A Post-Racial President? (Thomas Sowell)

Jewish World Review ^ | July 28, 2009 | Thomas Sowell

[jazusamo]

Many people hoped that the election of a black President of the United States would mark our entering a "post-racial" era, when we could finally put some ugly aspects of our history behind us.

That is quite understandable. But it takes two to tango. Those of us who want to see racism on its way out need to realize that others benefit greatly from crying racism. They benefit politically, financially, and socially. Barack Obama has been allied with such people for decades. He found it expedient to appeal to a wider electorate as a post-racial candidate, just as he has found it expedient to say a lot of other popular things — about campaign finance, about transparency in government, about not rushing legislation through Congress without having it first posted on the Internet long enough to be studied — all of which turned to be the direct opposite of what he actually did after getting elected.

Those who were shocked at President Obama's cheap shot at the Cambridge police for being "stupid" in arresting Henry Louis Gates must have been among those who let their wishes prevail over the obvious implications of Obama's 20 years of association with the Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Anyone who can believe that Obama did not understand what the racist rants of Jeremiah Wright meant can believe anything.

With race — as with campaign finance, transparency and the rest — Barack Obama knows what the public wants to hear and that is what he has said. But his policies as president have been the opposite of his rhetoric, with race as with other issues.

As a state senator in Illinois, Obama pushed the "racial profiling" issue, so it is hardly surprising that he jumped to the conclusion that a policeman was racial profiling...

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[Right Wing Assault]

Many people hoped that the election of a black President of the United States would mark our entering a "post-racial" era, when we could finally put some ugly aspects of our history behind us.

No way! There are too many people making a living on this crap. Including Gates.

[buccaneer81]

A right thinking black president would be attacked by all liberals as an Uncle Tom. Imagine Clarence Thomas or Alan Keyes in the Oval Office. The media and the leftists kooks would declare war.

[bray]

Leftism is Racism.

PRay for America

[rdb3]

A Post-Racial President?

Not so much.

Amazing << Hear this. Feel this, and tell me that this isn't music.

Oh, dear...

[digger48]

No way! There are too many people making a living on this crap. Including Gates.

He'll have a book on the NYT's Best Seller list within the year.

[Dubya]

The black Racists get $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ out racism.

[Albion Wilde]

An 18th century philosopher said, "When I speak I put on a mask. When I act I am forced to take it off." Barack Obama's mask slipped for a moment last week but he quickly recovered, with the help of the media. But we should never forget what we saw.

[nuconvert]

Bump

[Eric Blair 2084]

The only person who gives a rat’s ass whether a fellow American is White, Black, Orange, Green, Purple with pink poke a dots is:

A. Jesse Jackson
B. Al Sharpton
C. The grand wizard of the KKK
D. President Barack Fitzgerald Obama
E. All of the above

[jazusamo]

Yep, imagine Thomas Sowell as president, same thing.

[Richard Kimball]

Thomas Sowell says more, more profoundly, in fewer sentences than any other writer. After reading his columns, I hate to put anything in the comments. He’s already said it all, and my writing looks bad by comparison.

[buccaneer81]

Yep, imagine Thomas Sowell as president, same thing.

Yep. And Walter Williams, Herman Cain and Bob Parks.

[jazusamo]

A powerful ending and a good graphic.

[Richard Kimball]

I’d rather imagine Sowell in the Oval Office.

[jazminerose]

Love Sowell. One of the finest minds of our time.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Imagine Clarence Thomas or Alan Keyes in the Oval Office.

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I do. Frequently. It’s like a breath of fresh air. And then it’s back to the sewer aka reality.

[rvoitier]

Thanks for posting Dr. Sowell's article.

For "community organizers" as well, racial resentments are a stock in trade. President Obama's background as a community organizer has received far too little attention, though it should have been a high-alert warning that this was no post-racial figure.

Cha-Ching!