[quote]Professor X wrote:
Just watching him speak, there have been few previous presidents who can give speeches like this over the last couple of decades.[/quote]
I didn’t get a central theme, or philosophy, if you will. It seemed disjointed and random, to a fair degree.
…and for the record…I would so paint the White House black.
There would be a black fist at the top of each flag pole and all interns would have to wear afros.
[quote]CutestPuppy wrote:
FormerlyTexasGuy wrote:
I just hope we can bury the race hatchet as a population in general.
Of course you still have racism on both sides (mostly in the older generations) but obviously not enough to effect our society in any real way.
I think a lot of people, myself included, realize that racism is a dead horse.
I was born in the early 80’s and most of my easily recalled memories come from the 90’s. I remember going to school with various races and it was no big deal.
We all sat in the same classrooms, drank from the same water fountains, played tag, football and monkey bars together on the playground etc etc.
Two of my closest friends, PJ and Kyle were black. I met PJ in elementary school. We were assigned partners on a 3rd grade science project growing bean plants. Ours was the tallest. We snuck more than the allowed amount of fertilizer for it every day. We stayed friends until he went off the deep end with hard drugs in high school.
Last I heard he was high on something and tried to stab his dad for kicking him out of the house. He was given the ultimatum of joining the army or going to jail by his dad. He joined the army and was kicked out. I don’t know where he is now.
Kyle and I are still friends. He graduated from SMU with a finance degree and we meet up a few times a year. He has a posh job in Dallas now.
I dated an Asian from Singapore from sophomore through senior year. She went to UCLA and I stayed in Texas for college.
The majority of my friends are white but there are indians, an egyptian, more asians etc etc and it isn’t an issue.
For me and I would wager most of my generation (and I live in the South), racism is something forced on us through people like jesse jackson and the old fogies telling what are now ghost stories.
The notion doesn’t exist until it is taught, even if the attempt is to teach it in a negative light.
Let sleeping dogs lie. We have a black man in the most powerful position in the country and world. He was voted in. The white majority obviously contributed. Had whites at large voted against him, he would not be in office.
The “change” happened over a period of decades. Obama merely symbolizes the change in attitude and belief. Put the nail in the racist coffin and let it die.
I just hope he is a good leader, skin color aside. I do tend to vote conservative because I feel more in tune with the conservative platform and I did vote McCain, but it had nothing to do with race.
But good luck to Obama. I really do hope he can aid the economic recovery dumped in Bush’s lap, as it is now in his own lap, with out turning us socialist.
longer and wierder than that inaugural poem [/quote]
Why is that weird?
The election is more about racism than a new president in a trying time, which is sad.
As mentioned by another poster, the real victory will be when nobody notices Obama’s color, for better or worse.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
…and for the record…I would so paint the White House black.
There would be a black fist at the top of each flag pole and all interns would have to wear afros.[/quote]
Is this a joke?
Racism lives if not. On your “side” at that.
I don’t know, just doesn’t seem all that historical to me. Obviously whites were ready to vote for a black man, or he would have lost. No need to bring up black voters. The media in general did it’s best to make sure he got the bulk of positive coverage (thanks Pew). And, McCain was a terrible nominee (sorry, McCain fans). Then there was the Iraq war.
So, I figured that if he got past Hillary, it was his to win. There was nothing shocking or surprising to me when he won. No “Omg, the black dude actually won?!” In short, I never even considered that he’d lose because of his race. There’s no “holy smokes!” feeling for me. And, of course, I’m not exactly on his side of the political aisle. Sort of dampens the mood…
As for Obama and his run, I hope he turns out to be a conservative in disguise. That’s off in fantasyland, I know. But everyone is entitled to their dreams, I guess.
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
Professor X wrote:
Just watching him speak, there have been few previous presidents who can give speeches like this over the last couple of decades.
He does have a silver tongue. I just can’t decide if that’s a good thing for a politician to posses.[/quote]
This is the only part that I wanted to hear with my own ears:
“I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
Emphasis mine.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
…and for the record…I would so paint the White House black.
There would be a black fist at the top of each flag pole and all interns would have to wear afros.[/quote]
Maybe you should run for office X? LOL!
I’m glad he’s made it to where he is, and I’m quite optimistic about his future.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
…and for the record…I would so paint the White House black.
There would be a black fist at the top of each flag pole and all interns would have to wear afros.[/quote]
Dude - you made me laugh out loud with that one.
[quote]SkyNett wrote:
Great speech.
Touching to see some of the older black folks in the crowd crying. Some of the Tuskegee airmen were there too…
[/quote]
I agree…the crying people in the crowd were choking me up, particularly the older ones.
He’s a great speaker. I found the entire thing pretty satisfying. I could have lived without the poem, though, and I found the benediction a little startling in its overt race/civil rights orientation.
I thought the seeing-off of the Bushes lovely and gracious, and I particularly liked that Michelle pulled George back for a real hug after they exchanged the fake courtesy kiss.
Politics aside, Obama seems like a good man. I really hope he is.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
On a day described by many to be “historical”, it sure is quiet around here.[/quote]
I guess there are some of us left who are not so utterly insane that we’re going to get behind a man who is leading a nation of blind idiots over the edge of cliff simply because he is black. Call me a foaming at the mouth racist if you want, but I’m not going over the cliff with you.
And this is a historic day… a day of historic stupidity.
[quote]EmilyQ wrote:
SkyNett wrote:
Great speech.
Touching to see some of the older black folks in the crowd crying. Some of the Tuskegee airmen were there too…
I agree…the crying people in the crowd were choking me up, particularly the older ones.
[/quote]
Yeah, I was switching back and forth between the inauguration coverage and a program on History about the Freedom Riders and the civil rights movement. I actually saw one of them up sitting up on the balcony with Obama, Bush and the other celebs.
Those people had some serious courage, and I can’t even begin to imagine how incredible/emotional it must have been for them to see a black man being sworn in as President.
I don’t know how anyone can think that this wasn’t a historical election, if even only from a social perspective.
I actually thought the benediction was better than the poem, much better honestly.
[quote]
Politics aside, Obama seems like a good man. I really hope he is.[/quote]
So do I.
[quote]belligerent wrote:
Professor X wrote:
On a day described by many to be “historical”, it sure is quiet around here.
I guess there are some of us left who are not so utterly insane that we’re going to get behind a man who is leading a nation of blind idiots over the edge of cliff simply because he is black. Call me a foaming at the mouth racist if you want, but I’m not going over the cliff with you.[/quote]
What country are you moving to?
I think we got run off a cliff for the last 8 years and you stuck it out for some strange reason.
[quote]FormerlyTexasGuy wrote:
Professor X wrote:
…and for the record…I would so paint the White House black.
There would be a black fist at the top of each flag pole and all interns would have to wear afros.
Is this a joke?
Racism lives if not. On your “side” at that.
[/quote]
If you can’t see an obvious joke,maybe you should look at yourself. Talk about perpetuating what “does not exist.”
[quote]Big_Boss wrote:
FormerlyTexasGuy wrote:
Professor X wrote:
…and for the record…I would so paint the White House black.
There would be a black fist at the top of each flag pole and all interns would have to wear afros.
Is this a joke?
Racism lives if not. On your “side” at that.
If you can’t see an obvious joke,maybe you should look at yourself. Talk about perpetuating what “does not exist.” [/quote]
If I tell white supremacy jokes, is that ok? Or would it be perpetuating racism, even if obviously jokes?
Lets not be two faced here.
[quote]FormerlyTexasGuy wrote:
Big_Boss wrote:
FormerlyTexasGuy wrote:
Professor X wrote:
…and for the record…I would so paint the White House black.
There would be a black fist at the top of each flag pole and all interns would have to wear afros.
Is this a joke?
Racism lives if not. On your “side” at that.
If you can’t see an obvious joke,maybe you should look at yourself. Talk about perpetuating what “does not exist.”
If I tell white supremacy jokes, is that ok? Or would it be perpetuating racism, even if obviously jokes?
Lets not be two faced here.
[/quote]
You are an idiot. I really mean that.
George Clinton even had a song by the name “Paint The White House Black” but you, being the clueless skinny jeans wearing douche that you are, thinks it denotes “black supremecy”?
People like you actually make it outside in the real world?
[quote]FormerlyTexasGuy wrote:
If I tell white supremacy jokes, is that ok? Or would it be perpetuating racism, even if obviously jokes?
Lets not be two faced here.
[/quote]
Do you know any good white supremacy jokes?
[quote]FormerlyTexasGuy wrote:
If I tell white supremacy jokes, is that ok? Or would it be perpetuating racism, even if obviously jokes?
[/quote]
YOU probably can’t tell white supremacy jokes. But it’s not because of race. More likely because most people think you’re an asshole.
[quote]FormerlyTexasGuy wrote:
Big_Boss wrote:
FormerlyTexasGuy wrote:
Professor X wrote:
…and for the record…I would so paint the White House black.
There would be a black fist at the top of each flag pole and all interns would have to wear afros.
Is this a joke?
Racism lives if not. On your “side” at that.
If you can’t see an obvious joke,maybe you should look at yourself. Talk about perpetuating what “does not exist.”
If I tell white supremacy jokes, is that ok? Or would it be perpetuating racism, even if obviously jokes?
Lets not be two faced here.
[/quote]
LOL…you’re the epitome of two-faced. Anyways,go right ahead tell us some jokes,I’m not as sensitive as you. But,you might want to considering the parallels(or lack thereof) of what Prof.X said as compared to white supremacy “jokes.”
Didn’t realize white people as a group were oppressed by evil Afro picks.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
FormerlyTexasGuy wrote:
Big_Boss wrote:
FormerlyTexasGuy wrote:
Professor X wrote:
…and for the record…I would so paint the White House black.
There would be a black fist at the top of each flag pole and all interns would have to wear afros.
Is this a joke?
Racism lives if not. On your “side” at that.
If you can’t see an obvious joke,maybe you should look at yourself. Talk about perpetuating what “does not exist.”
If I tell white supremacy jokes, is that ok? Or would it be perpetuating racism, even if obviously jokes?
Lets not be two faced here.
You are an idiot. I really mean that.
George Clinton even had a song by the name “Paint The White House Black” but you, being the clueless skinny jeans wearing douche that you are, thinks it denotes “black supremecy”?
People like you actually make it outside in the real world?[/quote]
I don’t wear skinny jeans. I can appreciate you projecting what you see on MTV to an unknown poster here but it is off base. I don’t even remember the last time I watched a show on MTV. My jeans preference, not that it really matters, are old navy loose fitting jeans and levi silver tab.
Maybe when Obama leaves office, the next president, who will undoubtedly be white, should remove the black power flags in place of confederate flags, burn a cross on the front lawn and hang a noose from every tree on property! Of course the interns would be shaving their heads, wearing white hoods and goose stepping every where.
Don’t get your panties all twisted either. Objectively, our jokes are not much different. And I’m curious, how old are you?
Best scenario, we can all put race aside and quit beating a dead horse.