White People Finally Get It…I Hope!
Here is a comment that appeared on Huffington Post today:
The beautiful thing is, white people are finally getting to see what black people have been talking about all these years. And you guys are feel as horrified, impotent-feeling, and wanting-to-explain-our-side-to-somebody as we always were.
Is this the end of the legacy of slavery as white brother and black brother finally see eye to eye?
This is my response to that comment:
VictoriaP See Profile I’m a Fan of VictoriaP
Well stated! This is precisely the thought that I have had for a while, watching the “liberal” whites slowly awaken to the racism beast. Suddenly, most now see for themselves the rabid disdain and hate that many whites have for blacks. Now, imagine the enormous legions of racists who are managers, supervisors, business owners, teachers, police officers, etc., and in other positions of authority or decision making. Imagine the rage and fear that many black people have continued to carry, since slavery. You should no longer wonder how difficult it is to simply be black in America.
Obama is as well balanced, educated, socially conscious, etc., as any individual could be, yet, the world is witnessing the public “lynching” of this black man and likely the next POTUS, and the repeated public calls for his assassination by white wing extremists who hold public office! If similar threats of violence toward a white politician were made, you can bet the perpetrators would be charged as enemy combatants and denied constitutional rights.
Don’t be cynical the next time you hear someone charge racism in the workplace or abuse by police. This racist America has not been some figment of our black imaginations. Much of America, though not all, is dangerously racist! If you are surprised by number of openly racist Americans, don’t forget to multiply that by at least two, to account
for the cowards who are not willing to openly express their hate. They are everywhere, unfortunately.
