Yesterday, a heated "debate" (well, as much of a debate that can be had in this mostly right wing forum) was had about one poster's friend who, as a liberal, spoke about a right wing friend who claimed that a good part of the hatred toward Obama was based on race.
I do NOT believe that opposition toward Obama is wholly based on race.....however, to deny that some racism does not exist toward Obama's presidency, would be equally naive.
So, what would make someone who is black and relatively intelligent, embrace the GOP platform that is often enmeshed in policies that are not for the betterment of the black voting bloc?
I am reminded of a passage in Milton's Paradise Lost where Lucifer explains why he chose to defy God's wishes (and PLEASE, I do not mean even remotely to equate a black republican to the devil......but the analogy is still sound.) ........Anyway, through Milton's prose, Lucifer explains that he would rather be a "king in hell" than just one of many other angel standing beside the throne of God.
What I'm getting at is that for SOME blacks who have chosen to embrace right wing policies may do so because the notoriety gained by such a stance is much more self serving than to be one of the vast majority of blacks who side with the left ideology. In other words, if you want to get on the FOX channels or the Rush radio talk shows, your chances are vastly improved if you claim that you are an arch conservative AND black.
Wait.....there seems to be this idea that all black people live in the ghetto, they are all in prison, they all live in poverty, they all dropped out of school, and they all think alike and therefore
need the Democrats............because they all look alike. That's pretty racist. Two off the top of my head and one cup of coffee: Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice.
Even if you stood back and said....the black guy is on Fox for his 15 minutes of fame, it is absolutely no different from the former attorney turned porn star turned serious news-ish wannabe white chic. Ok. Neither of them is a representation of the whole. If not one then the other is a strange world view. It's very black and white.
Why is it so hard for this country to recognize there are rich black people, middle class black people, and poor black people. There are black people with a range of educational levels. They come from a range of backgrounds. There is division.......just like white people. Independent thinking really screws with people's melons.