Posted by
Too Tall in Texas on Saturday, July 26, 2008 3:58:19 PM
You've gotta hand it to the guy, BHO is one slick character. He's almost as good as Bubba Clinton ever was. Obama has the 'audacity' to claim that he's an African-American. Well, technically he's right. His heritage is African-American, but he's not "Black-American". The difference lies in how you are brought up and what you relate to culturally.
If you are brought up in a neighborhood that is predominately "black" (for instance, a 'ghetto'). Then that could influence your world view and your identity. The "black" community has a totally different view of the world and identity than others. To understand this one needs to have lived, been brought up, and/or identify with this community. I'm not trying to sound racist, or claim that one is better than another. Read on and you will understand what I am driving at.
Mr. Obama was primarily raised by his white grandparents. Now being raised by your grandparents does happen frequently in the black community. However, he was raised in a white community and is a far cry from a black neighborhood. He did live for a time overseas, but again it was far removed from the black community. He attended an Ivy League Law school, and you can't get much further away from the black community than that. So then he decides to become a "community activist" on the south side of Chicago. He's finally arrived in "Black America". Having worked there for just a few short years he's on to politics and his triumphal march toward the White House. Again, he left behind the black community he supposedly is a part of and is championing.
I (on the other hand) grew up in the city of Detroit, just as "white flight" (white families moving out to the suburbs) was getting in full swing. I saw my neighborhood begin to deteriorate. I went to public schools and played with my black neighbors and friends. I attended a church in a neighborhood that was full of drugs and run down, abandoned houses and businesses. I was lucky enough to have parents who sacrificed to send me and my brother to one of the most expensive and academically challenging high schools in the city (University of Detroit Jesuit H.S.). I served in the military twice and have been to Iraq. I've worked in some of the worst parts of the city and saw the crime and deterioration all around me. I went to University of Detroit-Mercy which is in the heart of Detroit and got my nursing degree with my own money. I know what its like to be discriminated against, and how to struggle to get ahead. I'm more "black" than Obama claims to be...but I am white and conservative (much to the chagrin of my parents).
I place my trust in the ability of the individual person to achieve if the government stays out of the way to allow them to do it. People don't need a nanny to spoon feed them and keep them submissive to the whims of the so-called benevolent leaders in Washington. People need to have the government stand aside and allow people the opportunities to create, to grow, to achieve their dreams.
Don't let your friends get fooled by the slick, well-crafted, well-orchestrated platitudes of Obama and his stooges. Don't vote for a person because of their "heritage". Don't believe the hype!