Our editorial Sunday noted how Tuesday’s historic inauguration is made bigger by the serendipitous timing of the today’s federal holiday honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. To King’s credit, when the nation first sees an African-American sworn in as president, many of its citizens will see no big deal in that moment. They’ve grown up in a post-King world in which races mingle and marry without a lot of drama, where race is identifying but not disqualifying. To Obama’s credit, such “postracial” voters weren’t the only ones willing to place their trust in the junior senator from Illinois. Obama reached across ethnicity, income, culture and geography to find common cause with 53 percent of voters. Much of King’s dream is still unrealized. But surely if too slowly, change has taken its place – in the classroom and courtroom, on the bus, at the lunch counter, in the voting booth, in the boardroom.
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I have hopes that we’ll get there. Not my generation, or even the one after us. But maybe, just maybe, one of these days, one’s skin color won’t matter.
Dennis
In less than 24 hours, the adults take over.
Wow.
Dennis
I remember the days when calling him “Martin Luther Coon” was a real belly-laugher for CONs.
They became the “hoo-SAYNE people during the last presidential election.
And they — to coin a phrase — got their @sses handed to ‘em.
And in all these post about Bush leaving, no one mentions the best part of all.
When he goes.
Darth Cheney goes.
That is the best part.
Dennis
“Monkeyhawk
Posted January 19, 2009 at 12:42 pm | Permalink
I remember the days when calling him “Martin Luther Coon” was a real belly-laugher for CONs.
They became the “hoo-SAYNE people during the last presidential election.
And they — to coin a phrase — got their @sses handed to ‘em.”
Fortunately many of those people are in their ‘golden years’ now. Life will take care of them through attrition.
Our editorial Sunday noted how Tuesday’s historic inauguration is made bigger by the serendipitous timing of Easter, which arrives in a few weeks.
We can then celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ and Obama’s annoiting at the same time!
The antichrist bush is being deposed, just as it has been written.
Is it commom to have an actual countdown to when the next pres. assumes office, or is this just a shrub thing?
Kind of like counting down to New Years.
what the…
Does everything have to be associated with Obama now?
So MLK, Jr. wasn’t great enough to stand on his own merit, that BrownLib has to put in Obama’s ‘yet to prove himself on anything’ in with him?
What’s next?
George Washington Obama?
YellowdogLiberal
Posted January 19, 2009 at 12:31 pm | Permalink
“I have hopes that we’ll get there. Not my generation, or even the one after us. But maybe, just maybe, one of these days, one’s skin color won’t matter.”
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As long as Mr. Obama is referred to as the “first African-America president” there will be racism and obviously, to some, skin color matters. Something to consider; if Mr. McCain had been elected to the office of the President, would he be referred to as the 44th “white / Caucasian” President of the United States?
And as far as race goes, one must remember that Mr. Obama’s mother was a Caucasian so he is as much “white” if not more so, than he is “black”. He may have his father’s name but, momma raised him.
“And as far as race goes, one must remember that Mr. Obama’s mother was a Caucasian…”
Coulter sez: Halfrican-American
And Coulter is fully stupid, not just half-way stupid.
BRILLIANT Capn .. Just BRILLIANT !!!!
True, CJM, but back in the bad old days, if you were even 1/16th black, you were still considered black and treated as such.
BTW, JimJohnson, your snarks aren’t even half funny. Work on that, will you.
Dennis
“YellowdogLiberal
Posted January 19, 2009 at 4:46 pm | Permalink
…BTW, JimJohnson, your snarks aren’t even half funny. Work on that, will you.
Dennis”
Now that was funny
I wondered if it would happen in my life time and had doubts it would. We still have a ways to go. I judge from the day after Obama won and the number of times I had the word “Nig-ger”. I am old enough to remember the White’s only Bathrooms and drinking fountains. MLK was a hero to me in his approach to the race relations was powerful.
Yet non-violence while the struggle was one that cause one to anger. I do not see Obama as so much the first Black President as someone that seem to think about the big picture.
Intelligence is not something limited to one color or the other.
Well said, Dog.
Dennis
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writerdog
Posted January 19, 2009 at 6:46 pm | Permalink
I wondered if it would happen in my life time and had doubts it would. We still have a ways to go. I judge from the day after Obama won and the number of times I had the word “Nig-ger”. I am old enough to remember the White’s only Bathrooms and drinking fountains. MLK was a hero to me in his approach to the race relations was powerful.
Yet non-violence while the struggle was one that cause one to anger. I do not see Obama as so much the first Black President as someone that seem to think about the big picture.
Intelligence is not something limited to one color or the other.
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I’ve had similar experiences to yours and have seen the same thing, although I’m probably a tad older than you are.
However, in my worst moments I would never print or speak the ‘N’ word as you did, not even in reference or in jest.
It pains me too much to even bring it up because of the monstrous cruelty associated with it.
It doesn’t exist in my vocabulary.
Don’t forget to be at The Anchor on Friday around 6:30. We have to celebrate having an intelligent and pragmatic leader in the White House..it’s been a long time!
You can certainly tell who are still struggling with racism in their own lives just by reading the posts on this board.
You can celebrate racial differences without negative connotations. It is a huge deal that we are having the FIRST black president. Now when all people are equally represented, then we’ll be ‘there’.
So far, white men still dominate. And that has to change.
Also, don’t forget the ceremonial flush at 11:00 a.m. – central standard time. Send that smelly Bush to where he belongs.
Hope to see you Friday, Mary.
P-Mom, we’ve only changed racial inequality for sexual inequality. Maybe someday all HUMANS will be equal.
Racism is alive and well in Mississippi. There has been a movie documentary, now being shown at Sundance, about a small Miss. town that held an integrated prom last year. The black and white students in that class had been together since kindergarten; but, the mother of at least one white daughter would not allow her daughter to attend the integrated prom because she believed the black kids would use drugs and cause fights.
Even after her daughter had spent 13 years in school with all the kids in her class, that mom and some of the other white families would not allow their kids to attend the integrated prom. There were no problems at the integrated prom. However, at the smaller whites-only prom, there were 2 fights.
Unfortunately, even with the election of Mr. Obama, racism is alive and mostly well everywhere.
Regular I do agree that the word has more power and less need then most words. I use the word for the understanding that it is powerful in sighting the pains when it is used. I was shocked and dismayed at how many times I heard it at work. And those using it until then did not seem to have such low class personalities. It has always been a horrid word to me though I will use it when it is needed to show the level of discord. The one that hurt me the most was a woman whom I had shown her with pride the picture of my Grand-daughters. She knew I had race mixed Grand-daughters and she still use the word in statement to explain how she was not a racist. “WHY I EVEN HAD A MAMMY!”.
Racism is such a odd affair, though it is a natural human response as different has always been a sign of danger. Even though whom looked alike make themselves look different to signal they are not one of you.
But the end is that we are not different and to hold those differences as something to belittle is ridicule.
I gave up friend because of “N” word writerdog.
We were choosing teams for baseball and my friend, said I ain’t picking no (insert N word).
I was furious with him and told him to his face we are no longer friends with that disgusting word that came out of his mouth.
He never apologized – guess I didn’t realize just how racist he was.
My own mother was that way..once when I confronted her about her prejudice, she replied..”I’m not prejudiced….why, I’ve always hired colored help!”
My mom, was 94 when she died last year. I am happy to see how far our country has evolved since she was young and her attitude was the norm. We still have a ways to go..but we’ve come really far.
Well, Reg…I’m still waiting. How have I been cruel to Nathan?
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Mary_Caruso
Posted January 20, 2009 at 8:57 pm | Permalink
Well, Reg…I’m still waiting. How have I been cruel to Nathan?
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I already answered, if you are not satisfied with that, too bad.
I’m not cosmos, I don’t save posts from three years ago and post them over and over.
Just as I thought! You can’t even think of one specific example, Reg.
Well, I’ll play like I’m Nathan…”come up with some proof that I was cruel or else you’re a liar, you stupid idiot!”
How was my impersonation? Pretty good, I thought!