Obama Addresses Racial "Anger"

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by ChristopherHall

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- You walk into a neighborhood grocery store to buy some milk for your baby girl and find that you’re being watched and followed around the store by employees like they can’t trust you while white patrons walk around freely nearly oblivious to any suspicion.


This has happened to me more than once, without the baby girl.


- I’m white. I’ve been pulled over about 4 times in my life and was never issued a ticket. I was even going 57 mph in 35 on my way to Thunder Bowl once and got off with a warning. You’re my black friend; he’s been pulled over only twice and issued a hefty ticket by a white cop each time.


I have been pulled over, more than a couple of times, for no apparent reason.

I have been pulled over many times for good reason with no ticket given because I was respectful.


you said:
Nobody admits to “it”. No body apologizes for “it”. Everyone pretends “it” isn’t real. But the one thing they are sure of is that you get over “it”.

I say:
One of the problems is that there are so many white folks who really have had nothing to do with the "glass ceiling" effect, racial barriers, and they really don't have any hate in their heart. They may have ignorance, so it's hard to get some folks to see anything worth apologizing for.

But there's honestly enough ignorance in this country to pass around for everyone to share!


you said:
The frustration and anger over these things pours out from some black preachers on some Sunday mornings. The paranoia surrounding this issue has combined history with myth and sometimes what is said isn’t factual but is perceived by the speaker to be true. And we gasp and act faint like Victorian women who can’t believe how horrible it is.

Get real.

WOW, well said.