Racist tirades against Obama
It looked so promising in 2008
Those who followed my blog in 2008, knew how excited I was about Obama's victory at the 2008 Presidential election. I remember how closely I followed the whole campaign since 2007. Obama particularly caught my attention by that time, I had the feeling that he may go really far. And man, he really went further than my wildest expectations. His speeches gave me goosebumps and sometimes they still do. I won't ever forget that night and his speech in Chicago. in front of thousands of people, knowing that he will be the next president of the United States. It was about 4am in the morning, when I watched that speech live on CNN and I won't ever forget that moment, when Jesse Jackson cried. I guess I was moved a little, too, even though I'm not American. I think there probably wasn't a single African American, who wasn't somehow touched that night. But this was beyond America, the whole world was amazed by what just happened in that moment.
And then 2 years later at the midterm elections, Obama and the Democrats lose their majority in the Congress and the general mood in the country seems anti-Obama. And there seems to be a small but loud group of people, who think it's OK to voice racist comments. I read this article on Yahoo! News (this is just a snippet):
Since the expectations were so high in 2008, Obama couldn't possibly meet them. 2 years are too short for a decade of wrong decisions and failed policies. But well, everyone expects super things from Superman, right? Even though I admire Obama and support most of his policies, I can understand that some Americans are disappointed. But what I don't understand is the disgusting racism against Obama, that seems to be OK now, almost mainstream (I'm talking about online). I remember, when everyone ridiculed the birthers and the tea party a year ago, but now they're getting elected! Now they're mainstream. Same was with the racists: They seemed to be totally nonexistent in 2008 (with few exceptions), now it seems they can spew out their hate against Obama and even get applause from a lot of people (especially online). If you read any article about Obama on Yahoo! News these days, I guarantee you, that you'll come across a lot of flat out racist comments (accompanied with many "likes"). Let me show you some comments on the article above (published a day after Obama lost the midterm elections. I highlighted the worst parts):
Since I'm not American and my impressions about the current situation in America base on what I see on TV or read online, I wonder: Is it really so bad? Judging by the comments on Yahoo! News, America is ruled by an "African born Muslim who is an anti American racist, that can't run the country and needs to be imprisoned, if not executed". That's scary. How can someone in their mind really believe such things? Or am I making too much of it?
What I'm reading these days is a total opposite of what I was reading in 2008. America, what happened? Hope my American followers can enlighten me on this. But please, explain to me why are there more and more racist comments online on Obama. Or is my impression completely wrong?
[Read the COMMENTS by thorswitch][Screen caps: Yahoo! News]
42 KAFKAESQUE COMMENTS:
Yeah, it's true that a lot of people dislike him quite a lot now. A lot of Democrats turn against him as well and he turned too many moderates and independents into Republicans. Unfortunately, not everyone who dislikes him have the intelligence to criticize him in a formal way, so they use racially flame him. Many people don't have the intelligence to put the reasons why they dislike him so much into more sophisticated words, so they use cuss words and derogatory terms to bash him.
Another reason could be that the extreme conservatives are taking his unpopularity as an opportunity for them to finally say the things they've always wanted to say when he won the election. One of my closest friends is a Republican and he told me, about a year after Obama won the election, that he'll wait another year or so before he starts criticizing him. So that could be it.
November 22, 2010 8:55 AM
Frankyly speaking I admire Obama. He shows the world that no matter what you are... you can make something happen if you go out there and do it.
it is not easy to please everyone and definately not easy for him to hold on to his seat and please every one else without getting bash every minutes of his life.
Thats a heavy burden, so long he do it with the interest of the people... he will survive... even if he doesn't, he will still be respected.
Cheers bro
November 22, 2010 9:55 AM
Obama inherited a giant mess as President and desperate people suffering from the abysmal state of the economy forget he is but one man in a very slow moving system. Poor guy took on a thankless job. He continues to have my vote.
November 22, 2010 10:58 AM
Freedom of speech, my friend, freedom of speech. lol Racism (and hate in general) is a problem in America against too many groups...I agree with your thoughts on people expecting way too much from President Obama within just 2 years.
November 22, 2010 11:17 AM
I think American's expectations are really too high to him, because in such a big country, the huge improvements always need time to change and be verified in proper ways. Obama doesn't run a private company, but a huge country like America and the decisions he make would involve lots of people and affect them. In my company, the process improvement jobs we did 2 years ago just show the achievement a little, no wonder it would take longer time to make headway in a country. New changes are always easy to offend conservative people and those who get benefits from old situation.
I really feel sorry to read so many racist comments over there, but I agree with @apaerie that many people don't have intelligence to tell or judge matters, so they use simple ways to criticize from race, because they know it could get many reactions. Like Taiwan now, many people are against to Korea, I even heard some stupid people start to attack Korean people who live here for a long time. They are silly, and I don't understand why they could use such tough way to show their country love. I do hope the stupid against Korean event could be ended soon.
November 22, 2010 12:12 PM
Racism is everywhere and is hurtful and is mostly against the minority. Here in Malaysia, the politicians are the ones making racist remarks! Horrors!
Thank you for stopping by.
November 22, 2010 2:46 PM
wow, that is so bad. I can't believe all those bad comments. I still like him though.. I think he's trying his best to be the best president in a tough economical time.
November 22, 2010 2:57 PM
@Van: Thanks for explaining the situation, it's much clearer to me now.
@Linda: I can relate to your statement.
@sssdawna: I understand the concept of freedom of speech. That was not the issue here, I know people "can" say what they want, but my point was "why they do it". Thanks for your comment.
@LilyChen: Maybe Americans hear how Germany and China have huge economic growth in the recent months and wonder, why can't we grow, too? I hope the US economy grows soon, would be great for all of us.
As for Taiwanese attacking Koreans in real, that's pretty scary, even worse than these comments here, because they're still comments. My fear is always that such extreme comments are one step away from something bad done in real. I hope it calms down soon.
@HappySurfer: I heard that, yeah. It's a shame.
@Sarah Wu: Hope the tough times will be gone soon.
November 22, 2010 5:39 PM
american society with all its diversity is formed of different groups be it racial, religious, ethnic, gender etc, and all 'groups' have their own 'expectations'. if theirs are not met while some others are it is a normal reaction for them to feel disregarded.this fuels more hate, and increases the gap between them, hence more racism.
November 22, 2010 6:21 PM
@Manju: Good point.
November 22, 2010 6:22 PM
yes I hope so too!
November 23, 2010 12:00 AM
Think people are so used to instant mee, instant milk & instant coffee and they expect the President to give them instant recoverie$ thinking Obama has three heads six arms to sweep away the load of 'shit' left behind?
November 23, 2010 4:01 AM
I look at the Obama-haters as petulant children. They are reacting in the same way a child would when he's not getting what he wants.
Child: "Mummy, I want a pair of Nike!"
Mother: "Not now. We are broke. But I promise you, very soon I'll get you a pair. Okay?"
Child: "I really hate you!"
Strictly my opinion: Obama is extending hands to Muslim countries, maybe to prevent further attacks against americans?
November 23, 2010 10:00 AM
This is a good post and hit the right cord. Like you, I give my due respects to Obama and had wished that he could deliver too but America is too big a country! I studied, lived and traveled the great lengths of US once. It is tougher to run this country than mine here. Here we have monkeys running around like circus over racism issues almost daily. Give me a break.
November 23, 2010 10:04 AM
I don't really watch the news that much and I don't follow politics at all. But as far as I know, Obama is genuine. I may be ignorant as to why exactly people hate him. But I think he's really nice.
Although, I think presidents of the country get blamed for everything. Even in the Philippines, our president was blamed for a super typhoon. WTF, right? Totally ridiculous but... Well I guess people need someone to point fingers on.
November 23, 2010 11:42 AM
Things have turned very, very ugly here and I think we have good reason to worry. I've always voted but never gotten too involved in politics until Obama came into the picture. I liked him, my parents, a lawyer and a schoolteacher that I've always considered very intelligent and openminded, hated him. They started preaching Glenn Beck and parroting FOX news at me (Obamacare is being shoved down our throats!). So I offered a deal. I'll watch Glenn every day if they'll watch The Daily Show and Colbert Report. So I watched Glenn, and swear to God (yes, I'm a liberal Christian, Ann Coulter. We do exist.) I now have two ulcers from realizing what a racist, homophobic, lying, fear mongering low life the man my parents idolize is! And at the end of the week I learn my parents didn't keep up their end of the bargain. Now I can barely talk to my own parents. Have they been racist all this time and I didn't pick up on it? Are they spending thousands of dollars in the food insurance Glenn is hawking on his show? They won't answer me when I ask. 71 of the GOP/TP running in the midterms want to ban gay marriage and all abortions even incest and rape. We are seriously heading to a fascist theocracy. 44% of Congress are millionaires so of course they want the Bush tax cuts extended, which if expired would put $700 billion towards the deficit but instead we're going to cut Social Security and Medicare and raise the retirement age. And repeal Obamacare because only elected officials and their staff are entitled to government run health care. Oh, and we're 17th out of the top 17 countries in survival rate of the top five natural causes of death: heart disease, diabetes, etc. You know, treatable things that people without insurance don't get treated for. But the GOP's #1 priority for the next two years is to "make sure Obama is a one term president" (Mitch McConnell, Nov. 3). We're screwed. I'm seriously thinking of taking my kids and moving to London (My husband voted for McCain, he's on his own.)
November 23, 2010 1:23 PM
@Bananazஇ: Good question.
@SheWrites: I think reaching out to Muslims is good for the fact that the moderate people won't be so anti-American, but he won't ever turn around the extremists.
@Twilight: Malaysia has a very tricky situation.
@Gnetch: Yes, some people have crazy accusations at their presidents.
@Theresthatbear: I am very worried and I'm not even American. Thank you for sharing your views on the issue, I really appreciate. Hope many people will read my post and your comment to get a good idea about what's going on.
November 23, 2010 5:45 PM
I think Obama came in at the wrong time, with such a huge burden inherited from the Bushy times.
Frankly, I don't think anyone will be able to sort out the mess if they were to replace Obama, certainly not Sarah Palin (though I must say, SHE'S HOT!!!)
I feel a little sad thinking that the next time another black guy runs for America president, people will start associating him with Obama's lack of achievement so far.
Oh well, that's politics.
November 23, 2010 7:22 PM
all the americans whom i spoke to... they are quite the extreme... i.e. they either love him to bits... or they hate the guts out of him.
i sincerely believe that he leveraged on his african heritage to gain the support from the african americans. and now... it's backfiring.
in terms of performance, he hasnt really done much. as someone who works within the capitalist world, i think he should have let citibank collapse. it may not be a famous decision amongst the rich, but it will help a lot of poor people around the world in the long run.
November 23, 2010 9:38 PM
@Shingo: Yes, politics are brutal.
@Zewt: I disagree, I think he has done a lot, but the effect will be felt years later. And that's the problem. He's laid a foundation for the future, while people expect short-term solutions. Same as letting collapse banks. Even if it would be better for the next generation, people now would suffer and he would lose an election. Decisions good for the future are usually not popular, people want immediate change.
November 23, 2010 9:51 PM
Racial issues would crop up no matter what! But that aside, I think people's disappointments can be misguided.
I mean, 2 years isn't a long time to make so many changes..especially if the person has inherited a load of bullshit from his predecessor. Expectations can be high but not too high! Voting for someone else won't guarantee a change in situation. Hope America won't digress to 3rd world mentalities where the people are too impatient for change.
November 26, 2010 1:10 PM
This wound up being a bit long, so I'm breaking it up into parts. I'm sorry for being long-winded, but I wanted to try and answer your question as best, and honestly, as I could.
Politics and racism in America can be quite complicated, but one important thing to keep in mind is that to a certain degree, power - of all kinds - in this country has traditionally belonged to rich, white men (going all the way back to the Founding Fathers) and they don't want to lose the advantage they've typically had when it comes to attaining and keeping it.
One of the best ways to keep power and wealth in general is to maintain *political* power, and keeping political power means making people feel safe, secure and happy. The last few decades here have been very tumultuous - starting with the Vietnam war in the 60's, the civil rights movement, the youth counterculture, feminism and now terrorism. All of these things made people - especially a large number of white people - feel afraid and insecure.
November 26, 2010 5:26 PM
Part of the problem came about because while violence in previous eras had mainly been aimed at minorities, during the 60's and 70's, more violent acts were being aimed AT the majority - some aimed at gaining rights for minorities and some to bring about the end of the Vietnam war. While much - even most - of the groups and individual promoting these goals used peaceful means, there were groups who didn't and they made it clear they would continue to use violence to get their way. This was pretty scary for a lot of people. I remember when I was maybe 7 or 8 years old in the early 70's telling my mother I was scared of becoming a teenager because I was afriad I'd get caught up in all of that and I'd "have" to use drugs and learn how to defend myself. And that was at a point where I still didn't really even understand the concepts of race OR war (I thought I could grow up to be a Native American, not realizing that while a white girl might be able to learn how to live LIKE one, I couldn't actually BECOME one.)
It was also during this time that more and more white Americans began to be able to afford to buy homes in the suburbs and move out of the inner city, making those areas mainly populated by both minorities and by the poor - which, unfortunately, are groups with a large overlap. As "white flight" increased, property values in the inner cities decreased and the communities there lost a lot of their economic stability. This resulted in a sharp increase in crime, which - of course - was blamed on the minorities who still lived there. And that led to a much stronger association in some people's minds between minorities and criminal conduct.
November 26, 2010 5:27 PM
All of these things came together to make a lot of American start feeling very insecure. In the case of blacks, in particular, here was a group of people who's ancestors had been brought here as slaves and stripped of their person-hood. Our Constitution actually says that blacks - for the purpose of censuses - only counted as 3/5 of a person, though later amendments and laws have nullified that. But that was how poorly they were viewed in our history. By the time of the civil rights movement in the 60's, slavery had only been banned for about 100 years, and in some families, that only represented a generation or two, and there were people alive who either remembered the immediate aftermath of slavery or had heard first hand tales of what it was like. My grandmother, who lived with my family when I was a child, was only a couple of years old when Lincoln made the Emancipation Proclamation. So, when blacks understandably started demanding things like the right to vote, the ending of segregation in on buses, at water fountains and in diners, jobs and schools, it created a lot of fear in whites - in part out of concern that black would "take up" limited resources like jobs or slots in college enrolments, and in part because of the concerns about criminal activity that had become associated with inner-city blacks.
November 26, 2010 5:27 PM
Throw into that mix some very savvy politicians who realized that playing on those fears is a way of maintaining power, and you've got the groundwork for race to start becoming a big factor in politics as a whole. Campain ads were crafted to appeal to white voters, focusing on how things "used to be." They would give speaches evoking memories of an idealized America that really only ever existed in the perfect families on 50's and early 60's TV and other stereotypes, but which had a strong appeal to a lot of voters. They'd remind people that we "used to have" morals, families "used to go" to church, we "used to have" prayer in schools, women stayed home to raise kids who were always obedient, enjoyed only clean-cut entertainment and never, ever drank, did drugs or had sex, and so forth. They'd then compare that to "now" - when kids were rebellious, women wanted to work, it wasn't enough to just be good at your job to get a raise or promotion, because one of those "affirmative action" workers who might take it from you so the company can meet it's quotas. America was going to hell in a handbasket, and what was the most visible change that could possibly have triggered it? They didn't have to answer the question, people could just look around and see the new, a-hem, complexion of American society.
While there was a push in the 80's and 90's to make racist and other discriminatory language - and, theoretically, attitudes - unacceptable in polite society, to a great extent, it was just pushed under the surface, where is festered. People were still afraid of minorities and still wanted that non-existant idealized America - they just had to be careful how they said it. They just found new ways to express the sentiments that weren't so obviously racist, but it was pretty much just a matter of time before it would all come back to the surface. The backlash against "political correctness" was just one of the first signs of it.
November 26, 2010 5:28 PM
When terrorism started affecting more Americans - even before 9/11 - it more or less opened a vent in that cap. That, along with the rise of illegal immigration - and the ability to accuse illegal immigrants of "stealing" jobs from white people gave whites who are concerned with maintaining "their" power another tool with which to scare voters. (This, of course, ignores the fact, one reason of why immigrants - legal and not - frequently get those jobs are because they're ones so menial that many Americans simply wouldn't take them.) Now, not only were the scary black people out there being criminals and using anti-discrimination measures to take white people's jobs, there were lots of scary brown people, including these fanatic terrorists who actually want to kill you! The September 11 attacks pretty much just burst the vent wide open - especially regarding anyone looking vaguely Arab - and the increased focus on illegal immigration because of the recession (and the "taking our jobs" myth) has made it easier to demonize Latinos in general - since you can't tell legal and illegal immigrants apart on sight, and you can't really tell immigrants in general from Latinos who are born here, either.
THIS whole mess was what Obama stepped into. There was a lot of dissatisfaction with Bush and anyone associated with him, but there was, however, still strong support for basic Republicans promise that they'd take us back to those 1950's that never really existed. I think for a lot of people who wanted that fantasy, they just didn't think it was possible that we'd elect a black man, and they just didn't get out and vote. Meanwhile, Democrats and other liberals and progressives were pretty angry about Bush, his wars, and the wreck our economy was turning into did get out there - as did a lot of minority voters who knew this was the first time someone OTHER than a rich, white male had a real chance to win the election.
November 26, 2010 5:29 PM
His win came as quite a shock to many conservatives, and with terrorism, illegal immigration and other factors making it less forbidden to touch on racial tropes and stereotypes, they've been expressing their anger far and wide. Add to it the fact that Obama has a very "non-American" sounding name - more importantly, a Arabic (generally assumed to be the same as Muslim) name and you've got one hell of a way to start capitalizing on that long-semi-buried racist sentiment that's always existed, and the anger that goes with it. Top it off by spreading rumours that he might even actually BE an illegal immigrant, and you've got yourself one serious tempest in a tea party. Never mind that there's absolutely NO evidence to support that he was born anywhere OTHER than America and no evidence he's anything other than the Christian he says he is (not that it should matter.) That's irrelevant because this isn't actually about Obama. It's about white people who still don't want to give up their grasp on power in this country, and it's a tragic commentary on this country as a whole.
(If you actually got this far, thank you! I hope it's been of some help)
November 26, 2010 5:30 PM
@Nashe: I hope so, too.
@thorswitch: Thank you so much for this comment. I really appreciate you spending so much time to write all this and enlighten me. I have to say that's the best explanation I've ever read on the issue, thank you so much. I don't even have any additional comments on what you've said, it all makes sense. I only wonder about something. Now that we know why the parts of the white majority reacts to Obama this way, what does Obama mean for America then? Is he a turning point in race relation? Obviously a lot of people voted for him, because they expected to have change (especially in economy and the way things are done), but now they're vastly disappointed. Why did people expect so much of him in such a short time? Well, he did lose the Congress, but he still kept the majority in the senate, so I guess things are not as black and white as they seem (no pun intended). And I wonder how big is this group of people, who say (or believe in) these disgusting things (as seen in the comments on Yahoo! News)?
November 26, 2010 7:24 PM
Not an american either and haven't been following close to what has happened but I can't believe it's alreayd been two years since he got elected... I think people are just rude and don't have the decency to think before talking.
November 26, 2010 9:34 PM
Finally blog with beneficial informations.
November 27, 2010 1:32 AM
@em.me.ma: Good point. These are certainly not my kinda peeps.
@Anonymous: Finally, right? It was about time, oh yeah!
November 27, 2010 1:39 AM
Thank you for reading all that and letting me know it helps. I wasn't sure if it would all make sense :) This may be a bit long, too, but we're kind of complicated bunch *g*
I'm honestly not sure what Obama and his presidency will mean for race relations in the future. Right now, things are a lot worse than they have been in years, and its a sad but very real prospect that other black politicians may have a harder time because of how far Obama's star has fallen. There's still hope Obama can turn things around, and I truly hope he does, but its not going to be easy.
November 27, 2010 2:35 AM
I think perhaps the biggest reason he's lost so much popularity so quickly is that between the September 11th attacks and the Bush administration response to them, our country is deeply wounded and deeply divided.
I don't know if people outside America really know what September 11th did to us. We've always been a fairly arrogant nation, and to a great extent, we felt virtually immune to attacks by foreign terrorists. So when it happened, it was simply devastating. The number of things that had to go wrong for those attacks to succeed is just mindboggling - and it revealed to us that not only were we NOT immune to attack, but we seemed to be completely unable to prevent it. The FBI and CIA weren't set up to communicate on investigations, so concerns that were learned about overseas were never passed on to the domestic watchdogs; upper-level law enforcement officials didn't take reports from field agencies as seriously as they should - in several offices.
On the day of the attack, the FAA was slow to respond even after they knew there were multiple hijacked planes - in part because people at one level of authority could reach those higher up. Too many of our military resources were out of range, participating in a training drill, so we didn't have the capability for our air defence to react quickly - and then, even if they had been able to intercept a suspect plane, no one could reach anyone to get authorization to do anything about it.
November 27, 2010 2:35 AM
Worst of all, the one person we thought we were supposed to be able to count on to lead us through this - to make sure everything was being done as quickly and effectively as possible - sat in a classroom listening to school children participating in a reading lesson for 11 full minutes after being told "Mr. President, America is under attack." While I personally don't buy into any of the "government was in on it" conspiracy theories, I can understand why some people might.
But not all of the damage came from foreign sources or learning about our preventive inadequacies. A lot came from our own leaders, who responded to attack by taking us from being a country that condemned other nations for engaging in wars of aggression and civil rights violations in other nations to one who engaged in them ourselves. Many of us watched in horror at the way the Bush administration grabed as much power as it could and used it to pass legislation that undermines many of the Constitutional principles we've always held dear. They authorized the use of torture, indefinite detention of "unlawful combatants," secret prisons, secret courts, secret trials, denying suspects access to counsel, gross invasions of privacy - not just of potential "persons of interest" overseas, but also of Americans within our nations boundaries - and more.
November 27, 2010 2:37 AM
When Obama ran for the Presidency, he told us that there was hope - that America could still return to the country we had been, that our rights could be restored, that we could change all that had been so wrongfully done. And we needed that hope, so we believed in it. But in the two years he's been in office, there's no real evidence that *anything* has changed. In fact, some of it has gotten worse. He's issued an assassination order on an American citizen who lives in Yemin and is a radical Imam, and there are indications another may issued soon. He's backed down on a number of his promises - and while we tend to expect that from our politicians, this time around we were so desperate for change that we let ourselves believe he might actually keep them.
He still has time to turn things around, and I hope he does. I actually do support much of what he's said he stands for, and I have no doubt that he's a lot better than we'd have gotten had he lost, but he's going to have some work to do. Unfortunately, even though the reason that people have become disenchanted with him has nothing to do with his race or racial politics, I fear that if he doesn't redeem himself, minorities politicians - in particular, ones aiming for the presidency - may find themselves having an even harder fight in the future.
November 27, 2010 2:37 AM
Oops, forgot one thing - it's hard to say how big the group of people like those at Yahoo! News really is because a lot of people will say things under a screen name in the relative anonymity of the Internet than they would admit to, even as part of an anonymous poll (if they're having to actually speak to the pollster.) I spend a lot of time focusing on racial issues, so I probably perceive the group as being bigger than it actually is.
I do know, though, that it's large enough to have a measurable impact on our government, as several of the newly elected officials at both the State and Federal level (along with several more who came close to winning) tend to have strong support among the more openly racist groups.
I know that's a pretty vague answer, but I'm finding that polls aren't always that reliable on issues like this, and how invested you are in the issue will have a definite impact on how aware of it you are. I'm sure a lot of people I know have heard some of these sentiments being aired, but don't necessarily see it being as that much more out in the open than it was previously.
Also, thank you for asking about this - it really made me stop and think, and I appreciate that. Sometimes I get really wrapped up in what's going on around me, so I always enjoy a chance to get a bit out of my own head :)
November 27, 2010 3:14 AM
@thorswitch: Thanks for answering all my questions and thanks for the effort. Now I really have nothing more to say or ask :) I see you're very passionate about these matters, same as me. Hope things go for the better. I still believe in him, but he needs to find a better way how to sell it to the people.
November 27, 2010 6:43 AM
Welcome to the internet, sir. Such comments are staple on unregulated sites.
November 27, 2010 8:43 AM
Thanks - I hope things go better, too - and I think they probably will. I haven't given up on Obama yet, though I'm not happy with everything he's done. We're going to need to find a way to bridge this divide we have right now, but I think we can do it.
Thanks again for your post and response - I've enjoyed it and may be dropping in again from time to time :D
Take care!
November 27, 2010 1:00 PM
@Envoy: Indeed.
@thorswitch: Thanks again for enriching my post. Most of my followers were not too eager to comment here and now you've made it one of my best discussed posts :) You're welcome to drop by here, but it's usually rare for me to write about politics, although I did that in 2008 more. But I think there are much more blos, who do a better job at it, such as yours, so I changed and became a travel blogger and focused on East Asia. So don't be surprised, if you come here and I write something totally trivial or silly. I do have another blog, where I sometimes write more about current events. If you have time, you can read my post about recent events in Korea and tell me your 2 cents.
Until we meet again. Au revoir!
November 27, 2010 7:32 PM
Well, Obama is not the first American president whom people wanted to assassinate. If Bush was left in the Middle East alone to fend for himself......ah hem, I'm not familiar with the political situation south of Canada's border but they'll always label Obama as the first black president even though he's HALF WHITE. Like WTF?! If I had a kid with a black man, I wouldn't want everyone to label my kid black. Sheesh, what about me?! he's half Asian too. Anyways, racism is quite a struggle in America especially in the southern states.
December 4, 2010 1:04 AM
@Karen: Well said. Thanks for sharing :)
December 4, 2010 11:54 PM
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