“I’ve spent most of my life hoping to see progress and thought we were making some up thru the 90s. Then came Obama...”
Same here, and I believe that yes, we were. I’d never really considered myself a racist until I was suddenly 24/7 accused of being one for no reason. I was suddenly ‘privileged’ and needed to be punished. My ancestors came here as indentured laborers, and we were dirt poor for generations. It was not until my folks’ generation that we we made it up to middle class. At least two of my forebears fought for the duration of the Civil War for the Union, and one of them lost a foot. And then Obama comes along and incites hatred towards us. F him.
Amen. My parents were not allowed to wear shoes to school until there was frost on the ground. My grandparents didn’t own a home until their 60s, and then bought an 800 sq ft home. My Dad died in Vietnam. Somehow I think I’ve had a great life - but it wasn’t handed to me!
And my wife was born incredibly poor in a foreign country. When she was 19, she was 5’2” and weighted 80 pounds - starvation. For perspective, when she weighed 100 pounds, she still had a 22 inch waist...so at 80, she was barely alive. She eventually became a nurse, we raised our kids, saved money, bought a home in our late 40s and we’re doing fine...but heaven help someone who tells her she was born to privilege!