Inauguration

I don\'t understand why people use the race card only when its to their benefit.  Part of the reason racism exists is because you have that preconceived notion in your head that it does.  Look around we have minorities represented at almost every job.  In fact minorities get preference for many positions.  The only people I hear use the "N" word is african americans themselves referring to each other.  Yet if I use it, I\'m a racist.

I believed I\'d see a black president in this lifetime.  Just like I think we\'ll see an asian, latin, and female president.  Why?  Because we broke those barriers a long time ago, not just when Obama was elected.

Also clips, how is making a big deal out of race helping the cause?

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Part of the reason racism exists is because you have that preconceived notion in your head that it does.

Did you not see snippets of it during the campaign?...yes you did, i\'m not making that stuff up, yes race relations are becoming better, but all i\'m saying is that it still exists.

Look around we have minorities represented at almost every job. In fact minorities get preference for many positions.

That sometimes can be a double-edged sword, i think it\'s great that minorities are getting jobs and by preference do you mean when a company has a quota to meet in terms of hiring miniorities? While i do feel companies should hire the best person for the job, the very fact that affirmitive action is in place shows that race still plays a role in hiring minorities. I\'m all for having the best guy for the job, but if a company doesn\'t hire a minority because of his race and he\'s clearly the better person, that\'s wrong.

On the flip side of that tho, if a company is just hiring a minority for the sake of going thru the motions and a quota to meet, that\'s not benefiting the said minority either.

Also clips, how is making a big deal out of race helping the cause?

I already answered this....black folks are emotional over this because of the history of america...again not only blacks feel this way...if you looked into the crowd, you saw asians, whites,latino\'s, Indian people crying and feeling extremely proud of what was taking place.....it just hits home a little bit more for black folks.....that jena 6 incident wasn\'t that long ago...that incident where a black man was dragged in the back of a truck on a dirt road until body broke apart wasn\'t that long ago either, and finally the incident that took place in W.VA where some hillbilly\'s kidnapped and tortured a black woman for about 3 weeks(they beat her, raped her, shaved her head and burned her with cigarette buds and stab her on a daily basis) all these incidents happened within the span of maybe 1 - 6 years ago. Again this is why black folks especially are emotional over this.

I\'m sure the racial impact of it will die down soon.....it just means alot for black folks to witness this event...just think of it this way, when the cardinals whoop the steelers ass at the SB you\'re going to hear the cards celebrate for a looong time, why? because that will be the clubs first ever SB appearance and win...almost symbolic as to what is happening on the presidential level.

The only people I hear use the "N" word is african americans themselves referring to each other. Yet if I use it, I\'m a racist.

No argument here..i agree 100%..i used to say that word in my youth, but not anymore...it\'s incredibly ignorant for black folks to say that to one another but want to scream racism when another group uses it.

If we choose to live in the past we can never move forward.

I think your gf still should\'ve checked out the speech....those chickenheads she ran into was not representive of how all black folks feel about obama\'s swearing in, just like how those idiots at McCain/Palin rallys were not representive of all white folks.

We talked about how those people weren\'t representative of the whole. Assholes being assholes and missing the point. I wish she\'d have watched it too, but that\'s not that big a deal, I explained to her some of the things he was saying and how I think if he can motivate people to do something themselves then he\'s being a better leader for doing it.
 
The more people who drink the kool aid and then start buying American or working double shifts when they can, spending their extra cash or whatever else, the better.
 
Also, sorry about the kool aid reference, I hope that wasn\'t insensitive. ;]
 
And since it came up, I have no problem with black people being interviewed on how it\'s meant a lot to them personally. People who have been shit on by racist sentiment, whether by an entire nation or just random inviduals throughout their lives, ought to be proud to see this as a symbol of our continuing progress in eliminating that kind of behavior. This goes back to assholes being assholes.

I was there today... very cool!  Was cold as hell, but we met tons of cool people and actually got really close to the capital.  I even spotted a celebrity walking around that nobody seemed to notice.

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"I am tired of these motherf***ing whiteys in this motherf***ing White House!!!"