August 23, 2008
Rainbows Unicorns and Unity
Ace highlights, and ridicules, a Slate piece by Jacob Weisberg asserting that "If Obama Loses: Racism is the only reason McCain might beat him."
Ace focuses on the fact that there are many reasons having nothing to do with race for a person to not vote for Obama.
But there was one particular passage n the Weisberg piece that I feel deserves fuller attention:
Personally I already see our legacy of slavery, segregation, and racism in the rear-view mirror and a non factor in my life. But let us assume that an Obama election would make this universal for every man woman and child in the nation.
This would truly be the realization of the Reverend Martin Luther King's dream. People would be judged by the content of their character and not the color of their skin.
On January 20, 2009 the need for affirmative action would cease to exist. All talk of slavery reparations would fade into the past. College admissions would be determined without racial preferences.
Hyphens would dissapear. No longer would there be African-Americans, Asain-Americans etc. Just Americans.
Ace focuses on the fact that there are many reasons having nothing to do with race for a person to not vote for Obama.
Why would I vote for a leftwing platform now when I've consistently rejected the same platform when announced by white men?
But there was one particular passage n the Weisberg piece that I feel deserves fuller attention:
Many have discoursed on what an Obama victory could mean for America. We would finally be able to see our legacy of slavery, segregation, and racism in the rearview mirror. Our kids would grow up thinking of prejudice as a nonfactor in their lives.
Personally I already see our legacy of slavery, segregation, and racism in the rear-view mirror and a non factor in my life. But let us assume that an Obama election would make this universal for every man woman and child in the nation.
This would truly be the realization of the Reverend Martin Luther King's dream. People would be judged by the content of their character and not the color of their skin.
On January 20, 2009 the need for affirmative action would cease to exist. All talk of slavery reparations would fade into the past. College admissions would be determined without racial preferences.
Hyphens would dissapear. No longer would there be African-Americans, Asain-Americans etc. Just Americans.
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