[Rhodes22-list] Politics: White Guilt is Dead

[Brad Haslett]

Bill,

Thanks, that was great.  Along that line of thinking here's this.

http://www.northstarwriters.com/pi139.htm

Brad

On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
> *This was sent to me by one of the 4% of blacks who voted for McCain.
> *
>
> *This piece honestly reflects her views, and is the primary reason she
> voted for McCain:
> *
>
> *White Guilt is Dead
> *
>
> *By Tom Adkins*
>
> *Look at my fellow conservatives! There they go, glumly shuffling along,
> depressed by the election aftermath. Not me. I am virtually euphoric.
> Don't get me wrong. I am not thrilled with America's flirtation with neo
> socialism. But there is a massive silver lining in those magical clouds
> that lofted Barak Obama to the Presidency. For today, without a shred of
> intellectually legitimate opposition, I can loudly proclaim to America: *
>
> *The Era of White Guilt is over. *
>
> *This seemingly impossible event occurred because the vast majority of
> white Americans did not give a fluff about skin color, and
> enthusiastically pulled the voting lever for a black man. Not just
> */*any*/* black man. A very liberal black man who spent his early career
> race-hustling banks, praying in a racist church for 20 years, and
> actively worked with America-hating domestic terrorists. Wow! Some
> resume! Yet they made Barak Obama their leader. Therefore, as of Nov
> 4*^*th* *, 2008, *_*White Guilt is Dead.*_* *
>
>  *For over a century, the millstone of white guilt hung around our
> necks, retribution for slave-owning predecessors. In the 60s, American
> liberals began yanking that millstone while sticking a fork in the eye
> of black Americans, exacerbating the racial divide to extort a socialist
> solution. But if a black man can become President, exactly what
> significant barrier is left? The election of Barak Obama absolutely
> destroys the entire validation of liberal white guilt. The dragon is
> hereby slain. *
>
>  *So today, I am feeling a little uppity, if you will. From this day
> forward, my tolerance level for having my skin color hustled is now
> exactly ZERO. And it is time to clean house. No more Reverend Wright's
> God Damn America, Al Sharpton's Church of Perpetual Victimization , or
> Jesse Jackson's rainbow racism. Cornell West? You are a fraud. Go home.
> All those black studies programs that taught kids to hate whitey? You
> must now */*thank*/* Whitey. And I want that on the final. *
>
>  *Congressional Black Caucus? Irrelevant. Maxine Waters? Shut up. ACORN?
> Outlawed. Black Panthers? Go home and pet your kitty. Black separatists?
> Find another nation that offers better dreams. Go ahead. I am waiting.*
>
>
>
>
>
> *Gangsta rappers? Start praising America. Begin with the Pledge of
> Allegiance. And please, no more Ebonics. Speak English, and who knows
> where you might end up? Oh yeah! Pull up your pants. Your underwear is
> showing. You look stupid.*
>
>  *To those Eurosnots who forged entire careers hating America? I am
> still waiting for the first black French President.*
>
>  *And let me offer an equal opportunity whupping. I have always despised
> lazy white people. Now, I can talk smack about lazy black people. You
> are poor because you quit school, did drugs, had three kids with three
> different fathers, and refuse to work. So when you plop your Colt
> 45-swilling, Oprah watching butt on the couch and complain */*Da Man is
> keepin me down,*/* allow me to inform you: Da Man is now black. You have
> no excuses. *
>
>
>
> *No more quotas. No more handouts. No more stealing my money because
> someone s great-great-great-great grandparents suffered */_*actual*_/*
> pain and misery at the hands of people I have no relation to, and
> personally revile. *
>
>
>
> *It is time to toss that massive, obsolete race-hustle machine upon the
> heap of the other stupid 60s ideas. Drag it over there, by wife
> swapping, next to dope-smoking. Plenty of room right between free love
> and cop-killing. Careful don t trip on streaking. There ya go, don t be
> gentle. Just dump it. Wash your hands. It is filthy. *
>
>  *In fact, Obama's ascension created a gargantuan irony. How can you
> sell class envy and American unfairness when you and your black wife
> went to Ivy League schools, got high-paying jobs, became millionaires,
> bought a mansion, and got elected President? How unfair is that???
> Now, like a delicious O'Henry tale, Obama s spread-the-wealth campaign
> rendered itself moot by its own victory!  America is officially a
> meritocracy. Obama s election has validated American conservatism! *
>
> *So, listen carefully - */_*Wham!!!*_/
>
>
>
>
>
> *That is the sound of my foot kicking the door shut on the era of white
> guilt. The rites have been muttered, the carcass lowered, dirt shoveled,
> and tombstone erected. White guilt is dead and buried. *
>
>  *However, despite my glee, **there is apparently one small, rabid
> bastion of American racism remaining**. Black Americans voted 96% for
> Barak Obama. Hmmm. In a color-blind world, should not that be 50-50?
> **Tonight, every black person should ask forgiveness for their apparent
> racism and prejudice towards white people.** Maybe it is time to start
> spreading the guilt around. *
>
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