Quote:I think people on the extremes are particularly sensitive to issues of race.   Both the far left and the far right.   Ever since Obama got elected, some people have been watching to see if a black President would favor black people.   Personally, I didn't notice it, because I don't feel particularly threatened by black people. 

 

And also, people on the right have played up every little thing Obama has done in order to play on white people's fears of black people taking over, or getting their jobs, or somehow getting an advantage over them.   My opinion is that Obama's opponents have accused him of race baiting, when in actuality, what they are doing is actually race baiting, playing on white fear and white resentment. 

 

"Look at how Obama is favoring black people over white people!"   <That is actually race baiting in itself. 

 

To be fair, I think a lot of this racial polarization has been caused by policies fostered by the left, particularly affirmative action.   I think affirmative action is very bad policy, and one reason is because it stokes so much racial animosity. 

 

I don't feel threatened by anyone unless they give me a reason, no matter the race, ethnicity or gender and I haven't been given a reason. How others feel is another matter.

 

I do take issue with the fact that if a black person was done wrong (I'm using a broad term here because the spectrum of wrongdoing that has happened over the past several years is quite wide) and it reached a national level he was sure to have something to say about it. But white people who were done wrong? Not a peep. Nothing except after one instance and I can't remember what it was but it happened last year. I think he sent someone from the WH to a funeral or something. I'm trying to find the story to link to. Sometimes it's all in what you don't say or don't do that shows who you are. Sometimes actions speak louder than words. 

 

I thought when he was campaigning that he was all about people in general and I liked that about him. He was very charismatic and seemed very genuine. Of course, my ex-husband was as well and, unknown to me, cheated on me every chance he got with a particular female, so maybe at the time I was just blind to just who Obama was because I had blinders on to everything. Obama is not the person he made himself out to be and I don't think for a minute he has any care for white folks or anyone who can't or doesn't give him what he wants. It's sad because I really did like him. Or at least who I thought he was. 

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