I really cannot wait for the inauguration to be over. For a group of people who do not like being singled out due to their race (because really, who does?) why is it that they are making such a big deal about it now?
I am tired of hearing how "history is being made" (are we going to have to hear about how each and every one of Obama's choices during his administration are subsequently historical being that a black man has never made the decision to take us into war before, or to take us out of one, or to unlock the door to his office, etc)
About the "coincidences that the inauguration is right after MLK's birthday" (it still would have been on the same day had McCain or Clinton of won the election)
Or about all the insinuations about the fact that Obama is becoming president at the 200 year marker for Lincoln.
Why is it ok for them to single themselves out, to pull themselves away from the rest of America now? Just because it is something positive, now the want to be distinguished for being black? Do they not see that the contradictions are only furthering the stereotype that they so badly want(ed) to be abolished?
One way or the other, but you cannot have it both ways!
Does this not seem to be hypocritical to anyone else?
2 comments:
What you have to realize is that it's the people on TV and in the newspapers that are doing this. People who sell TV time and newspaper space are in the business of making as big a deal about things as they can, while riling up a bunch of people is always a nice bonus.
I don't think Everyday Folk are really all that riled up about it; it's just that the headlines are that way, and they interview people to match the headlines.
Yes, it is hypocritical, but this white dude thinks that it's the rich white dudes who sell news that are making such a deal about it, not 'everyone,' or even the 'black community.'
Our President is not black, he's American. I just wish the media would leave it alone.
If people didnt want to read the story, why would they continue to print it/post it? With something that has gone on this long I would think that there would have to be some sort of feedback system (letters to the editor at the very least) and that they would cease with the stories if the feedback was negative.
Its been almost a week since the inauguration and the stories are still persisting. Maybe this is a good thing. Maybe that means that there really isnt anything better to talk about meaning that there is peace in the world now...
Oh.
:)
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