If it is any consolation to your black friend, you should tell her that she is not alone when it comes to the dismissiveness of liberals. White liberals generally look down on everybody not exactly like them. When they do it to blacks, they feel guilty. When they do it to white conservatives they feel disdain and hatred.
On Jun 5, 12:46 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > The funny thing is that the libs are the ones who really do look down on > the blacks. I see it all the time here in NYC and NJ. I have a black > friend who owns a store that carries her name and she wears a big tag > with her name on it. If I am in the store and a white comes in they > will always walk up to me and ask questions even when she is standing > right next to me. The store carries jewelry and vintage women's > clothing, things I know nothing about at all. This is in one of the > most liberal towns in the state, one where the whole town is a sanctuary > zone and where they go out of their way to support any blacks. My > friend tells me that it happens to all her black friends who work in > that city. I took her with me on a trip to some of the most > conservative areas of NH a few years ago and she told me how nice it was > to be treated like a human being instead of someone who is a token. > > Zebnick wrote: > > If blacks are looked at with a jaundiced eye at Universities you can > > lay the blame flatly at the doorstep of the liberal a-holes who > > thought affirmative action would have no negative effects. While > > making themselves feel better about the plight of these black people > > they looked down on, guiltily, liberals condemned generations of > > blacks to be labeled "Affirmative Action Students" and even > > "Affirmative Action Hires" in the working world. > > > Michelle, obviously, has a far deeper problem than this. Not only does > > her resentment and alienation toward whites dominate her thoughts, the > > fact that other blacks have gotten past this and "moved on" > > disappoints her. People like Michelle are dangerous because we can't > > defuse all of the bitterness and hatred by making them all the first > > lady. I'm quite sure that if Obama had lost the primary to Hillary, > > Michelle's "finally proud" moment would instead have substantiated the > > seething cauldron of hatred that is at her core. > > > On Jun 5, 11:50 am, coatesmoe <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> It is correct what she is saying. A Black American in a large white > >> University will alway be on the edge of the society. He or she will be > >> treated with a distance as if they have to justify why they are there > >> in the University in the first place. Michelle Obama's observations > >> were simply facts and not an attempt to approve or correct matters. I > >> could not read any racism or militant efforts out of what she said. > >> She came into the university and put her nose to the grinding stone > >> and left with honors. I can imagine that she had limited conversations > >> with the white students. > > >> On Jun 5, 3:14 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> From: Travis > >>> Subject: Michelle Obama's Militant Racism Revealed > >>> Date: Thursday, June 4, 2009 > > >>>http://www.rightpundits.com/?p=1182 > > >>> -- > >>> *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
