The Simpson verdict and more importantly, the reaction to it, were a clear signpost for me. Actually, a confirmation of a hypothesis based on observations.
If understanding these hateful comments means I do not understand black people, I confess, I do not understand black people. The whole thing, especially the full throated defense of this hateful person by a significant number of blacks is appalling and frightening. I, as many white Americans, wanted Obama to be a white knight (this is a metaphor, not a racial comment)as I think a black president would be a good thing. I wanted to be cautious because of the hate I have heard being spoken by blacks in my life. I am now convinced Obama is not a white knight. He will never get my vote. I also read his wife’s “thesis” from, I believe, Princeton. I do not want a person with those views in the White House. I suspect some will defend the thesis and this whole sordid affair but thankfully I still have the right to vote for whom I choose.
“The Simpson verdict and more importantly, the reaction to it, were a clear signpost for me.”
.....absolutely!....that was an illuminating moment....followed by Louis Farakan’s Million Man March in DC ...followed by Fidel Castro’s raucous reception in Harlem....those three back-to-back episodes should have given whites everywhere a little glimpse into black attitudes.
Yes, I lived in Atlanta at the time and the OJ decision was an eye opener.
BINGO!! Me, too. The reaction absolutely did not go unnoticed. I remember seeing blacks pounding on the hoods of cars that had white drivers, rubbing it in. And black LAW STUDENTS at some major college cheering. What the hell, his victims were only honkys.