Race threats and crimes soar across America after Obama elected President

I hate to say I warned you folks, but the festering wound of racism in America appears to have had its scab ripped clean off by the election of Barack Obama as the nation’s first African American President:

Cross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting “Assassinate Obama.” Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars. Incidents around the country referring to President-elect Barack Obama are dampening the postelection glow of racial progress and harmony, highlighting the stubborn racism that remains in America.

From California to Maine, police have documented a range of alleged crimes, from vandalism and vague threats to at least one physical attack. […] There have been “hundreds” of incidents since the election, many more than usual, said Mark Potok, director of the Intelligence Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate crimes. Source: Huffington Post

Houston, we have an effing problem! I feel like I have traveled back in time 50 or 60 years with all of these reports I’m hearing. This is also the first real acknowledgment by the mainstream media that these hate crimes are not mere isolated incidents, although ALL of the black bloggers I know have been covering these reports as they happened.

I still am in awe that is has come to this. Now even 2nd graders are calling for Obama’s assassination? What is wrong with these people? Mark Potok, director of the Intelligence Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate crimes, tries to explain:

Potok, who is white, said he believes there is “a large subset of white people in this country who feel that they are losing everything they know, that the country their forefathers built has somehow been stolen from them.“ Source: Yahoo News

I believe wholeheartedly that this is what the whites who are acting out are feeling right now. However, I am disgusted by this sense of entitlement simply because they are white. Let us not forget that this country was built on the backs of African slave labor.

People always get pissed off when you bring up slavery, however I cannot for the life of me understand how on earth these folks think that this country that their forefathers basically stole from Native Americans, and built on the backs of African slave labor entitles them to anything. And to further suggest that was was not rightfully theirs in the first place has been stolen from them is ludicrous!

And so now I am supposed to excuse the acts of these racists because they are frustrated about their perceived loss of white privilege? Hello people! It NEVER should have been that way in the first place.

All I can say is these racist people are exactly who we always thought they were. News flash–this is just the beginning of their B.S. Mark my words…

Filed under: Barack Obama, bigots, By Cheri Thomas, cross burning, hate crimes, Issues of race and diversity, KKK, Politics-Economics, racial slurs, Racism in America

Election Day is over and they are still burning crosses

A family of Barack Obama supporters awoke to find a charred cross on their lawn:

Pieces of a homemade bedsheet banner reading “President Obama , Victory ’08,” which had been stolen from the yard the night before, also were found, leading investigators to believe the banner had been wrapped around the cross before it was set afire. Lt. Gerald Lewis of the New Jersey State Police said his agency is treating the incident as a bias crime.

Police believe the cross, made of two-by-fours bolted to a metal pole like those used to support road signs, was placed on the lawn sometime between 1 a.m. and 7 a.m., and fell over after being set on fire. Homeowner Gary Grewal said he had noticed the Obama banner missing from his lawn the night before and reported it to police. Source: Huffington Post

No, you’re not dreaming. It’s 2008 and bigots are still burning crosses on people’s lawns. I suppose this was supposed to send a message, but the only thing that I take away from this act is that there are still very ignorant people in this world.

If the police find the people who committed this act, they really need to make an example of them by prosecuting them to the fullest extent of the law. This is completely unacceptable, and cannot be tolerated in a civilized society.

The bottom line is that the next President of the United States is Barack Hussein Obama, a black man.

He and his black wife, Michelle Obama, and his two little black girls, Malia and Sasha Obama, will be moving in the White House come January 20th.

My advice to the people who don’t like it? Get the hell over it!

Filed under: Barack Obama, By Cheri Thomas, cross burning, Gary Grewal, Issues of race and diversity, KKK