Black In America

Apr 11, 2008 13:18

So I just see this segment on CNN, where a reporter was at a University in North Carolina to get the opinions on what it is like "to be black in America."

When asked if The United States today is a racist nation, the overwhelming majority said "yes."

When asked to state instances of racism, none cited personal examples but pointed to stories seen on television; one cited the big to-do over Michael Vick's dog fighting ring.

When asked if they identify themselves first as a Black American, or simply as an American, the overwhelming majority identified themselves first as a Black American first, but most admitted there was something not quite right about that fact.

QUESTIONS:

How would you feel If I would defined myself as a White American before I would identify myself as an American?

If Brett Favre were arrested for running a dog fighting ring would anyone think it had anything to do with racism?

If there is even such a thing as Black America, then it follows that there must exist a White America. Could such an idea even be publicly mentioned without it oozing of throwback white supremacy, or the lesser charge of seperatism?

I fully reject the notion of there being a Black and White America.

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Barack Obama's church, Trinity United Church of Christ states the following on their website:

"The vision statement of Trinity United Church of Christ is based upon the systematized liberation theology that started in 1969 with the publication of Dr. James Cone’s book, Black Power and Black Theology."

"Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is to kill Gods who do not belong to the black community ... Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy. What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal. Unless God is participating in this holy activity, we must reject his love." - James Cone, A Black Theology of Liberation.

NOW READ THIS.

"White theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the white community. If God is not for us and against black people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him. The task of white theology is to kill Gods who do not belong to the white community ... White theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the Black enemy. What we need is the divine love as expressed in White Power, which is the power of people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal. Unless God is participating in this holy activity, we must reject his love."

"The vision statement of First Presbyterian Church of Pasadena is based upon the systematized liberation theology that started in 1969 with the publication of Dr. Jim Jones’ book, White Power and White Theology."

WHAT IN THE HELL WOULD YOU THINK OF ME?

Would you vote for me as president? No. I will hear no word of the racism in the nation coming from whites until the table is turned equally on those who are given a public forum to make outrageous, divisive comments as if they are somehow sound and agreeable.

Introducing Barack Obama, a man who for 20 years attended the church of Reverend Jeremiah Wright, the yin to David Duke's yang.

David Duke, spit on by society, says "he does not think of himself as a racist, however, stating that he is a 'racial realist"' and that he believes that 'all people have a basic human right to preserve their own heritage'. He speaks in favor of racial segregation and white separatism."

HMMMMMMM. Sounds familiar. But, when the white guy does it, he is a racist pig, and when Reverend Wright does it, all is right with the world.

May I suggest that both are equally despicable.
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