The Greene Room

Blacklisted

Senator Obama is a great man who has and will continue to do great things for our country. It is unfortunate that some of his supporters believe I am a race traitor for endorsing Senator Clinton. That type of thinking has no place in America. African Americans should not be treated differently because of the color of their skin and neither should Senator Clinton. I'm proud to be voting my race...the human race.

Here's a sampling of the name calling that I have been faced with since endorsing Senator Clinton:

"I hope your community  and your black friends treat you like you deserve to be treated after creating that fear in white people minds for a few pieces of gold, shame on you, you're just a sell out"

"Black on black crime in the political arena...you are living proof that Africans hate African Americans...go back to Africa"

"This to me is like an awful treason to your own race!"

"Lock your door and watch your back"

"You may try to wash it off but you always going to be black no matter how hard you try to  deny it by working against your people"

Ignorance at it's finest.

 

Reverend Jackson calls Obama an Oreo

Rev. Jesse Jackson accused Senator Obama of acting white. While growing up in Texas, many of the black kids in my school would call me an Oreo - black on the outside, white on the inside - because they believed I was  "acting white." These kids would try to beat me up because I spoke proper English, attended honor's classes, and had white friends. They also took issue with my African name and frequently chided me to "go back to Africa and swing through the trees with monkeys." This was my first taste of discrimination, years before the first n-word was shouted at me from a passing pick-up truck. Many of my black friends today have similar stories. Name calling has no place on a playground much less in the national political discourse. It is sad to see this played out in the media, but shame on Rev. Jackson for "validating" that we should all fit into neat, predetermined, racial behaviourial boxes.