The Unforgivable & Ugly Racism Directed At Malia Obama Because She Kissed A White Man

I know the Lilly White Liberals would like to ignore this, but as I said before even blacks think blacks are more racist than whites.

Among black Americans, 31% think most blacks are racist, while 24% consider most whites racist and 15% view most Hispanics that way.

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Malia’s father is half-white. He was raised during much of his youth by his white grandparents. He is as much white as he is black. Why should his daughter be required to turn her back on her own identity to appease those who are clearly pathetic black racists?

Part of this I can agree with, however, a racist is a racist no matter what their color, the one part I cannot agree with is this, "He was raised during much of his youth by his white grandparents. He is as much white as he is black." What the hell does this have to do with who his daughters date? My last wife, Gloria, was African-American, she grew up in a Black neighborhood among Black relatives, dated Black men before I came along and, she married me, on my end of things, I was raised in the Jim Crow south until the Civil Rights Act was passed, in fact I graduated high school in the south, I had white friends all my life and, I dated Black girls for a part of that time until I met Gloria and, married her, so, what the hell does who raises you have to do with who you pick to love all your life? 

I can relate Mr. G - my oldest sons father was black, had he not been killed in a car accident .. I wonder how different my life would be now.

I always found it odd that I received backlash from the black women on campuses and no one else.. Haters are gonna hate ....................

 .......................... Live and let live - it is a beautiful thing to find a special someone, even if only for a lil while!

Sure, there are some who will disagree with her "kiss", but, actually, it to be expected.  We don't all have the same viewpoint of things.  Aren't we pretty much certain that if the situation was reversed that there would be the same ridicule? 

Just live your own life, Malia, as I am sure you will.

People self-identify as to race in America. The majority of mixed race people (black +) identify as black in this culture.  The number that identify as "mixed race" has been growing. Very few (black + white) identify as white. 

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The idea that blacks are more racist than whites is laughable. There is very little black "racism" that is not a reaction to white racism. In other words "black racism" is born from white racism. White racism was born as a rationale for slavery, in the form of white superiority. 

Get rid of the concept of white superiority and all racism will go the way of the dodo bird. 

People self-identify as to race in America. The majority of mixed race people (black +) identify as black in this culture. The number that identify as "mixed race" has been growing. Very few (black + white) identify as white.

If they can’t pass for white, then there’s little point in trying to identify as anything other than black. I doubt yelling “wait, I’m half white” is going to stop the police from treating him like they treat any other black man. 

My take on this is different. After 400 years of being subsumed in a dominant white culture and often compared to monkeys or gorillas and movies (like Medea) imply that black women are so unattractive that a man can pretend to be a woman and nobody would know the difference. Anyway, looking white became an ideal and, at one time, this created an entire industry of skin lightening creames and hair straighteners. Now it’s wigs and weaves. You rarely see famous black men (like ball players, movie stars, musicians etc) married to black women. It’s like they’re saying you haven’t really arrived until you get everything a white man can get, including a white woman . . . not a whole lot different than saying “why would I drive a Chevy when I can get a Mercedes?” Except the comparison is an insult. 

Asians have a variation of this by preferring rounder eyes, dying their hair, and marrying a white man like he’s a trophy (one Asian woman even admitted it to me). Asian men don’t particularly like that. 

So a black woman kissing a white man is going to get some blowback if others think she thinks she’s “stepping up” to some higher level. It’s not actually racism but rather a roundabout way of accusing her of perpetuating racism by rejecting her own men. It will equalize in time but that time has not yet come. 

So a black woman kissing a white man is going to get some blowback if others think she thinks she’s “stepping up” to some higher level. It’s not actually racism but rather a roundabout way of accusing her of perpetuating racism by rejecting her own men. It will equalize in time but that time has not yet come.

Rejecting her own men ... sounds so medieval.  Perhaps it is her own men that have rejected her, therefore she broadened her horizons and found someone to care for her and respect her as more than an object to be own'd by her men?

I hear what you are saying - it just saddens me that in 2017 things are actually worse than in '91 when my oldest was born .. or in '88 when I met his dad...  I never felt the pressure of racism back then - now, if the wind blows a certain direction it has to be racism causing it!

Rejecting her own men ... sounds so medieval. Perhaps it is her own men that have rejected her, therefore she broadened her horizons and found someone to care for her and respect her as more than an object to be own'd by her men . . . 

If a white woman can rankle at the notion of being “owned” by men then black people can certainly rankle at being “owned” and subservient to whites. No white woman ever woke up wishing she were a slave and any slave would have gladly traded places to be a free white woman. Anybody perceived as perpetuating a subservient status (even as a mental state) is subject to ridicule the same way some white woman attack other women for happily staying at home and being given an “allowance” by a man. 

A long time ago, I got two cats from the rescue service. One had been mistreated; one had not. I treated both the same. The one who had not been mistreated became very well adjusted. It took the other one much longer to reach the point where he didn’t think I was trying to lure him with food so that I could kick him. My point is that just because the two are now treated the same, doesn’t mean that the one who was mistreated will suddenly become trusting. It takes time to erase mistreatment and that time doesn’t start to run until the mistreatment stops. And that’s just with a cat whose historical and cultural awareness is at zero. 

If a white woman can rankle at the notion of being “owned” by men then black people can certainly rankle at being “owned” and subservient to whites.

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Anybody perceived as perpetuating a subservient status (even as a mental state) is subject to ridicule the same way some white woman attack other women for happily staying at home and being given an “allowance” by a man.

Food for thought, thank you - you took my comment to a whole different level, a level that I was not even considering...

 My point is that just because the two are now treated the same, doesn’t mean that the one who was mistreated will suddenly become trusting. It takes time to erase mistreatment and that time doesn’t start to run until the mistreatment stops. And that’s just with a cat whose historical and cultural awareness is at zero. 

I have experienced the same and even 8 years later this lil kitten that moved into my garage, is still very selective in who she allows to touch her... your point is well taken!

Thank you again for giving me more to think about - racism makes NO sense to me ... the ownership of another makes NO sense to me ................. alas it is part of American history, and a wound that never seems to / possibly never will heal!

Peace!

Too often, we act like boxers and exchange ideas like they’re on the end of a right cross. It’s always a pleasure to exchange ideas with someone like you who can treat it like an opportunity to see a different perspective . . . although I do enjoy a good fight, every now and then, because I’m a man. Lol. 

Thank you, as I appreciate an exchange with you. 

'We' can all learn from one another, once 'we' take the time to listen to each others words ... too often one is so desperate to have their opinion heard and seen as relevant - they miss out on a great deal of wisdom that is being shared.  I do not always succeed, yet I try to listen/read all sides of the issue, in order to have an informed opinion.

I enjoy the Madea movies, they are comedy and there are always some fine black women in those movies.  I have dated across many races, there is no difference in the physics, any difference is in one's mind.  A close friend of mine form Vermont (we were stationed together in the Air Force) married a very dark black women.  Know why?  Because he was in love with her and she him.  They knew the hurdles they would face but decided their love was truly worth while  They have 2 successful grown sons.  They decided people in Vermont that would have a problem, didn't deserve them in their lives.

I enjoy the Madea movies, they are comedy and there are always some fine black women in those movies. I have dated across many races, there is no difference in the physics, any difference is in one's mind.

I think Medea is funny too but, to me, it’s still a stereotype. I’d say the same thing about a minstrel show. I have noticed some basic differences between races (that I won’t go into here) but we don’t have to be the same. Variety is the spice of life. 

I look at it all as comedy, and there are representations of every segment of life in those Tyler Perry movies.  Madea is just a small part of those, for the most part.

Black racists are the worst kind of racists because they know nobody will call them out on it. And no, I don't like white racists either.

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And if black people think a black woman is kissing a white man because she thinks her own people are ugly, then I can understand why they react in a way that this article superficially refers to as racist.

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I totally disagree with that comment Capt Cave Man!!!  You have the right to say it, but that isn't true.  There are fat chicks and fat ugly black, white and whatever men everywhere.  I don't ever want to think in those terms.

How about putting a photo of yourself on here. 

Now that I've had my say, beauty is only skin deep and whenever a person can only see the outside of a person, they miss out on the real beauty of that person.  We're all beautiful in our own ways and sometimes the most beautiful people are the ugliest people on the outside.

Agreed Sixpick.  There is beauty in every woman, just have to be willing to look.  Wait, maybe excluding Rosie.

I've often wondered, what color are caveman?

Well since man was still living in caves until relatively recently all colours would be represented depending on locale and time.

My 16 year old grandson and I were having our usual talk of each finding out how's it going and the topic of different races dating and marrying came up.  I like to find out what is going on in the world he lives in.

As we discussed this, at some point I said....it's tough when different races come together and marry.  Things like families, different foods, etc etc.  He said, MeMe, if you love someone you just have to work harder at being married.  He was very sincere. 

His world is not the world I grew up in.  If other young people have this attitude, I think we are going to be alright.

My 17 yr old daughter is the same way and has the same attitude

My 17 year old son is the same -

I have often said that it is the ones that are in High School now, that may be the ones to step up and turn things around!

Ha, black, brown and white is beautiful. Beside they are ruff dogs. 

See that tooth, that's what's left of a saber tooth tiger after it messed with me. ''nuff said''