Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Negro Bikers

You know, this President Obama thing may have some hidden perks. Oh sure... He'll destroy our economy, weaken the military in a time of war, and hasten America's cultural slide towards a Godless, immoral swamp... But let's look at the bright side, shall we?!

African Americans, AA's as we say in Greentown, often feel disenfranchised, neglected, and "disrespected"... which by the way - isn't a real word. They have a legitimate argument... And I feel for them... Especially the males. What a burden it must be to approach life always feeling you have something to prove... After all, AA's are every bit as competent and capable as other Americans, and the only thing impeding the progress of many is the Liberals' assigned excuses, possibly inducing a lack of self esteem and a dilution of impetus towards success.

But! When Obama is elected, every AA will automatically become "mainstream"... The rest of us will no longer feel we have to "walk on eggshells", worrying about saying the wrong thing... And I will be blessed by being able to write posts entitled "Negro Bikers" without offending anyone or being called a racist... Which I am not.

Yesterday I saw two Negro Bikers... Something you just don't see every day.

Something is in the air.

A "President Obama" just might finally end the "color game" that has been boring me since the 60's.

Maybe a "President Obama" will short circuit a long-endured malady.

Maybe my Christian brothers at Obama's Church will be freed at last to concentrate on our Lord... Rather than what they hate.
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12 comments:

janice said...

Outstanding post Chris!

It is my hope that an Obama administration will bring God back to the AA church. However, I fear his coronation to the highest office in the land will push God further from our collective national identity.

6/05/2008 11:23 AM
Anonymous said...

So why do you get a kick out of calling a race of people something they don't want to be called?

6/05/2008 12:48 PM
janice said...

anonymous, what's wrong with using the word "negro"? It's not a slight or an insult.

6/05/2008 4:44 PM
Mojo_Risin said...

There's nothing really wrong with it, just as there's nothing inherently wrong with any word. Words are simply symbols that conjure in the human mind a picture of the intended object, which is created by a combination of the hearer's and speaker's experiences. Therefore, it's only in the meanings we ascribe to the word that it becomes offensive.

But here's what the Conservapedia says about the "other N-word", "negro":
The point is that "negro" is a noun, whereas "black" is an adjective, used with the noun "person". The use of the word "negro", just by itself, therefore suggested in a subtle way that the subject was something other than a person. Reading things that were written prior to around 1960, one can sometimes see the word used in a way that slyly makes the distinction between a "negro" and an rdinary "person". This difference may seem trivial and picayune now, but it was felt by many to be very real at the time.

The word comes from the word for "black" in the Latin-based languages, such as Spanish, where the word is simply an adjective meaning "black".

6/05/2008 9:31 PM
Malott said...

In older medical books, when a photograph of a caucasian was used to illustrate a condition, the person's identity was always protected - often a piece of tape over the eyes.

But if the photo was of a black person, there was no attempt to protect the person's identity... No concern or respect for the black person's privacy.

Sure, it's a small thing... But small things add up.

6/06/2008 4:03 AM
Malott said...

Janice,

And I predict Obama will never again speak of his "Faith" once the votes are counted.

6/06/2008 4:10 AM
Malott said...

Anonymous,

Because I want to feel free to insult peoples of all races, creeds, and cultures.

I want to genuinely like individuals... Treat individuals with respect... And yet feel free to trash groups of individuals, their religions, and cultures on my blog.

6/06/2008 4:22 AM
Anonymous said...

So your just a shallow,self-centered,self-righteous jerk.

6/06/2008 7:05 AM
janice said...

anonymous, I think you mean you're not your.

6/06/2008 7:48 AM
Malott said...

Anonymous,

I am NOT shallow.

6/06/2008 8:29 AM
Mojo_Risin said...

Janice,
You also needed to put a comma before "not" in your sentence. It's also considered passe in Internet etiquette to point out minor spelling mistakes in blogs and comments.

6/06/2008 3:38 PM
Tsofah said...

Malott:

Your post title is certainly "eye catching".

Everyone (smile):

I think something I get out of this posting is that it is time American citizens truly become part of the melting pot of those who live in the U.S. Militancy never helps any people. Carrying a grudge, whether you directly or indirectly feel wronged, is never good.

For instance, I never think of myself as Caucasion and others as Oriental, Black/African, etc. etc. However, each of us has an underlying culture that helps to mold our own personality traits.

All of us are human beings first and foremost. However, sometimes our ethnicity is used as a descriptive rather than a noun.

For instance, I am of Caucasian, German, Jewish, Chicasaw, and Irish backgrounds in my ethnicity. These do not make up or define who I am. They do influence my decisions, etc. These backgrounds do NOT dictate my actions or decisions. No more would I shoot a Caucasian with an arrow than I would imprison a Native American.

My Jewish ancestry, however, makes me very aware of the blessing of not being one that could have been a victim of one of the thousands of concentration camps in Hitler's Eur-Asia had he not been defeated.

There are also religious considerations in backgrounds.

There is only one religion I am aware of that feels their religion makes them exempt from legal consequences to murder and rioting.

This is not based on skin color at all.

But, it's scarey.

6/09/2008 3:05 PM

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