Let’s use the Ann Coulter example. The Manchurian Candidate charge. A quisling who becomes the leader of the nation in order to overthrow it from within. She was expressing concern that Obama is a Marxist, or a Muslim in disguise (I forget which). Either way, he would be hell-bent on ruining the country. So far, she seems to have hit pretty close to the mark. The point is, the charge had NOTHING to do with race!

So, go back to voting Democratic. Keep voting for your slavemasters and their HNIC’s. Keep voting for guys like Marion Berry of DC or Kwame Kilpatrick of Detroit. Those cities are 90% black… and miserable places. Keep voting Dem! Morons.

A lot of Americans don’t appreciate what a huge difference there is between the coasts, either. On the West coast, there are no white ethnic neighborhoods, except for recent arrivals such as Russians. There are Asian neighborhoods (again, mostly new arrivals), Hispanic neighborhoods (again, mostly new arrivals), and even the occasional Somali neighborhood (all new arrivals). The only persistent racially defined neighborhoods that continue generation after generation are the black neighborhoods.

The West coast comes closer to the ideal of the melting pot than the East (and from what I understand, the New South does as well), but there’s something unique going on with black neighborhoods.

Growing up on the West coast, I always thought that it was odd that shortly after the Civil Rights movement, with its emphasis on integration, the community organizers (ahem!) immediately went to work trying to “improve” the “community”, rather than annihilate it.

That’s why we don’t have integration. The powers that be never wanted it. The community organizers liked things just the way they were, and so did most Whites.

It’s hard to back out when you make a deal with the devil.

I’ve never lived in exclusively ‘Irish’/'Black’/'Italian’/'Hispanic’/'Asian’ neighborhoods even though I’m sure they ‘exist’. -But, is that a weird form of ’self-segregation’? My husband grew up in the Chicago area and he *did* live in an ‘Italian neighborhood’ of sorts but, I grew up with friends of all ’shades’ of the ethnic rainbow and when my husband would tell me about the ‘ethnically’ divided neighborhoods he experienced I just couldn’t understand it because, I guess, frankly, I haven’t ‘lived’ it.

Even though the part of WA state I live in is predominantly white, the ethnic diversity is ‘here’ at least a ‘little’ bit. Seattle and the bigger cities usually have more black people.

The ‘other’ problem is, calling black men ‘Uncle Toms’ who join the GOP. Good grief. WHY?

The GOP needs a major overhaul, no doubt about it. I also think term limits would help the situation on both sides of the isle.

P.S. I really hate the term ‘Grand Old Party’. I dunno why but that phrase just makes me think of old men crapping in their diapers in an old folks’ home.

America has always celebrated its diverse ethnic groupings. I think the problem of racism in America has been perpetuated in part by White Liberals. I know Blacks who are sick of the “Blame Whitey” rant and Whites who always portray Blacks as victims so long as it furthers their own Liberal causes against traditional American culture.

It’s hopeless to vie for the “black vote.” Free market, education, opportunities have not swayed the Jewish vote. Why should it sway the black vote.

Good question. I tend to believe that the Jews are an unique historical-politico-socio-psyco-cultural phenomenon that defy rational explanation. I think it’s a mistake to project their experience on any other group.

Having said that, black Americans have a rather complicated historical-politico-socio-psyco-cultural system going, and it’s not at all clear what those dynamics are. In some ways, they’re very similar to the Jews (history of persecution and slavery), in other ways they’re diametrically opposite (cultural continuity and long-held traditions).

I just don’t know. But I don’t think you can simply infer one from the other.

Thank you for the explanation. I know the ’song’ but I had no clue as to what the reference was [being that I'm from the West Coast].

71. Gdouble,

How many posts by Meryl have you read here? She’s not a racist by any stretch of the imagination. Can’t people argue a topic without playing the ‘race’ card? Yes, racism exists and there are black racists too. Hate is hate.

72. Kyrie Eleison,

Insightful post but, as soon as you say ‘black this’ or ‘black that’ it boils down to ‘pandering’.

Racism will continue as long as terms like ‘black community’ keep being used to death. Do you really want a ‘black community’? I would never call my neighborhood a ‘white’ community [namely because that would be a lie since we have Blacks and Hispanics and other ethnicities here].

Why dont we just cut to the chase and stop pussyfooting around? The biggest draw back to Black folks like myself who might be interested in joining the GOP and Conservitives are the racist and bigots who make up the GOP and Conservitves. I’m talking about the people like those in South Carolina who would send emails of Watermelons on the Whitehouse Lawn.

And do you have any real statistics on what percentage of “the GOP and Conservitives [sic]” engage in this kind of conduct, or are you just painting with a roller based on a few hearsay anecdotes?

If you could back that up with real statistics, you’d have a solid argument. But as it stands, all you’re doing is trading in stereotypes. And racism is rooted in stereotyping. Put another way, you’re doing to “the GOP and Conservitives [sic]” what you’re accusing them of doing with the watermelon pictures.

Just to be clear, I’m not denying that these dolts exist*. What I’m suggesting is that they represent something on the order of 10%, and if you want to look across the aisle, you can find at least that many odious and stupid people. And they are just as racist, just less honest about it.

I once knew a Black man who lived in two American cities, one in the midwest/south, and one on the west coast. He said that he preferred the one in the midwest/south because there, if a person doesn’t like you because of your race, he’ll come out and say it.

Racism sucks. You don’t get to do anything about that directly. Racism itself will only go away when a lot of other social dynamics play out, and that’s not going to happen for a long time. The question is, who would you rather be around, people who will let you know when they think you’re not their equal, or people who pretend?
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*There are several example in this thread, but even then, you can never be sure if the comments are genuine, or planted there by trolls. Just one more reason why you can’t conclude anything from anecdotes.

The Democratic Party will never take real political risks on behalf of blacks, because they already have 90% of their votes. The same goes for gays. Their votes are reliably Democratic, which is why Obama won’t take any real political risks on supporting same-sex marriage.

On the flip-side, the Republicans don’t need to make any real effort to hold onto the conservative Christian vote, so they don’t.

The real political future in this country belongs to whoever really figures out how to court the Hispanic vote, which leans Democrat but is far from monolithic. It also represents a large portion of the electorate in two of the most populous states.

What this all means is that, in the end, the only group which actually gets listened to are white women, which is the only demographic group that splits anything close to 50/50.

So you go, girls!

I have no idea what your Bible quotation has to do with what I said, since the verse you quote does not say, “do unto those who are black as you have others do unto you.” Color is not an issue in the Bible. Why is it being made an issue in the profile of a political party? It’s the libs and lefties who keep screaming that everyone has to be identified by color, race, gender, etc. etc.

“People like Meryl are the reason why you have those on the right believing Barrack Obama is not a US citizens”….

uhhh….no. I question whether or not he’s a citizen because he has never produced evidence that he is, and much of what is known about his personal history indicates he isn’t. (Isn’t it censorship when we aren’t allowed to ask questions? Didn’t know we had to check with you, Bunky.)

Just my existence (”people like Meryl are the reason”) surely can’t be enough to influence the hundreds of thousands of people who wonder about this issue!!!! If it really is, why, I thank you, kind sir for the compliment. Actually, I suspect it’s flattery and you’re just trying to make me feel good.

And, just for the record: I did not protest against MLK. I watched the footage from Birmingham and every other point. I cringed when the marchers were beaten. I was horrified with the deaths that occurred because of heavyhanded enforcements. You see, you numbskull, you are deliberately confusing what the problem TODAY IS with what the problem in the 1950’s and 1960’s was.

The problem then was institutionalized and legislated discrimination. The problem today is a victim class that was created by The Great Society. As the victim class learns and burns, looking for fresh retaliatory strategies, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton just keep bringing in the trucks with the gasoline–gotta be sure that blasted fire doesn’t go out.

The manipulations being pulled off by the black political class on other black people are absolutely shameful. Maybe Thomas Sowell and Bill Cosby could have you for lunch and you’d learn something.