Harry Reid and Race Relations

I have been defending liberals lately and I apologize for it, but this shit with Harry Reid is ridiculous. He said Obama has a chance to be the first black president because he has light skin and doesn't talk ghetto. I have been trying to think of how this could have been said without being offensive, but it is a fact and not easily said.

Every time someone said, "Obama is so articulate, Obama speaks so well" was saying the same thing. I would like to compare it to Clinton. If Clinton had a strong Arkansas accent he would never have become president. So would it have been racist if someone said, "Clinton is a good looking guy with no sign of a red neck accent"?

I understand the negative connotation attributed with anything close to the N word, but black sounds just as bad, and I can not stand adding any thing to American (i.e., African American, Mexican American, Italian American) I am not Irish American or Norwegian American. I am American and would love to have any American of any heritage join me in being just an American.

Also, Clinton's comment that Obama would have been getting Kennedy and him coffee a couple of years ago does not seem racist at all. Everything I have read on Clinton clearly shows he is not a racist and was a strong opponent of racism. What I believe he was refering to was Obama's lack of experience and was speaking to his hirer qualifications as an assistant rather than the leader of America. 

Racism is alive and well. I am sure it is no where near what it was back in the 60s and earlier, but I do fear it has gone more underground. All you have to do is go online to see racism. I just experienced it last night while playing Call of Duty. My friend and I signed into a game and immediately were welcome by a guy who was berating someone because he was black. I will not stand for this online, in my home, or in my presence. My friend and I started making fun of the red neck who then started calling us Benedict Arnolds to our race. Can you believe it? We, however, did not let up and he finally shut up.

I sincerely hope that all people regardless of color stand up against bigots and racists. Do not let a racist comment go unchallenged. As I said before, I will not tolerate it in my home from friends or strangers. I have kicked people out of my house on multiple occasions and even dumped a girl who said it was justified that her brother was a racist because of where they grew up (some southern state). I do not accept this as a viable excuse. I have also lost a close friendship with a cousin because her husband is a huge bigot and thought it was okay to tell racist jokes at family events. We have not talked since I threatened to punch him in the face if I heard him say another racist comment.

Now this is not to say that you can not talk about race. I do not like trash regardless of race. I do not like Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, or whites who celebrate ignorance and violence. That is exactly what this blog is against. However, I do not believe the use of historically offensive terms should be used to describe these people and only make the person using the term look like an idiot.

Trash is trash no matter what the color of their skin is.

So the question to the reader is, "Are you a part of the problem or part of the solution?"