blco02
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Can't we all just get along? I wish we could all call a national truce or something.
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Master Troll Achievement unlocked. Good job, chap.Well, there have been lots of comments in here that aren't related to Ferguson. Lots of general anti-cop, anti-white, anti-justice system, anti-America comments that had nothing to do with Ferguson. Why don't you call them out? My comment was in reaction to those.But you didn't answer the question.
So again, what does the President (this thread isn't about Obama) have to do with Ferguson (this thread is about what happened in Ferguson)?
Again, I'll wait.....
Master Troll Achievement unlocked. Good job, chap.
because obama has the power to make racists not racist anymore just by snapping his fingers?
like who really believes that the election of a president can really affect race relations on an individual level?
Keep posting, please. At the very least your posts are comical.I don't even know what you're talking about but ok chap. Guess I shouldnt be allowed to post unless you deem it appropriate.Master Troll Achievement unlocked. Good job, chap.
How?because obama has the power to make racists not racist anymore just by snapping his fingers?
like who really believes that the election of a president can really affect race relations on an individual level?
he does and can, Any person in power can. if he can he can ease overseas tension with ease them wtf, why not here?
2% = .02%he does and can, Any person in power can. if he can he can ease overseas tension with ease them wtf, why not here?
Sure you came in with some good intentions, but it just isn't that simple. Especially for the common victimsCan't we all just get along? I wish we could all call a national truce or something.
You're usually saying some asinine ****, but this takes the cake.he does and can, Any person in power can. if he can he can ease overseas tension with ease them wtf, why not here?
Alright...if the thread is so ignorant and were wrongfully flipping on people, how come you're always in here. Just asking.Some of you cats get sideways with that "troll" comment.
Nobody knows how to use that word in the correct context in this thread.
Yall legit flipped on a dude who was posting a comment about Obama?
This place is something else. Ignorance is hard to mask.
bruh.Blco02 is not a troll. He has been posting and giving an earnest assessment of his views for years. I disagree about some things but I know blco's history to know that he is not conjuring up opinions that are made simply to incite people.
As far as the issue of Obama and race relations is concerned, we should remember that candidate Obama did not say that he would usher in a new era of racial utopia. Some people in the media declared Obama's election to be the beginning of a post racial era in our History, they were wrong obviously.
Also, race relations have always been bad because this country has white supremacy still lurking in its body politic. The situation looks worse than it did 10 or 20 years ago. It has not looked as bad since 1992 when the LA Riots happened. We have to keep in mind that for 16 years, racial tensions were somewhat masked by a pair of Presidents who were conciliatory, in their rhetoric at least.
Bill Clinton had a good rapport with middle class and working class whites and he had a great relationship with black voters. George W. Bush was not beloved by most black people but he was atypical of Republicans who came before our after him. Notice that George W. Bush did not indulge in "makers vs. takers" or "lack of work ethic in the inner city" arguments. In the 2000's, white, conservative America had Muslims and gays and Mexicans as its prime enemies in the culture wars, the "welfare queen" was a bit passe. From 1993 to 2008, there was some what of a slight detente in black-white relations.
This 15 year period of the illusion of calm was bolstered by a concurrent 15 year period of fleeting and hallucinated prosperity. In 2008 and 2009, the mirage utterly vanished. Economic pain and uncertainty were sweeping the Country as Obama got elected and Inaugurated. Economic downturns tend to bring out the fear and tribalism in people, especially among white folks, who saw the American dream vanishing, and as a result, they clung to their white, American identity as a source of pride.
The 2012 elections seemed to have ramped up the level of fear and anxiety among a number of white people. Mitt Romney got a majority of white votes and he still failed to get elected. The 2012 election was a harbinger of future elections where suburban white males and their wives cannot override the wishes of everyone else on election day. The Kings and Queens in their McMansion Castles will have to start making concessions to a younger, darker, gayer, indebted, less religious and unmarried electorate.
In the last quarter century, race relations fundamentally never improved nor deteriorated. Today, things do seem more tense, more "hot," but that is due to reactionary politics on the part of some white people, economic anxiety for every but the elite, demographic shifts. It would be unfair to blame Barack Obama for cultural, economic and demographic forces that are beyond his control.
Blco02 is not a troll. He has been posting and giving an earnest assessment of his views for years. I disagree about some things but I know blco's history to know that he is not conjuring up opinions that are made simply to incite people.
The enlarged.Blco02 is not a troll. He has been posting and giving an earnest assessment of his views for years. I disagree about some things but I know blco's history to know that he is not conjuring up opinions that are made simply to incite people.
As far as the issue of Obama and race relations is concerned, we should remember that candidate Obama did not say that he would usher in a new era of racial utopia. Some people in the media declared Obama's election to be the beginning of a post racial era in our History, they were wrong obviously.
Also, race relations have always been bad because this country has white supremacy still lurking in its body politic. The situation looks worse than it did 10 or 20 years ago. It has not looked as bad since 1992 when the LA Riots happened. We have to keep in mind that for 16 years, racial tensions were somewhat masked by a pair of Presidents who were conciliatory, in their rhetoric at least.
Bill Clinton had a good rapport with middle class and working class whites and he had a great relationship with black voters. George W. Bush was not beloved by most black people but he was atypical of Republicans who came before our after him. Notice that George W. Bush did not indulge in "makers vs. takers" or "lack of work ethic in the inner city" arguments. In the 2000's, white, conservative America had Muslims and gays and Mexicans as its prime enemies in the culture wars, the "welfare queen" was a bit passe. From 1993 to 2008, there was some what of a slight detente in black-white relations.
This 15 year period of the illusion of calm was bolstered by a concurrent 15 year period of fleeting and hallucinated prosperity. In 2008 and 2009, the mirage utterly vanished. Economic pain and uncertainty were sweeping the Country as Obama got elected and Inaugurated. Economic downturns tend to bring out the fear and tribalism in people, especially among white folks, who saw the American dream vanishing, and as a result, they clung to their white, American identity as a source of pride.
The 2012 elections seemed to have ramped up the level of fear and anxiety among a number of white people. Mitt Romney got a majority of white votes and he still failed to get elected. The 2012 election was a harbinger of future elections where suburban white males and their wives cannot override the wishes of everyone else on election day. The Kings and Queens in their McMansion Castles will have to start making concessions to a younger, darker, gayer, indebted, less religious and unmarried electorate.
In the last quarter century, race relations fundamentally never improved nor deteriorated. Today, things do seem more tense, more "hot," but that is due to reactionary politics on the part of some white people, economic anxiety for every but the elite, demographic shifts. It would be unfair to blame Barack Obama for cultural, economic and demographic forces that are beyond his control.