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Racism.
Tuesday. 8.26.08 10:11 am
I'm sure being that there are alot of teenage and college aged students on this site, that this is going to get me alot of negative response but I have to say it anyways.

I AM SO FUCKING SICK OF THE UPCOMING ELECTION.

Everything about Obama as a person offends me. Ok, maybe not everything but enough to make me want to cut on the tv and hear about paris hiltons vagina or lindsay lohans drunken lesbian adventure. And I'm one of the people who always said that the world needed less of that crap and more of the important stuff.

The problem is nobody is saying anything important, and all the things that are semi-important being said have been said 15000 time before. Aside from that I am so sick of hearing about the race issue. First off he IS NOT black. He is bi-racial, inter-racial, mixed or however you want to say that he is EQUAL amounts white and black. He is technically not even half black, he is half AFRICAN which if you think thats the same thing, go ask an african person. I have alot of african friends (there's some program for refugee's here in lexington) and they will tell you they do not consider black people african. That's because black people are AMERICANS just like white people. Obama's dad was kenyan and he was raised by the white half of his family so please tell me why people think he's the picture perfect example of a black person. And should he be elected he will NOT be the first black president, he will be the first bi-racial president, or even the first not 100% white person. Now don't get me wrong, that's pretty fricking cool and all but I am still sick of hearing it.

Why is it ok that everyone is constantly talking about race? I would be offended if I was trying to do something as impressive as running for president, trying to turn america into a "green" country and end a war and all people were talking about was the color of my skin.

Then it happened. I read the funniest thing I have read in a long long time. Taken from an AP article; "There are people who are not going to vote for him because he's black," James Hoffa, president of the Teamsters union, said. "And we've got to hope that we can educate people to put aside their racism and to put their own interests No. 1."
How about all of the people who are going to vote for him simply because he is black? Oh wait, we can't talk about that because then we'd be labeled as racist too. God forbid McCain came out and said, "There are people who are going to vote for him simply because he's black And we've got to hope that we can educate people to put aside their racism and to put their own interests No. 1."
He would be hung out to dry and the competion would be over. I'm not saying I think McCain is the greatest candidate ever, all I am saying is there is a major double standard going on here and nobody is willing to address it.

I know alot of people who are voting for Obama simply because he is black. I have seen numerous people on interviews, news shows and even talk shows where they go on the street and talk to random people and people are blatantly saying that they are voting for him simply because he is black. It makes me want to go say I am voting for McCain and I am doing it simply because he's white just to see peoples reactions. I can assure you they wouldn't be as accepting as they are for obama's supporters.

I wish November would come and go already just so I wouldn't have to listen to all this stupidity anymore. Unfortunatly I think November will take it's time getting here and I think it's going to get progressively more negative and nasty until then.

And if you are an Obama supporter, that's fine and you're welcome to comment but if you're going to call me a racist, try to sway my opinion or really do anything much more than put an honest opinion that isn't fueled with hate, negativity and anger that I dare have a mind of my own to disagree with you then just save your time because I've heard it all before and you won't anger me, hurt my feelings or change my mind.

Peace out!
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Wow your profile picture changes whenever I clicked " comment.."
» Dilated on 2008-08-26 10:40:14

Whoops. Anyway..

I agree with you about the people who'd only vote for Obama because he's black being just as racist as people who wouldn't.

The notion thats Obama not becoming the first “black” president because he’s bi-racial is sketchy because the concept of “race” is a mere social construct, and you insinuated as much when you quoted some of your black-African friends who drew a distinction between themselves and other black people who were raised in America. What one’s “race” is will be different depending on where they are socially -- if I, an born in Birmingham Alabama to Nigerian immigrants, to the NAACP convention, I’d be black. If you put me in Nigeria, I’d be considered African. If you were to take a Haitian to Texas, they’d be considered Black, but if you take that same Haitian to Africa, they’d be considered Caribbean. Or, if you and I were to move to Italy, would they claim you as Italian as a race, or White, or both? It all depends on where one is socially because one‘s “race” varies with who is defining it. There’s only one race: the Human race; there are no sub-human genre of people and the sooner the masses realize that, the sooner the debate over it will be over, which is why I nominate YOU to be president so you can set us straight and make me a Supreme Court Justice.

» Dilated on 2008-08-26 11:04:32

I know you're Italian, that was why I used it. In Italy, you'd be considered Italian, but if I took you down to Rosco's Chicken and Waffles in Dallas then you'd just be White, just like Obama would be considered Black here, and American in Africa. Race v Nationality.

You were adopted?
» Dilated on 2008-08-26 11:55:40

And what's Kentucky like? My sister just enrolled in Med School at Louisville
» Dilated on 2008-08-26 11:56:05

I concur just everything you have wrote.
» L-Lawliet on 2008-08-26 08:35:16

the DNC is here in Denver and not once has his race been mention as an issue. Why can't we all move past race? I agree with what you are saying, but this must be more of an issue in the southern USA than it is here.
» pyrogrrl12 on 2008-08-26 09:18:04

I'd like to start off saying that I am an avid Obama supporter. I'd also like to say that Obama has been very good about not playing his race card and that the things you've mentioned above are not relevant to how he is running his campaign, but that they are just reflections on how the media is presenting it and how a lot of ignorant Americans perceive it.

But I don't disagree with what you've said here. You are right - he is not black, he is biracial. He is just as white as he is black. As a biracial myself, I understand how people love to generalize and decide that you have to be one race or another, instead of realizing that you are both.

I also agree that people voting for him just because he is black is a racist notion. It's like all the people who said they were voting for Hilary because she was a woman. It devalues a race or a gender and it devalues individuals - it's like saying all blacks and all women are the same and that people as individuals don't matter. I'd love to see a woman president but not ANY woman. This concept just shows how uneducated people are and explains things like how Schwarzenegger got elected into office.

i also strongly agree with Dilated's comment about race being a social construct. I don't feel the need to repeat anything because it was eloquently put and supported by great examples.

Anyway, I don't find this entry racist and think you brought up some good points. I don't even see this entry as anti-Obama. It's more just anti-stupid Americans, which I 100% am.
» adreen on 2008-08-27 03:20:28

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