The President: Racism and the Enthusiasm Gap
There has been many a Black street-wise guy named “Willy” along with Civil Rights fighters, politicians and writers like James Baldwin telling us what a racist country America is. That portion of our ongoing history is well documented.
What is not well documented history is the waning enthusiasm supporting a Black President and specifically, the first Black President of the United States of America.
In my opinion, the waning enthusiasm is due to racism in the country and if one could say, ’No man is above the law’, at this time one can say of the first Black President to date, ‘No Black man is above racism!’
In my opinion, therein lie your ‘Enthusiasm Gap!’ and within its dwellings one would find the rollicking 'Oh, Happy am I' choir singing and performing their latest hit, “Clapping Louder!”
How naïve of me and many others to have thought a Black President could do what we Blacks do everyday when confronted with racism. How naïve of me and many others when confronted with racism thought as President you could also say, “Go fuck yourself!” And finally, how naïve of many others and me entertaining positive thoughts the President of America could do whatever he wanted and he and his family could go anywhere they wanted to go whenever they desired or felt a need. How utterly and embarrassingly naïve!
If was not long into the Presidency of Barack Obama did we fully comprehend our naïveté was in reality delusions of grandeur. Sad.
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. Maybe a LGBT couple in the White House would maintain higher enthusiasm throughout their reign than a Black President. Hows about a Chinese or Jew or, OMG, a real secret Muslin? (Smile)
What is not well documented history is the waning enthusiasm supporting a Black President and specifically, the first Black President of the United States of America.
In my opinion, the waning enthusiasm is due to racism in the country and if one could say, ’No man is above the law’, at this time one can say of the first Black President to date, ‘No Black man is above racism!’
In my opinion, therein lie your ‘Enthusiasm Gap!’ and within its dwellings one would find the rollicking 'Oh, Happy am I' choir singing and performing their latest hit, “Clapping Louder!”
How naïve of me and many others to have thought a Black President could do what we Blacks do everyday when confronted with racism. How naïve of me and many others when confronted with racism thought as President you could also say, “Go fuck yourself!” And finally, how naïve of many others and me entertaining positive thoughts the President of America could do whatever he wanted and he and his family could go anywhere they wanted to go whenever they desired or felt a need. How utterly and embarrassingly naïve!
If was not long into the Presidency of Barack Obama did we fully comprehend our naïveté was in reality delusions of grandeur. Sad.
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. Maybe a LGBT couple in the White House would maintain higher enthusiasm throughout their reign than a Black President. Hows about a Chinese or Jew or, OMG, a real secret Muslin? (Smile)
posted by BB at 4:14 PM
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