Erkki Alanen, Cartoonist
This cartoon sums it up
This cartoon sums it up
Despite high hopes to the contrary, voters continue to believe the racial picture in this country has gotten worse since the election of the first black president.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only eight percent (8%) of Likely U.S. Voters think race relations are better since President Obama’s election six years ago. Forty-two percent (42%) believe race relations are worse now, while slightly more (48%) say they have stayed about the same. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Lynn, until you are black and/or gay, I really do not think you have the right to judge or make this issue trivial. It is not, until you really know what discrimination is and feels like, please stop making it sounds like it is not an issue anymore, it still is. Gays are still treated like freaks and blacks are still judged just because of the color of their skin. We still have a long way to go, especially here in FL. I am sick and tired of white heteros thinking they are always right and know all the issues, you do not know how we feel or are treated. Thank God for President Obama, he understands us, as I can tell you do not.
ReplyDeleteHey anon at 10:28- unless you are a white female, you have NO RIGHT to judge LYNN ANDERSON ! Jesus, what is the matter with everybody? You DO NOT have to be black,red, gay ,tranny,lesbian, bi, rich,poor,etc. ad nauseum to understand what your fellow man/woman/etc. is going thru? What happened to being AMERICANS?
ReplyDeleteI'm constantly reminded of what I am... when I first moved to Lake Worth, I met a lady named Loretta, first thing our of her mouth was "where are you from" well... crap I'm from the US, no! she said, where were you born... what fo&%ing difference does it make... at least on Nov 16, 1961 at the United States 5ht District Court I was told by a US Judge... "you are now an American citizen with all the rights and privileges granted to every American" well, here we go again... how can we ever become full fledge Americans if we are constantly labeled something-American... that hyphen is a bridge impossible to cross... I have been called; COCONUT, SPEEK, LATINO, HISPANIC (this is a word coined by the US government to put us in our proper place)WETBACK... I served in the US military, honorably discharged, vote and pay taxes... yes I feel the pain... my feelings.
ReplyDeleteJust to cap it off... during the Vietnam war, I was spat at and called a baby-killer while walking on the street of an all American city, Memphis, TN... only because my dress attire... wearing the USAF blues, with a pretty girls eyes and a touch of ole glory too.
ReplyDeleteEvery now and then people ask me about my heritage...I am not the least bit offended. Actually, Manny, your post got me really choked up. Apart of freedom here in our country is the right to speak out. I don't think there is anything inappropriate about the question and someone asking it even though it may not really be their business. Just let them know that you are a proud American and I will say that America is proud of you.
ReplyDeleteFirst off, Thank You Manny. I'm proud that you are an American too. The problem is "GROUPS". Whe you group anyone, you take the good with the bad. I can tell you right now that if someone refers to me as being "white" or "Male" or whatever group you choose, it is not meant in a complementary way. So much for the "priviledge" of hitting the collective lottery.
ReplyDeleteI remember reading an argument here or on some other blog from a black individual chastising a gay individual for any comparison of discrimination due the fact that anyone walking into the room could immediately tell he was black, but not so with the gay person.
Groups.
How about judging people on their individual character? Some people hate me for being white. I don't much care. They are small minded. It is who I am as an individual, once they have interaction with me that should guide them how they should feel about me.
There are a lot of people that are alive today solely because is is illegal to shoot them. They all belong to different groups. It is not the groups' fault. If you are an ass hole, you are an ass hole.
That's what Allen West would say--judge people on their character, not the color of their skin.
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