Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Obama's higher standards

I thought that this question could go without asking. Does Obama have to be a better President because he’s black? No fuckin duh. Black people are held to higher standards period. Nobody really believes in us even though we were instrumental in the development of this country. I don’t even wanna touch on how badly blacks have been fucked over post-slavery. But yes, white people will hold Obama to a higher standard because he’s black. I hold him to a higher standard just because I know white people are gonna hold him to a higher standard. But I love how his campaign manager made Obama’s suits outta Teflon the way nothin negative stuck. The Rev. Wright bullshit coulda been a real killer for him but it got washed away quickly. The Avery shit too. The Acorn shit. Nothin. But that’s because there was no linear connection. You couldn’t draw a direct line. But if Malia was 17 and pregnant, or if Michelle at one point felt that Illinois should secede from the nation, his chances woulda been shot. So Obama was held to a higher standard BEFORE he was elected President. The one (sorta) saving grace for Obama is the fact that the country is in such turmoil right now, that we can only expect so much from him. But imagine if Bush was black…black people wouldn’t even be hired to manage McDonalds.
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