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EmailA recent poll conducted by CNN/Essence Magazine claims 55 percent of African Americans believe racial discrimination is still holding court in Obama's America. That's up from the 38 percent during November's election. I don't know about you and yourn, but brother here still feels the sting of daily discrimination, white liberal arrogance, conservative snobbery and an occasional sense of "We elected a Black president so be happy and back off 'cause things will continue to go our way". That's obviously not the case with everyone, but look here: everybody and their Cousin Judy knows Obama's presidency has illuminated a very scary fact. Black folks spend their days navigating through a white social/economic/educational paradigm.
That's not anything new, I know-I know, but Obama's illuminating powers has made some of us a bit... anxious. Folks are tired of the unwelcoming glances at restaurants. They're tired of the attitude of a taxi driver who's frustrated you're black and going to Brooklyn. They're tired of whites deciding what's worthy in black art or thought. So what's the real solution? Shut up and sit down? Wait for the Revolution to be Cybercast? Ask Obama to ask some white folks to change? Or, is discrimination here to stay? You know, until global warming forces humanity to rethink EVERYTHING.
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America is essentially the same, as it has always been, surprising tolerant and intolerant at the same time.
"Sometimes I think IMHO we worry too much weather white folks like us or not."
I've been saying this forever...we waste too much precious energy worrying about how we fare in their eyes....if we spent a fraction of that time on each other, we'd be better off.
keith...next time you look in ther window of, or decide to enter a restaurant, and you get that "what are you doing here" look, simply give them a "YEAH, I'M HERE; YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT???? look. Trust me, the eyes will avert, and you can sit down and have a good meal.
Or, you can simply come on down to Harlem and have good old fashioned Soul Food meal at Miss Spoonbread's...my absolute favorite restaurant. Very cozy, very comfy. We might look up as you come through the door, but it won't be an unwelcome look.
I got your point really but what can we do about it? Sometimes I think IMHO we worry too much weather white folks like us or not. I mean legally what can you do about hateful stares? What do I do? I spend my money elsewhere.
Come on now. I think you're trying to diminish my point. This post is a response to a poll where 55 percent African Americans say discrimination is live and in color. Of course I didn't think problems would cease. However, I do think Obama's presidency has put a light on the matter.
Blatant disregard for another's assessment of the world is... unfortunate. As far as the mental health, well, you're funny. In fact, you're crazy.
"I live in NYC. In fact, I was just strolling through the West Village after a show, walked by a new trendy restaurant and when I looked in nearly EVERY white face turned toward me. Trust, it was not a "Hey there, Come on in" look. It was, "This is ours, what are you doing in this neck of the city" look. It's nothing overtly cruel, but it is there."
Unwarranted paranoia is a sign of mental disease.
I couldn't have said it better!