The Reason Why Racism STILL Exists in the U.S. Is reflected by the idiotic racist statements at DU

berni_mccoy

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Wed Mar-12-08 07:44 AM
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The Reason Why Racism STILL Exists in the U.S. Is reflected by the idiotic racist statements at DU

The Reason Why Racism STILL Exists in the U.S. is reflected in the idiotic racist statements here at DU.

I am totally shocked at some of the racist comments being made here to justify Ferraro's comments or Clinton's tactics. This is why Clinton's team is doing them. They know that many people do not have a clue when it comes to be discriminated against or what racism is really about. And they are proven correct by the statements of their supporters here. To see fellow members of DU show their ignorance of this issue is simply sickening. All for the sake of supporting their candidate. They are unwilling to see how evil her campaign is for the sake of their own pride and choice. But they are ignorant to the reality that is racism in America.

Racism is still an issue in this country and African Americans are still discriminated against on a daily basis. The effects of discrimination are easily observed and are demonstrated in the 1960's a famous psychologist by the name of Dr. Kenneth Clark. You can see his experiment reproduced by a High school student who attempted to find out how America has really changed. The results of her reproduction today can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybDa0gSuAcg Clearly, not much improvement has been made. To deny progress is wrong. There have been great strides made, but we have so very far to go before people of color can believe they are equals with the caucasian population. After 40 years, I wonder how long it will really take.

The Clinton team has shown, not just ignorance or a mistake or two, but a patterned behavior in her campaign. First, in New Hampshire, when Clinton's campaign co-chair used coded racial language to falsely accuse Obama of being a drug dealer. Then, in South Carolina with Bill Clinton saying Obama would not have won if it weren't for the black vote. Then the use of the photograph of Obama in native garb in Africa to portray him as a Muslim (note: the Clinton campaign has never denied sending this email out. Clinton has only denied its existence). Then Clinton's use of language to deny Obama was a Muslim, "as far as <she> knows." We all know what she meant. And I'm not confusing racial bigotry with racism here. It's really the same pattern of behavior: using fear of race or fear of religion, it's the ultimately the same thing. Then darkening Obama's face in the ad (even Fact Check has to admit that the video is darker, they just don't have the evidence to convict her on motive. From http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/did_clinton_darken_obamas_skin.html : "But without further evidence to the contrary, we see no reason to conclude that this is anything more than a standard attempt to make an attack ad appear sinister". And now, most recently with Ferraro, a member of Clinton's team proclaiming that Obama is "lucky to be black" and that he wouldn't be winning "if he were white." Instead of denouncing this obvious racial statement, Clinton says she simply doesn't agree. Ferraro, amazingly, does not apologize, but instead says she's being attacked "because she is white."

And there you have it. The entire reason why they are doing this: they want to make it appear as if Obama is using his race to win. This is the only hack-and-burn strategy they have. If she can't win, we'll make Obama look like he's the racist using his skin color to win. They've had this card in their back-pocket the entire campaign. They've just been waiting to be able to say it loud and clear.