Comments on: POLL: White Voters More Supportive of Mitt Romney than Barack Obama – They Must Be Racist, Right?

By: RiPPa

RiPPa — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 01:15:00 +0000

Also, did you write the NAACOP and the other orgs you mentioned? I’m only asking because you stated they never came to your aid. Lastly, was the Congressman the representative of your district?

By: RiPPa

RiPPa — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 01:09:00 +0000

What policy specifically signed into law by Obama prevented you from getting the job you qualified for?

By: Gina

Gina — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 01:01:00 +0000

I have legitimate reasons for not liking Obama. Not just as an African American Woman but as a Soldier. But I’m no dummy either. I’M DEFINITELY NOT for Romney. However, I will tell you this when I filed a sexual and racial discrimination Congressional Complaint against my unit. It was a Republican Texas Congressman who came to my aid. Not the NAACP, Al Sharpton, ACLU, Operation Push, President Obama, or even my HOMETOWN Democratic Congressperson. It was actually President Obama’s policy that kept me from securing a the job I rightfully qualified for. Even when the complaint was justified and substantiated. Thank You Mr. President;) And as I wait to be kicked out of my home this week. It is the same man who helped me last year, Congressman Carter, who’s personnel stated it was NOT their problem. My, my, have things changed. I actually appreciated the President not caring from the get go, than to be fooled by the two faced Republican Party. Unemployed and Uneducated (Although I have the GI Bill, I have to pay for books and classes up front and do not have any income for the initial payment), I’m on my own. I’m worst off now than before I served.

By: jujube

jujube — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:25:00 +0000

You know, its funny. I was at a workshop at an anti-war conference, and the speakers were all the folks from over at Black Agenda Report. I made the statement that I sometimes when I hear racist vitriol directed at Obama, I think it is to his advantage. It seems like racist white folks are doing a really great job making it so that no white person with a LEGITIMATE critique of Obama can express it without being lumped in with the racist crackers whose opinions are simply falling along racial lines.

And, even when people DO express LEGITIMATE concerns, they are STILL labeled as racist, because they supposedly did not critique Clinton. (this according to a columnist from The Nation). Of course, that ignores the fact that man people who are now active in anti-imperialism and anti-war were not interested in politics when Clinton was president due to their younger age.

I have had people (friends even) look at me and tell me that ANY TIME a white person criticizes Obama, no matter how legitimate their concerns, it is because of racism. So, I am going to take the advice Glen Ford gave me at that panel discussion… rather than airing my own concerns, I am simply going to tell people to visit BAR online.