A Dramatic Increase in Hate Crimes Has Been Reported Since the Election of Barack Obama
While concern is on the rise due to terrorism overseas, this nation continues to ignore the sharp increase in terrorist incidents right here at home. The corporate media obviously refuses to report it, politicians act as if there is nothing to really worry about. The Talented Tenth seek to find ways for Black people to somehow blame this on themselves, and the rest of the public seems to have turned a blind eye to it. For an entire country to ignore the demons of its past, is to condemn future generations to certain repetition.A society is like a factory in the production of human personalities. During World War Two we were forced as a nation to learn that in order to turn a factory which once produced pots and pans into one that produces tanks and warships, a certain level of deliberate institutional restructuring had to take place. Rules and regulations had to be re-written in order to reflect the new product that the factory was attempting to create. We succeeded because all who participated were made to respect the new rules that governed the plant; or to face the dire consequences instead. When it comes to the life of Black people, this message appears to have been lost on the United States. Sadly enough, although we have emerged into the 21st Century, and actually elected an African American president, nonetheless the old familiar legacy continues to repeat itself. Racist atrocities are once more on the rise, as America continues to regurgitate its soul.
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When generations can get away with the barbaric murder and mutilation of tens of thousands of people and not only do these victims receive no justice, but the perpetrators of these crimes never receive a moment of counseling for their madness, how can we expect this sentiment to simply fade away.
TS: The paradox of being a Black Man is that you must embrace a society and culture that may not always embrace you. Yes, racism has tormented Western Culture for centuries - but we cannot assume that every body is out to get us. Analyze the subject of your very same article. There is NO WAY that Obama could have risen to the Presidency if he truly believed that "most white people are racist." He would have given up long ago...
Are racist atrocities really soaring, or has the sentiment just never left?
My goodness I am so glad that I live in a little town. our people walk proud even the ones that did not vote for obama saying that hopefully he would make a change and all the hate would stop and the people were working side by side black and white alike. It was a very peaceful day I hate all this vidijulante crap still is taking place. Brothers do not rape your sisters.
We are having a honest discussion about this. Take note that I said a good number of those kidnappings were the result of selling people to slavery. That does leave the other number to white people. With that being said both races have ancestors that were in the wrong. I for one will admit that even I make racist jokes about Mexicans, blacks, and even white people but that's all in good fun. Everything I said is my opinion, and to me this is just a debate- it's no secret that America probably wouldn't be the nation it is today if it wasn't for early slaves- but it's something that has to be let go eventually. My entire point is that people seem to think that racism and hate are exclusive, and that slavery was also exclusive- when both were have been seen at different points in time all over the world.
OK Now this is the problem. I for one know that most white people are not racist. However, 40 million Black people did not get here in this conditon without an enormously evil system. The problem is that too many whites are simply more concerned with making sure that they are not called racist than they are with actually having an honest discussion about this. The numbers of Africans who sold thier people out pale in comparison to the amount of whites who participated in this evil system.
Figured I'd check back to see if you commented back. I only have an interest in debating by the way. "Black people did not kidnap and enslave whites. " You're right, but African tribal leaders also sold off their own people, so a good number of those "kidnappings" weren't that at all. A majority of White folks aren't even racist these days, but pointing the finger at ONLY white folks is just being politically correct. There will probably always be problems and racism as long as society continues to believe that racism is exclusive to one race IMO. And about the babies being ripped out of the womb, just the other day I was watching a feature on one of the big news stations about a past war in Africa during the 1990's, and man that came from America to help a particular side that was becoming the victim of genocide told stories of groups ripping babies from the womb of mothers among other things. Course that wasn't about race seeing as both groups were Africans, but it's something to thi
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I am not American, but I am happy for Barack Obama to have been elect president for USA
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Well, you may be correct on some of that. However, the bareface truth is that unlike the KKK the Black Panthers never kidnapped innocent people from thier homes and roasted lynched and mutilated them. There have never been any Black people that would even think about cutting a baby out of a live mother's belly simply because she claimed that her husband was lynched for no reason at all. The truth is that racism is not simply an attitude. Racism is a deadly psychopathology. It shall never be eradicated until White people man up and realize that there have been some amongst them that have really become sick due to centuries of White-skin privilage. Fredrick Douglass once said that the struggle for freedom in America is a struggle to free Black men's bodies and White men's minds. It was not long ago that I could actually be killed for writing what I just did. So, let us be honest. Black people did not kidnap and enslave whites.
Great article. Yes, racism is not dead, and will never be until the media and we as a society can stop viewing and stereotyping people by color. Everyday I hear on the news that Obama is the first African American president, the man is mixed for gods sake. Aside from that, African American's AREN'T the only ones that have suffered through racism throughout the ages, or now. I've met my share of blacks who were racist against whites and so on, and take a look at how the Black Panthers showed up at some voting booths during election day. We won't see an end till we can accept that racism is everywhere and not just limited to blacks.
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