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It’s good that President Obama is staking out the sensible position on this issue, which has the benefit of garnering support from sensible police officers and chiefs and isolating extremists. He has publicly defended the rights of citizens to peacefully protest, but denounced violence.
It was also good to read on this site the letter the Nashville police chief wrote to a local resident who felt the police were too accommodating of protesters - it’s good to read about a law enforcement official who understands his role as a public servant.
For a good overview of Obama’s nuanced perspective on race relations, go back to his April 2008 speech, made in response to the manufactured outrage over remarks made by his former pastor, Rev. Wright. I listened to it a couple of weeks ago, and feel it still rings true.
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“But I assure you, from the perspective of African-Americans or Latinos in poor communities who have been dealing with this all their lives, they wouldn’t suggest somehow that it’s worse now than it was 10, 15 or 20 years ago…”
No, it’s just the ones who are unfortunate enough to interact with those whose bigotry has been energized by Fox News and conservative media who can tell it’s gotten worse.
I wouldn’t make the mistake that just because the use of the N-word in mixed company has faded that the ignorance behind it has likewise. If anything, the resentment has been driven underground where it is reaching a boiling point.
“If I say ‘Negro’ or ‘black boy’ or ‘slave,’ if those people cannot take those kind of words and not be [offended], then Martin Luther King hasn’t got his job done yet,"
– America’s hero, sovereign citizen Cliven Bundy
I’ve really enjoyed how race relations became Obama’s issue to address; his “problem” that he’s been asked to resolve. And all the criticism he’s received as to his position on the matter. I don’t remember any of his predecessors being asked to confront race relations or to come up with any “solutions”?
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I agree, he certainly has been asked to shoulder a lot because of his race.
However, on this and many issues I am confident that he is a great man to lead us in these trying times. Part of his lasting legacy will be that he attempted to break ground on subjects that many were unwilling to broach, and that he was able to enlist people to the causes that he found important.
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See!!! It’s like he’s saying things purposefully to cause division!!!111!!!