White Guilt is dead! Interesting commentary!

timb

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Got this in an email today, and verified its validity. It was an op-ed piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Tim

WHITE GUILT IS DEAD

By Tom Adkins

Look at my fellow conservatives! There they go, glumly shuffling along, depressed by the election aftermath. Not me. I’m virtually euphoric. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not thrilled with America ’s flirtation with neo socialism. But there’s a massive silver lining in those magical clouds that lofted Barak Obama to the Presidency. For today, without a shred of intellectually legitimate opposition, I can loudly proclaim to America : The Era of White Guilt is over.

This seemingly impossible event occurred because the vast majority of white Americans didn’t give a fluff about skin color, and enthusiastically pulled the voting lever for a black man. Not just any black man. A very liberal black man who spent his early career race-hustling banks, praying in a racist church for 20 years, and actively worked with America-hating domestic terrorists. Wow! Some resume! Yet they made Barak Obama their leader. Therefore, as of Nov 4th, 2008, white guilt is dead.

For over a century, the millstone of white guilt hung around our necks, retribution for slave-owning predecessors. In the 60s, American liberals began yanking that millstone while sticking a fork in the eye of black Americans, exacerbating the racial divide to extort a socialist solution. But if a black man can become President, exactly what significant barrier is left? The election of Barak Obama absolutely destroys the entire validation of liberal white guilt. The dragon is hereby slain.

So today, I’m feeling a little “uppity,” if you will. From this day forward, my tolerance level for having my skin color hustled is now exactly ZERO. And it’s time to clean house. No more Reverend Wright’s “God [beeep] America ,” Al Sharpton’s Church of Perpetual Victimization , or Jesse Jackson’s rainbow racism. Cornell West? You’re a fraud. Go home. All those “black studies” programs that taught kids to hate whitey? You must now thank Whitey. And I want that on the final.

Congressional Black Caucus? Irrelevant. Maxine Waters? Shut up.. ACORN? Outlawed. Black Panthers? Go home and pet your kitty. Black separatists? Find another nation that offers better dreams. Go ahead. I’m waiting.

Gangsta rappers? Start praising America . Begin with the Pledge of Allegiance. And please…no more ebonics. Speak English, and who knows where you might end up? Oh, yeah…pull up your pants. Your underwear is showing. You look stupid.

To those Eurosnots who forged entire careers hating America ? I’m still waiting for the first black French President.

And let me offer an equal opportunity whupping. I’ve always despised lazy white people. Now, I can talk smack about lazy black people. You’re poor because you quit school, did drugs, had three kids with three different fathers, and refuse to work. So when you plop your Colt 45-swilling, Oprah watchin’ butt on the couch and complain “Da Man is keepin’ me down,” allow me to inform you: Da Man is now black. You have no excuses.

No more quotas. No more handouts. No more stealing my money because someone’s great-great-great-great grandparents suffered actual pain and misery at the hands of people I have no relation to, and personally revile.

It’s time to toss that massive, obsolete race-hustle machine upon the heap of the other stupid 60s ideas. Drag it over there, by wife swapping, next to dope-smoking. Plenty of room right between free love and cop-killing. Careful…don’t trip on streaking.. There ya go, don’t be gentle. Just dump it. Wash your hands. It’s filthy.

In fact, Obama’s ascension created a gargantuan irony. How can you sell class envy and American unfairness when you and your black wife went to Ivy League schools, got high-paying jobs, became millionaires, bought a mansion, and got elected President? How unfair is that??? Now, Like a delicious O'Henry tale, Obama’s spread-the-wealth campaign rendered itself moot by it's own victory! America is officially a meritocracy. Obama’s election has validated American conservatism!

So, listen carefully…Wham!!!

That’s the sound of my foot kicking the door shut on the era of white guilt. The rites have been muttered, the carcass lowered, dirt shoveled, and tombstone erected. White guilt is dead and buried.

However, despite my glee, there’s apparently one small, rabid bastion of American racism remaining. Black Americans voted 96% for Barak Obama. Hmmm. In a color-blind world, shouldn’t that be 50-50? Tonight, every black person should ask forgiveness for their apparent racism and prejudice towards white people. Maybe it’s time to start spreading the guilt around.
 
Barak Obama's only ties to his black heritage is through his father, since his mother was white, and his father wasn't from the USA so he has no ties to former slaves in the USA. He may be a mulatto, but his ancestors were not american slaves like some of the blacks here.
 
CJ,
I agree with you, however, not every black person knows this--actally the guy is Arab, not black!
Tim
 
His father looked like a black man in the pictures I saw. Maybe not an African, but he did look black, like Aborigines in Australia.

Either way, I'm sure some will call him African-American instead of Arab-American.
 
I thought his father was from Kenya? If so that might make him muslim but that doesn't mean he's an Arab.

I kind of thought white guilt might account for some of his votes, but either way it's tough to say that functional racism still exists in America when a black man has been elected to the country's highest office. Do you think maybe now we can get rid of some of this affirmative action crap? Nah, me neither. That would make too much sense.

This is similar to the ban the "n word" movement that occured after Don Imus was fired from MSNBC and CBS radio. Personally I was hoping they would ban that word and make it illegal. It's not a word that is regularly used in my vocabulary, but I've seen a lot of black guys that can't seem to speak without it. I'm a huge first amendment advocate but I could make an exception in that case. It could have been the biggest cultural double edged sword in history.

Nate
 
When I joined the NAACP I did have an ulterior motive. My purpose is to change the attitude about just what is 'color'.

WHITE is a color. Don't believe me! Look in Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary for their legal description of the color white.

So, the NAACP desperately needs to get current and change their corporate name to NAAP. National Association for the Advancement of People. ALL PEOPLE are people of color!

Check it out!

It's right there in Webster's Collegiate Dictionary!

When I was in the Army, I had actual opportunities of the ultimate leveler in race baiting defense. I've seen black troops bleed profusely, and they bleed the same color as me. Bright red if it's from the lungs, dark red if it's a gut shot wound.

Check it out! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Sam H. Asbury, III
Cleet #08 PIA 2782
 
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And let me offer an equal opportunity whupping. I’ve always despised lazy white people. Now, I can talk smack about lazy black people. You’re poor because you quit school, did drugs, had three kids with three different fathers, and refuse to work. So when you plop your Colt 45-swilling, Oprah watchin’ butt on the couch and complain “Da Man is keepin’ me down,” allow me to inform you: Da Man is now black. You have no excuses.




/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif You tellem Tom (I like this guy) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
Yup! You can refer to him as 'un-American' because that's your OPINION!

And, if you want, you can shoot COl. Asbury your POSTS for editing before you put them 'out there'. Years ago in our fair City, I was given a plaque/citation from a Radio Station dubbing me "GOOD SPELLER" SAM.

That,.....and .50 cents gets you most of a cup of coffee.

I've helped/assisted many military get their writing act together while I was serving on the ADJUNCT Faculty of the US Army Command and General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth, KS. Since I'm 'semi-retired' now I have time to help out.

Sam H. Asbury, III
Cleet #08 PIA 2782

Ltc, IN, USA (RET)

Hoooooraaah!
 
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His father looked like a black man in the pictures I saw. Maybe not an African, but he did look black, like Aborigines in Australia.

Either way, I'm sure some will call him African-American instead of Arab-American.



Anyway you look at it he's still half white.

 
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