Texts with a "Friend"

Wednesday November 5, 2008
Texts with a ’Friend’

So, following the good news, I sent out a text message to selected friends that read, "Thank you Jesus." I received a text back saying, "Well, thank him when the next president allows radicals to bomb the shit out of us." So, the only answer I could muster up was, "Lose my number you racist."

I briefly lost sight of Barack's message of unity, so in that respect, I dropped the ball. I was actually embarrassed by my reaction and ended up apologizing profusely to the person. But it sickens me to still see the subtle traces of racism that exist even among those who were raised in multicultural settings. For the most part, you can say that most racists feel the way they do because they don't know any better, or that they don't know any black folks. Because to know a person really well, it's difficult to not like the person at all. So, you would think that if you at least knew someone who was respectable, it'd be hard for you to talk badly about him or her, right? Well, since this person grew up around plenty black folk, I would hope that there's no way for this person to be racist…but……………..

This person's reason for not supporting Barack is because "Barack is inexperienced." This is absolutely right. Barack only attended Occidental College, transferred and graduated from Columbia University as a Political Science major, attended Harvard Law, became the President of Harvard Law Review, worked in corporate America, became a community organizer in Chicago's South Side, worked as a Civil Rights & Neighborhood Economic Development Attorney, was a Professor of Constitutional Law for 12 years and served 3 terms as a Junior US Senator for Illinois. Not to mention that he is inexcusably uncultured—being born to a White teenage mom and African father, had a Indonesian step-father, White and Indonesian half-siblings, he was raised by White grandparents, married his African-American wife, was born in Hawaii, moved to and was schooled in Indonesia, attended college in California & New York, lived in NY, moved to IL, and served in DC. Quite frankly, there's no way he can relate to me or understand my struggle. I mean, what the hell is he thinking running for President without any real indication of being ready to serve the people?

My friend also said whole-heartedly, "I hope people didn't vote for him because he's Black." I totally agree! I hope that poised and graceful lady who doesn't trust Obama because "He's an Arab" didn't vote for McCain because he's white! That would be absurd. And (I don't know if you've seen the pic) that slightly lightly-complected bike rider whose shirt read, "Nigger PLEASE. It's Called a WHITE House," didn't vote for McCain because he's white either. I know one thing's for sure….there's absolutely NO way that anyone DIDN'T vote for Barack HUSSEIN Obama simply because of the color of his skin. Nope. No way.

"Just because I didn't vote for him doesn't mean I'm a racist." Strap on your seatbelts kiddies. Miss Hoque's about to break it down. Obama has expressed from the very beginning of his campaign that he wants to reform early childhood education, access to higher education, health care, taxes, energy independence, the economy, gender issues and foreign relations. His story did not waver, not even in the wake of our stock market crashing, Fannie/Freddy, etc. What did happen was that his plan became more detailed. McCain, on the other hand, ran his campaign on Barack being the son of a Black Panther, an Arab named Hussein, a pawn from Islam to make the country implode, too intellectual, anti-American, a Socialist, someone who fraternizes with radicals and terrorists, morally challenged through his religious associations, doesn't stop his campaign to stand outside of a meeting he can't participate in when it was time to vote on the Bailout, doesn't chose a woman to run as his running mate, won't be ready on Day One, isn't a maverick or a POW, doesn't understand foreign relations, etc. I mean seriously, the list goes on…Please explain to me where he explains how he differs from the bullshit we've been enduring for 8 years? Please explain to me when and where he built a case for why I should agree with his POLICY? What I did hear between the lines of all that bullshit is…."Don't you vote for this Black man. He has some good ideas on how those on the bottom can come up. He may do well and then we won't be able to stop them at all… We'll lose everything we have!" In my opinion..if you voted for McCain, you're either racist or plain ol' ignorant.