jimpeel
Well-Known Member
Note that our new president is not being touted as the first half-White president of the United States. Everyone dwells on the Black half and ignores the White half.
So why is he not being called the first half-White president? Why is only the Black half being vaunted? Because it would be politically incorrect to call him what he is -- half-White and half-Black.
My fear is that Obama, who is being drummed into the American psyche as the first “African American” or “First Black” president will be remembered for nothing more than that fact if he manages to screw this up.
If he does screw this up, I fear that he will set back the gains that Blacks have made fifty years.
People will only see the fact of his blackness and they will dwell on that fact. It will reinforce the thinking that Blacks cannot rule effectively and that they cannot handle power. Look at the numbers:
Charles Taylor
Idi Amin Dada
Seargent Doe
Papa Doc Duvalier
Baby Doc Duvalier
Robert Mugabe
Ibrahim Babangida
General Sani Abacha
Mobutu Sese Seko
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
And on and on. The common bond -- they couldn’t handle being in power.
This is not to say that our new president will become a dictator or that he will attempt dictatorial rule. That is not the point.
The point is (for those who constantly ask "What's your point" even when it is obvious) that if he manages to preside over a failed presidency it will be tragic if all he is remembered for is “That Black guy” who screwed up the nation.
We shall all have to wait and see; and we should hope for the best for all -- including Mr. Obama.
So why is he not being called the first half-White president? Why is only the Black half being vaunted? Because it would be politically incorrect to call him what he is -- half-White and half-Black.
My fear is that Obama, who is being drummed into the American psyche as the first “African American” or “First Black” president will be remembered for nothing more than that fact if he manages to screw this up.
If he does screw this up, I fear that he will set back the gains that Blacks have made fifty years.
People will only see the fact of his blackness and they will dwell on that fact. It will reinforce the thinking that Blacks cannot rule effectively and that they cannot handle power. Look at the numbers:
Charles Taylor
Idi Amin Dada
Seargent Doe
Papa Doc Duvalier
Baby Doc Duvalier
Robert Mugabe
Ibrahim Babangida
General Sani Abacha
Mobutu Sese Seko
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
And on and on. The common bond -- they couldn’t handle being in power.
This is not to say that our new president will become a dictator or that he will attempt dictatorial rule. That is not the point.
The point is (for those who constantly ask "What's your point" even when it is obvious) that if he manages to preside over a failed presidency it will be tragic if all he is remembered for is “That Black guy” who screwed up the nation.
We shall all have to wait and see; and we should hope for the best for all -- including Mr. Obama.