How Racism Works...

[Kerrytravelers]

I don't recall seeing this posted here before. It if has, my apologies.
I received the best email today. The top writing is the email. The following (below the line) is my response.


How Racism Works...

What if John McCain were a former president of the Harvard Law Review?
What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating class?

What if McCain were still married to the first woman he said 'I do' to?
What if Obama were the candidate who left his first wife after she no longer measured up to his standards?

What if Michelle Obama were a wife who not only became addicted to pain killers, but acquired them illegally through her charitable organization?
What if Cindy McCain graduated from Harvard?

What if Obama were a member of the Keating-5?
What if McCain were a charismatic,eloquent speaker?

If these questions reflected reality, do you really believe the election numbers would be as close as they are?
This is what racism does. It covers up, rationalizes and minimizes positive qualities in one candidate and emphasizes negative qualities in another when there is a color difference.

You are The Boss... which team would you hire?

With America facing historic debt, two wars, stumbling health care, a weakened dollar, all-time high prison population, mortgage crises, bank foreclosures, etc.

Educational Background:

Obama:
Columbia University - B.A. Political Science with a Specialization in International Relations.
Harvard - Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna Cum Laude

Biden:
University of Delaware - B.A. in History and B.A. in Political Science.
Syracuse University College of Law - Juris Doctor (J.D.)

vs.

McCain:
United States Naval Academy - Class rank: 894 of 899

Palin:
Hawaii Pacific University - 1 semester
North Idaho College - 2 semesters - general study
University of Idaho - 2 semesters - journalism
Matanuska-Susitna College - 1 semester
University of Idaho - 3 semesters - B.A. in Journalism

Now, which team are you going to hire ?

PS: What if Barack Obama had an unwed, pregnant teenage daughter....





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MY RESPONSE:

Exactly.

If Michelle Obama and I were the same on paper (because in reality, she wipes the floor with me,) "average working Americans" would "know me" and "feel more comfortable" with me... and my white skin.

Barack and Michelle Obama has to work ten times (and more) harder than me, they have to justify everything where I'd have to justify nothing.

The "blue collar worker" versus the "black vote" somehow suggests that black people don't work.

In NOLA, when Katrina hit, the white people were "taking care of their families" while the black "refugees" were "breaking into stores" and "looting."

I can walk into a store and the security guards aren't watching me. Barack Obama walks into a store (before the Presidential run,) and he will be "observed" because "statistics" tell us that he's likely to steal.

George W. Bush's "legacy" entrance into Yale is tradition. A working-class or economically poor minority who works hard and earns their way into Yale is "a quota."

I could go on and on and on.

[VP505]

1. Spot on!

That ought to be a must read for everyone using those phony excuses we keep hearing for not voting for Obama, like no experience, being a Muslim, ties to to corruption, etc.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

2. Unbelievable that Republicans adore mediocrity so much. nt

[Donald Ian Rankin]

3. I don't think this works, because you could apply it to any election.

Yes, if Obama had all McCain's weaknesses and McCain had all Obama's strengths then Obama would be further in the lead.

That doesn't really prove anything.

[TexasObserver]

4. EX-cel-ent!

What if John McCain were a former president of the Harvard Law Review?
What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating class?

They'd be saying: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION!

What if McCain were still married to the first woman he said 'I do' to?
What if Obama were the candidate who left his first wife after she no longer measured up to his standards?

They'd be saying: FAMILY VALUES!

What if Michelle Obama were a wife who not only became addicted to pain killers, but acquired them illegally through her charitable organization?
What if Cindy McCain graduated from Harvard?

They'd be saying: DRUG FIEND!

What if Obama were a member of the Keating-5?
What if McCain were a charismatic,eloquent speaker?

They'd be saying: DOUBLE STANDARD!