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Originally Posted by christiangirl
The facebook statuses I've seen are a little salty, but not openly racist. I only see the statuses of people on my friends list and they KNOW they don't dare put something racist up knowing full well I'll see it. They are bitter and hater-ish, but not openly racist. Mostly, they refer to him as an "anti-Christ" "Communist" and a "baby-killer."  That's bad, but not like the other stuff I've heard from strangers who don't care about my feelings.
Like the white guys at the gas station who were raving about how the country's going to the dog's because "that stupid n******'s coming into office." Or the nurse at my job who said "the two names together sound like 'osama bin laden' why on earth would I vote for that?" Mostly, it's the comments on Youtube under Obama videos, such as (edited for content):
"THIS DUMB N****R!"
"F*** OBAMA BITCHEz STUPID N****R SHOULD GO BACK TO DA COTTON FIELDz"
"f888 n*****s. i can't wait to see this f******g country burn to the ground with this dumba** coon as president."
"If both candidates were black, you n***** wouldn't know who to vote for!! "
"remember obama becareful with having dreams cause remember the last black guy who had a dream.. he got shot lol "
"F*** obama, a N***** AS PRESIDENT? Watch that b***h is getting assassinated "
AND SO ON. Some people in this country (including supporters of EITHER side) are CLEARLY not ready for a black man to be president. However, some people weren't ready for Black people to have equal rights upheld by law or for slaves to be freed or for interracial couples to marry. If you wait for people to be ready then the only thing they'll ever be ready for is for things to stay EXACTLY THE SAME. So let's do what we as a country have a history of doing--forging ahead and demanding change and the people who aren't ready will just have to catch up.  |
Nevertheless, if MLK fought and died for anything, he taught us once you remove the reading of words from your active psyche, and respond from a place of serenity and peace... Then the reading of ugliness means nothing.
It takes a high mind and a high place to keep your cool... That is what President Obama is asking people like us to do. We have to love one another--even if they hate us and say they are a Christian.
To add: BTW, I KNOW this actions to take, but I have to work on this kind of stuff too... It has taken me 40 years to get to acknowledge that point...