Posted by
EARL THINKS... on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:46:11 AM
One of the late Richard Pryor's stand-up routines included how arguments with White people evolved. He said the argument would go back and forth and then the White person would say, "N****",and it would through him "off balance. Now I have to defend 'THAT'".
Just when it seemed that America was able to relax the shackles of a prejudicial history against Black people, the age old "fall back position" that was once the sole possession of the Jessie Jackson's, NAACP and so on, NOW the White folks have taken share if the position. Jimmy Carter, not the most glowing of people having a role in our history, has thrown it out there. It sounded like an Al Campanis, former Dodger GM moment. Carter said these people don't believe that Blacks have the capacity to lead a country as great as the United States, much like Campanis said that Blacks didn't have the capacity to run a team on the field or any executive position in an organization.
History and time have proved Campanis wrong in three of the major sports in this country from the field level to the executive level. Perhaps it's Jimmy Carter himself that questions the ability of a Black man to run this country. After all, he is a Democrat and a Liberal (well...Progressive), but seems to have a problem "closing the deal" on his Health Care objectives. He got the other stuff through in a rush, but now is getting a little bit more scrutiny on Health Care, which the American people are, not only having and taking time to examine, but seeing the results of the "rush jobs" he has already gotten pass everyone.
Whenever people didn't agree with Liberal ideas and notions, the excuse was, "We're not getting our message out". Or, "It's the Conservative Talk Radio and Rush Limbaugh that's corrupting our message". Now, with the "Tea Party" protests, especially the one in Washington, the conclusion "has to be" that the people reject the plan because Barak Obama is Black. Can't POSSIBLY be that they just have a problem with the concept of reform he and the Congress are presenting. He's Black.
Like the story that Richard Pryor told, this is a claim or statement that is a distraction. Black "leaders" used it for 40 years. With a Black president, White Liberals, Progressives and Democrats now have the licence to apply it.
Guess Obama's pledge of "bring people together" is working half way. The new "Hope" is that it is enough of a distraction and can stir enough "guilt" to run thorough yet another agenda for all the wrong reasons.
Just a thought.....