Radical, unrelenting, yet apologetic, when caught, racism is showing its face on the airwaves and online. Just when you think America has matured, we are reminded that even the most connected, supposedly educated and service-oriented, are still radically against a man, woman, and family of color residing in the White House in the highest seat of power in the world.
Apologies are not enough yet their speech is protected and rightfully so. I’d rather know who I’m dealing with than have their racist and hateful sentiments be given a cloak or veil of silence and shadow. DePass, the idiot of the day, gets no pass nor is his apology accepted for the racist comment about the First Lady’s ancestry being that of a gorilla. He is a grown man, mature enough to know who he is and to speak his mind and he did that quite freely and without consequence. He should be held accountable! He is an elected official sworn to uphold certain virtues.
Yet, he has the right to be racist and we have the right to respond. I understand his level of ignorance but don’t condone it or forgive it. We can hold others accountable for their words and actions but their thoughts and feelings are their own. The problem comes, when regardless of white privlege you run the risk of losing credibility and your livihood. Hypocrites, at any level, don’t want to get caught. He should lose something. African-Americans continue to be open-season for anyone who wants to insult, degrade, or even attempt to kill us. And, unfortunately, the President nor his family, are above this sentiment.
Apologies or requests for forgiveness are not sincere but are simply required in the business of political correctness. Keeping your mouth shut or your keyboard silent isn’t enough these days. If you say it or write it, someone has access to expose it! Just like Bill Clinton, John Edwards, Kwame Kilpatrick, Eliot Spritzer, and Don Imus, apologies only came after they were exposed.
Racism is an equal opportunity racket. Recently, Sherri GoForth, a legislative aid to Republican Senator Diane Black, joined the ranks of racist radicals. She sent an email with a photo of all the U.S. Presidents, however the 44th Presidential portrait was depicted with two eyes on a black background. In response to getting caught, she said she only felt bad that she had sent the email to the wrong list. She wasn’t apologetic for the racial imagery of the photo.
What’s the lesson? We live in a nation that was born and breed on the notion that people of African descent, kidnapped from our land, were considered inferior to white people and should forever serve them. Over the centuries, the situation has changed, however there remains remnants of this superiority complex and hateful belief.
For our own survival and sanity, it’s important to understand the source and foundation that fuel their thoughts and actions. President Obama was elected by those with vision while he was opposed by those who still feel “his kind” should not be in power.
We, the majority of the people, have had the final say. Live with it!
