Three months ago, this country of ours witnessed the most historical event since the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the Emancipation Proclamation. Barack Obama was elected President of the United States. However, some are not happy about this at all. Since his election and inauguration, there have been a lot of racial slurs and jokes. White Supremacists Groups posted comments on their websites and blogs like “Kill this N”. Nooses have been hung in schools in some states. I have spoken to many young people in high school and they have told me stories of white students telling them that Obama will be shot and that he is a N.
Recently, the NY Post printed a cartoon that shows two cops killing a monkey. Many civil rights groups slammed the paper stating that this was directed towards the President. A CA Mayor recently stepped down after he sent an e-mail that shows watermelons on the lawn of the White House. In the e-mail, the former mayor cites “No Easter Egg Hunt This Year.” Fox News Commentator Sean Hannity recently created a poll on his web site asking questions related to starting a revolution and union succession. Just recently some members of a police department in New York were suspended after sending an e-mail out stating that “KFC will be set up in the front of the White House”
These actions have greatly concerned me as an American and a black man. I believe that we as a people must take action to stop this type of hate. We must find a way to unite and attack racism directly. CNN has done a fantastic job with Black in America 1 and 2. It really displayed how Blacks see ourselves and the struggles we face. I am a supporter of a discussion and dialogue that should be called “The New America, An Open Discussion about Race” Whites, blacks everyone should be brought to the table and have an open dialogue about racial unity. If we do not take some type of action, everything that our forefathers fought for will vanish along with the American Spirit.
Recently, the NY Post printed a cartoon that shows two cops killing a monkey. Many civil rights groups slammed the paper stating that this was directed towards the President. A CA Mayor recently stepped down after he sent an e-mail that shows watermelons on the lawn of the White House. In the e-mail, the former mayor cites “No Easter Egg Hunt This Year.” Fox News Commentator Sean Hannity recently created a poll on his web site asking questions related to starting a revolution and union succession. Just recently some members of a police department in New York were suspended after sending an e-mail out stating that “KFC will be set up in the front of the White House”
These actions have greatly concerned me as an American and a black man. I believe that we as a people must take action to stop this type of hate. We must find a way to unite and attack racism directly. CNN has done a fantastic job with Black in America 1 and 2. It really displayed how Blacks see ourselves and the struggles we face. I am a supporter of a discussion and dialogue that should be called “The New America, An Open Discussion about Race” Whites, blacks everyone should be brought to the table and have an open dialogue about racial unity. If we do not take some type of action, everything that our forefathers fought for will vanish along with the American Spirit.
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Mr. Gortman stated:
We have overcome a lot of struggles so lets now support each other and not tolerate this type of RACIAL jokes or anything that is not good for our children or Blacks in general. It is time to come together for a change. Encourage all black males to pull up their trousers and get their life in some form of order, if you are afraid to tell them have someone else to inform them. We need to push forward not go back to the 40's and 50 era, we have overcome that era so lets prepare for a change.
Elisa stated:
These actions have greatly concerned me as an American and as a white woman. I'm saddened that so much attention is being given to the minority of people who are disseminating this cowardly, hurtful, distasteful, and embarrassing material. They do not represent the majority, as evidenced by the election itself. However, I feel the Church in America has for too long turned a blind eye and mute voice to those within its midst who sing praises to God on Sunday and then, with the same mouth, turn to degrade their brothers and sisters within the Body of Christ. However, I believe that White and Black and Hispanic and Korean churches, and others, must now make a move to display love and unity between themselves. If the churches themselves are not willing to reach across the racial divide in the name of Jesus Christ, how can we ever expect the nation at large to do so. It's time for religious leaders to stand together in love and unity. Sunday morning may maintain the most segregated hour in America, but the churches must, with fervor and intentionality, create another hour, another time, another space for the Children of God to come together and display their unity and embrace, nay celebrate, their racial and ethnic differences
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