Father to son: “If he hits you, hit him back!”
The Black son quickly learns through reading, watching television and going to movies the rest of the sentence says “…if he is not a white boy.” Jena, La., readily comes to mind.
What we have with Sen. Obama is “a Black boy” who can not hit back “the white boy”, Sen. McCain. We witnessed this with the public flogging Hillary did to Sen. Obama during the primaries and we made appropriate excuses that elements of our society would not look favorably upon him beating up on a woman and especially a white one. Hillary therefore became more and more aggressive in her flogging and, in my opinion, gave her the impetus to continue her campaign so long. It became what appeared to be an S&M public event enjoyed by many.
Now the McCain campaign has taken Hillary’s whip to continue the public flogging and we can not make the excuse this time as reflective to when Hillary was doing it. It Won’t work. There is a gender difference or must we realize it was never a gender issue. We were placated with that excuse but most of us knew differently. We felt since her flogging was so un-lady like surely Sen. Obama could respond. We know a Black hitting back at a white is a social no-no regardless the gender and other rationale.
-Look here you guys. Come on, now! I’ve worked my butt off here for six straight years with only one raise. I was not promoted, instead, two guys were bought in from the outside to take the position I was qualified for and now you are going to deny me a promotion for the third time?
-Reid, Reid, I’m your friend. Remember? I can’t go along with you on this one. You sound so angry. Sounds like you have a chip on your shoulder. I have to go with the others on this one, uh….pal. Brother? We’re still friends, though, right? Let’s shake. (‘Atta boy!)
In my opinion, the way MSM has allowed Sen. McCain to enjoy his white privileges, it would be political suicide for Sen. Obama to fight him back. In the end, Sen. Obama has to depend on what all of us Blacks have to depend on and that is the good will of informed Blacks and whites who understand our hands are tied in some instances. We know what people say when we find ourselves in that position. We are not stupid! Humiliated but not stupid. That’s the price we have to pay. It has nothing to do with education, wealth or prestige but simply knowing when to keep our mouths closed and the consequences of not doing so. Consequently, many of us had to learn alternative but effective ways of expressing ourselves. Some of us succeeded and some have not.
I am mindful of an account from a reporter observing the desegregation issues at Central High School in Arkansas when he reported the white boys came first to taunt the Blacks and upon learning the Blacks would not fight them back, the whites went home and bought their wives and small children to the school to escalate the taunting.
Perhaps things would change when there are one on one debates between the two candidates but to try to administer Knock Out punches in a “he say, she say” situation will not work. Now consider for example the fact formal and informal surrogates for Sen. Obama are a different story. To look forward to Sen. Obama taking the advice of a Black father to his son is not going to happen. Can you hear Wolfe Blitzer et al., fanning the flames? The press always wants to turn a political campaign into a boxing event but I am mindful of the fact basketball is Sen. Obama’s tour de forte.
Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-Span and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB
P.S. I’m glad Andrea Mitchell is home away from that Middle East air. She had me worried for a while.
What we have with Sen. Obama is “a Black boy” who can not hit back “the white boy”, Sen. McCain. We witnessed this with the public flogging Hillary did to Sen. Obama during the primaries and we made appropriate excuses that elements of our society would not look favorably upon him beating up on a woman and especially a white one. Hillary therefore became more and more aggressive in her flogging and, in my opinion, gave her the impetus to continue her campaign so long. It became what appeared to be an S&M public event enjoyed by many.
Now the McCain campaign has taken Hillary’s whip to continue the public flogging and we can not make the excuse this time as reflective to when Hillary was doing it. It Won’t work. There is a gender difference or must we realize it was never a gender issue. We were placated with that excuse but most of us knew differently. We felt since her flogging was so un-lady like surely Sen. Obama could respond. We know a Black hitting back at a white is a social no-no regardless the gender and other rationale.
-Look here you guys. Come on, now! I’ve worked my butt off here for six straight years with only one raise. I was not promoted, instead, two guys were bought in from the outside to take the position I was qualified for and now you are going to deny me a promotion for the third time?
-Reid, Reid, I’m your friend. Remember? I can’t go along with you on this one. You sound so angry. Sounds like you have a chip on your shoulder. I have to go with the others on this one, uh….pal. Brother? We’re still friends, though, right? Let’s shake. (‘Atta boy!)
In my opinion, the way MSM has allowed Sen. McCain to enjoy his white privileges, it would be political suicide for Sen. Obama to fight him back. In the end, Sen. Obama has to depend on what all of us Blacks have to depend on and that is the good will of informed Blacks and whites who understand our hands are tied in some instances. We know what people say when we find ourselves in that position. We are not stupid! Humiliated but not stupid. That’s the price we have to pay. It has nothing to do with education, wealth or prestige but simply knowing when to keep our mouths closed and the consequences of not doing so. Consequently, many of us had to learn alternative but effective ways of expressing ourselves. Some of us succeeded and some have not.
I am mindful of an account from a reporter observing the desegregation issues at Central High School in Arkansas when he reported the white boys came first to taunt the Blacks and upon learning the Blacks would not fight them back, the whites went home and bought their wives and small children to the school to escalate the taunting.
Perhaps things would change when there are one on one debates between the two candidates but to try to administer Knock Out punches in a “he say, she say” situation will not work. Now consider for example the fact formal and informal surrogates for Sen. Obama are a different story. To look forward to Sen. Obama taking the advice of a Black father to his son is not going to happen. Can you hear Wolfe Blitzer et al., fanning the flames? The press always wants to turn a political campaign into a boxing event but I am mindful of the fact basketball is Sen. Obama’s tour de forte.
Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-Span and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB
P.S. I’m glad Andrea Mitchell is home away from that Middle East air. She had me worried for a while.
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