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My friend wrote this on Facebook, and I thought i'd share. I feel the same way he does and it just kind of hit me when I read this.
It's not ment to point fingers at anybody or anything, it's just him saying how he feels. It's not racist, just talks about reverse racism.
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Isn't it ironic that Dr. King spoke of freedom and equality for ALL people, and that we should be "judged not by the color of our skin, but by the content of our character," and yet, people claiming to support Dr. King's message are the ones taking action that will only lead us farther along the path of racial discrimination rather than healing the country? I'm not talking about African Americans only, but all of the people that view Barack Obama's victory as a success for "Black America." If Dr. King's words had truly been heard, and taken to heart, then there should be no such thing as "Black America" or the "Black community." There should only be America, and the American people, where we don't separate ourselves into "communities" based on the color of our skin. There should be equality for all, and entitlement for none, neither black, nor white, nor orange, blue, grey, yellow, indigo, red, or any other color.
The problem is people expect things to be done FOR them, and that they should have to exert no effort whatsoever on their part to reach a goal, a goal that will directly benefit them. There is a name for that, and it happens to be illegal in America, banned in 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln: slavery. Slave owners had slaves for one purpose- free labor. That was 145 years ago. It's just about time for America to wake up and realize we need to roll up our sleeves and do some work ourselves, and take a little bit of pride collectively in ourselves as a nation, not as individuals. Obama is a perfect example. He worked his entire life to reach a goal, the Presidency, and had to fight tough battles to land in the position he now occupies. Did somebody just ask him if he wanted to be President of the United States of America, and just give him the position? Absolutely not! It was a culmination of a lifetime of work and learning, ending on the fulfillment of a goal he set out to achieve.
There's tension in America today because people don't get it. They don't get it because they refuse to even attempt to understand it. There's racial tension because a lot of the people who don't get it happen to be minorities. I'm not saying that white people are absent in this group, because they aren't. The under privledged people (minorities happen to be present in this group) in America have been treated a certain way, and now expect that way to continue. They assume that since the government started taking of them financially during the Depression, it is now the government's responsibility to take care of them now. That's not the way things work. The government under FDR provided a little relief to those whom the Depression hit hardest, the lower class. America got out of the Depression, and all of America recovered well, all except the lower class. They continued feeding off of the government's welfare checks, making that their source of income, instead of finding a job and working for themselves (enter the government defecit). Some just fell on hard times, and no job was available to them, and they should be held blameless for this. It's the people that relied solely on the government for money that need to take the blame. And it's now time for these people to stand up and get a job, and look out for themselves, recognizing the responsibility they have to their country. That is the context in which JFK's "ask not what your country can do for you, but what can you do for your country" quote must be used in.
I had hoped McCain could've been the 44th President, but he's not. Obama is. And that's the other important thing that matters. Obama should not be held as the first black President, but the 44th President of our great country, the United States of America.
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