Racism and Barack Obama
AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Richard Trumka blasts racism and underlines why workers should vote Obama in 2008. This is an excerpt of a speech given at the Steelworkers convention on July 1, 2008. Sponsored by USW President Leo Gerard. Sent to me by my friend Eric Baker.
posted by debbie millman at 10/08/2008 05:10:00 PM
4 Comments:
If you think that white people are bad in their distrust, and even hatred, of blacks, you should pigeonhole a Latino/Hispanic one of these days and ask them their opinion. Latin America is a cesspool of racism, and anyone who denies this is full of shit. It's a never-ending cycle--from whites to browns to blacks, and everyone in between.
In America white society is ultimately the culprit of a racism. Even though today it is very rare to hear a racial comment in public, racism still exists. It is built into our social and public systems.
One day I went out to lunch with a black friend of mine who was much better dressed than I, and we went into a Sports Bar where you seat yourself. Ultimately we ended up sitting there for 30 minutes being totally ignored by the staff. We eventually got up and left, and ate a Quiznos.
With Barack becoming president it won't tear down those racial walls, but it will at least soften them and make discussing racism and white priviledge easier.
Thank you,
Nick Zeitler
@anon
Blacks tend to be Democrats (80% or more). The Democratic candidate just happens to be black. Check your facts.
If we know 90–95% of whites are voting for McCain, people wouldn't hesitate to say they are all racist.
So, we do know that between 90–95% of American blacks are voting for Obama. No one has even mentioned the possibility that THIS is racist.
Why is that? Double standard?
It's such bullshit.
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