I just received a bunch of e-mails discussing Senator Obama and Minister Wright. There is so much to say, but I want to keep this message as simple and clear as possible. America, no matter your ethnic background, you are getting played. As Blacks, we are so wrapped up in the emotion of a perceived attack on our religion and race that we are paying absolutely no attention to the man behind the curtain, pulling the strings. As Anglos, we are so wrapped up in the doubt of our original decisions to vote for Senator Obama, because of the consistent bombardment of around-the-clock, looped snippets of the Wright sermon. Senator Obama is being lynched electronically by the media (aka corporate media) and with the usual nonsense from Hillary and John. No I didn't stutter, I use first names for those whom I have no respect.
Let's not get this twisted: No matter what Senator Obama does or doesn't say about Minister Wright, it will never be enough for any of you. If Minister Wright was the real issue, wouldn't Hillary also be on the same hot seat? People, Wright was a Clinton friend when Bill was in the White House. Wright was a White House guest. Did you forget? His performance before the journalists yesterday was a pure set up: no more, no less. I watched closely to make sure I saw what I thought I saw. Find the video online and take an objective second look, see if you see what I mean.
Guilt by association is what has done us in since we have been in this country. The same game that was played back in slavery, pitting the house Negroes against the field Negroes, seeing to it that you didn't group together because you must be planning something. And here we are in the 21st century actually discussing elitism, "who he think he is?", he isn't Black enough, he's too black for us...Really? Really?
Senator Obama is one man. One. While I realize we haven't had any Black leadership in this country for quite some time, we have to set more realistic expectations. NO ONE can do anything for any of us until he is in the position to do it. Senator Obama is not only of African descent, he is equally of Anglo descent. Think about it; he has to not only deal with Anglo racism, he has to deal with attacks from our side of the fence and I have yet to see a valid argument for any of it. What exactly has he done or not done any worse than Hillary or John? Are his platforms wrong, does he not really want change, is he secretly connected to Haliburton? Be real, isn't a lot of this just our good old hatin', crabs-in-the-barrel, closeted jealousy from our side of the house? Jesse, Al, you both love to pontificate, why so silent now? Where's the support of one of yours? Where's that leadership? And let me really make you mad. If Senator Obama was half Latino, half Anglo, we would not even be having this conversation. Latinos know how to be both informed and loyal. Even if they chose to vote for the other guy, they would not be doing what we do; say that he's not good enough, he's not Latino enough. They know how to be supportive, even when they don't agree. Which is why they have such strong positioning in cities across this nation and we, as Blacks, still haven't made much progress. We are still fighting over the scraps.
If you are Anglo, listen, you are being played equally and badly. The game is called perception is reality; I know, I played it in corporate life. The media has found a way to use psychology on the average American. Think about it, the primary market for CNN, MSNBC and Fox News, Meet the Press, etc., is Anglo, male, 29 - 65. To one degree or another, you have bought into the stereotyping of Black America: We aren't to be trusted, we have some sinister agenda, we are inherently bad, Blacks will take over if you let them, and so on. If you continually bombard the airwaves with sound bytes taken out of context, then the listening/viewing audience begins to absorb it, and begin to believe whatever is said as being the truth – after all, aren't those who are behind the microphone supposed to be telling us the truth --as responsible journalists? Could it be that those with the power of the microphone have an actual agenda? Yes, an agenda here in the land of the free. That agenda is creating doubt by inference and inference of association BECAUSE these media outlets are owned by corporations who stand to lose millions and millions if the lobbyists lose their power over the White House and Congress. But don't take my word for it, although I have done the research, believe Phil Donahue, who, ironically, was on Tavis Smiley's show last week. You should check out the documentary he has done on the war. Senator Obama is as Anglo as he is African, if race is an issue for you, doesn't his very heritage make it a moot point?
Senator Obama is getting bombarded from every possible faction, Black and White alike, by his competition, by corporate media. Not for anything having to do with policy, not for anything having to do with morals, not for anything having to do with what this country really needs, but for reasons that do not have a damn thing to do with being President of this country. Frankly if he gets the nomination he deserves to be President, because he has demonstrated that he can rise about the most insurmountable of innuendoes about social, class, religious and race matters put before him. Because all of this nonsense is really just about the power of corporate media to manipulate and at the end of the day, it's about money. Senator Obama can only make good on what he has promised to do when he becomes President. And if he doesn't we know what to do next election. With John and Hillary, it is clear -- at least to me -- that we will just have business as usual; Hillary has clearly demonstrated that she is, after all, a good ole' boy.
They say that when you take a test, never change your first choice because a majority of the time, that answer is the right one. Your choice should not be an emotional one, but an informed one. No one speaks for me; I don't need anyone's permission for the choices I make. Whatever your choices are, make them for the right reasons. The future of this country depends on it and the world is watching.
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