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atursvcMaam -> RE: What I predicted last month has started, no end in sight. (11/12/2008 1:08:00 AM)
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What is your motive for accusing someone, anyone, of being a racist?
At the risk of being labelled a racist myself, that accusation gives me the same feeling of caution i develop if someone bumps into me in the subway, or on a crowded street.
i tend to check to see who is trying to put their hand in my pocket.
outside of this recent election rhetoric, i have been accused of being a racist 4 times in 30 years. each time, the person hurling the accusation did not know me at all, and wanted me to bend the rules in their favor, ignore them entirely, or give them a free pass due to their race.
What special treatment do you seek for President Elect Obama? i have viewed this accusation as an attempt to evade accountability.
My hope for President Obama is that he accepts his victory and becomes the best president this country has seen. i hope that he maintains a backbone enough to realize that about 47% of the country does not agree fully with his views or proposed policies. That is better footing than Bush had in 2000, but nowhere near what Reagan had in either of his terms. There has, and hopefully always will be, a level of opposition to those in office. i hope that Mr Obama has the strength and courage to face down those who oppose and/or underestimate him both at home and abroad.
That he is president does not make him infallible or unquestionable. Most of the challenges that he will face in the next years will have nothing to do with his ancestry, but with his character and abilities as a human being. He will be under scrutiny because he is president, and is expected to represent the will and needs of the people.
i hope that he does this wonderfully, and that this knee-jerk excuse becomes unnecessary, and drops out of discussion quickly.
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