walks of life and in all ethnic groups to realize that. My suggestion is to look at each situation logically. If you are in the minority and you are fired from your job, or if someone disagrees with something you say, don’t automatically assume that it was due to the color of your skin. That in itself is racism, and only makes things worse. My point…can’t we all just get along?