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Playing Race Cards
It had to happen, and this week it finally did. Congress formally apologized for the Jim Crow laws, and race is part of the U.S. Presidential campaign. It seems the people of the United States just cannot get over the racism that seems so natural to them. Neither can its government, or even its Presidential candidates. Both camps spent the day today exchanging accusations that the other side is interjecting race into the campaign, and both are denying it. Because of the following statement, the McCain camp says Obama “played the race card, and he played it from the bottom of the deck”. "So what they're going to try to do is make you scared of me. You know, he's not patriotic enough. He's got a funny name. You know, he doesn't look like all those other presidents on those dollar bills, you know. He's risky." What is surprising about the whole matter is the reversal of roles here. One would expect the black candidate to be accusing the white candidate of racial remarks. Instead the white man is accusing the black man of “playing the race card” because he makes reference to the very smear and fear campaign that the Right has carried out ever since Barack Obama got enough delegates to become the Democratic Presumptive Nominee. John McCain and his campaign staff were actually the ones making the racial references though, when they labeled Obama’s words as a premeditated playing of “the race card”. That term in itself is a bigoted label from the post-affirmative action era, created by white racists to cover their anger over the effort to finally give blacks a slightly more level playing field in educational institutions and in the job sector. John McCain and his followers, the 24 hour NewsBots, and we the voters cannot deny Barack Obama his right to talk about his past and his heritage, just as we are told of John McCain’s past. Whether John McCain likes to talk about it or not, with racism still as prevalent as it is today, race is an issue in this campaign. The simple act of Barack Obama stepping up to the podium to speak is playing the race card because you cannot deny his ethnic heritage, but it is not a card that is being dealt from the bottom of the deck, it is being dealt right off the top. For any man to accomplish what he has in such a short time, regardless of whether he would be black or white is admirable. Instead of fearing him or rejecting him because of his differences, we should embrace his diversity and take his example. He is not the problem. He wants to be part of the solution. The problem is our inherent racism which could deny him the chance to show this country whether or not he can deliver on the changes he promises. If we ever hope to get over the hump of racism, and to get rid of all the poison in our systems, we have to look beyond the skin, and get to the substance of the candidate’s mind, his values, his integrity, his transparence, his intelligence, his wit, his expertise, his leadership qualities, his diplomacy, and even his “star” qualities as well as his “upside” for this country. If you thought I was describing Barack Obama, I wasn’t. I was describing what we should look for in every candidate, including John McCain. We should hold both men up to the same standards, and whoever the shoe fits… William S. James, Shoe Salesman |
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