The 4th of July weekend brought forth a bizarre pro-Obama piece that referred to President Barack Obama as “The N****r in the White House” and a float in Nebraska that was created to mock the president’s library while also garnering accusations of racism.
That there are still many people who make the N-word a part of their daily vocabulary is a sad reality, but seeing that word appear in a headline of a local newspaper is enough to make some readers cringe.
A local newspaper in New York featured a pro-Obama opinion piece, but readers probably didn’t assume that after reading the headline.
At the top of page 15 in the latest edition of the WestView News was the shocking headline “The N****r in the White House” – minus the asterisks.
The article was written by James Lincoln Collier, who is an 86-year-old white journalist and author.
The WestView News editor and publisher George Capsis agreed to run the headline in the paper and gave a less-than-impressive explanation for the shocking title.
He said that while the editorial staff objected to the use of the N-word, the author of the article had a specific purpose for it in this case.
“In this article, however, Jim reminded me that The New York Times avoids using the word, which convinced me that WestView should,” he said.
He added that Collier wanted to use the word for shock value and “shock [people] into accepting that there are people who believe and use this outrageous word.”
Ironically, the entire piece condemns “far-right voters” who “hate Obama because is Black” and details the “irreducible measure of racism” that still exists in America today.
Regardless of the purpose of the headline, readers didn’t react well to the use of the word.
“It’s disrespectful in any context to refer to the president of the United States at the N-word,” said one West Villager.
Another reader, a self-proclaimed “Black Republican” said the headline is “sad.”
Meanwhile, further West in the U.S., an Independence Day parade float sparked just as much controversy.
A float in Nebraska ruffled quite a few feathers when it featured a dummy standing outside an old outhouse labeled “Obama Presidential Library.”
The dummy can be seen holding a walker and wearing overalls.
The float did not identify who was the sponsor for the project.
The Nebraska Democratic Party said the float was one of the “worst shows of racism and disrespect for the presidency that Nebraska has ever seen,” The World-Herald reported.
One local woman who had her 9-year-old daughter with her at the parade said she was appalled at the float.
“I’m ashamed, I’m appalled,” said Glory Kathurima.
While some people in the crowd were upset with the float, the majority of the audience actually seemed to enjoy it.
“You see people laughing and pointing at it, smiling, looking positive about it,” Kathurima added. “I immediately felt sick to my stomach… I knew what that meant and I knew there was no sort of political statement being made by an image like that.”
While Norfolk City Councilman Dick Pfeil told the World-Herald that the city certainly doesn’t “condone” the float, the parade’s organizers were quick to defend it.
“It’s obvious the majority of the community liked it,” said Rick Konopasek, one of the organizers. “So should we deny the 95 percent of those that liked it their rights, just for the 5 percent of people who are upset?”
He added that the float received an honorable mention from three judges.
typical, but yet some blacks still state we say it,blah, blah blah, lets really look at things such as how we embrace people from every other race and think it is cool we=hen they copy us, until their real agenda come put, hence justin timberlake never hade me fool, and now you have jusitn bieber and molly cyrus 10 years from now their going to say I was young and hanging around people who is not good for me, and won't have nothing to do with blacks, they just want to feel like they can dominate or music and we let them, look at sports soon as you can no longer make them money you mean nothing, people talk about Dubai, oh those arabs have so much money thats black peoples money, they killed and enslaved our ancestors, that oil is our inheritance, same as for gold and diamonds, why shall we pay for something that was plentiful in our lands now other people own in and try to sell it back to us at a foolish rate.
We shouldn't be surprised by this.
But how ironic, when we gain all the material wealth and social status, people of African descent are compared to the least of their brothers and sisters with racist stereotypes and New Jim crow like discrimination.
Great Example:
Charles Stewart became the preeminent trainer (horse racing) of his era. While he amassed great wealth and national notoriety, the money and fame did not change his status as a slave.
This video is to expose this complex and provide keen analysis and solutions to counter this rampant trend in our communities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxP-wyRWB1A&list=UU-8HlYZAM49Wu3_NyOGehYA
I'm convinced that to have a better outcome, we need to reexamine our public school curriculums. History, both American and world, should be fully revised, made inclusive, honest and unbiased towards whites. White people's enslavement of innocent black Africans and the slaughter of Native Americans and theft of their land was a national and global breach in morality. Done for personal gain, it was how and why this "great" nation was built. Those crimes against humanity were followed by years of Jim Crow and now a dismantling of the gains of civil rights legislation. The new honest history classes should be supplemented with lessons in ethics and civics. Then, just maybe, the shift towards sanity by a moral majority will override the opinions of the mentally entrenched.
The dismantling of civil rights and affirmative action that is underfoot today is a direct result of bigotry suffered by so many white people, especially the poor. It makes them vote against their own best interests, which is aligned with that of people of color. Conservative propaganda has been extremely effective. It's the oldest play in the playbook from the perspective of the super wealthy who control politics – divide and conquer. brownfutredotcom
Our struggle for Life, Liberty and The Pursuit of Happiness continues in The Land of the Free and Home of the Brave aka America. Just as we complete our celebration of the country's birthday, we are reminded that there is not yet Justice for All or Liberty for All. A black man is not yet Free to be president while black,
He has led one of the most historic comebacks of the American Economy following a severe economic down turn which plugged the country into the Greatest Recession in it's history. The stock market is soaring to historic highs as a result of his bailout of the banking sector. He saved American auto manufacturing by bailing out GM He recovered the massive number of private sector jobs lost during The Great Recession which he inherited. Thanks to Obamacare,15-million of our fellow Americans have affordable healthcare through the state exchanges and the federal marketplace which is driving down costs for taxpayers and others as it reduces our deficits,
What thanks or appreciation does he get for his efforts and talents? He's labeled. "incompetent." He's had his birth, citizenship and presidency termed as. "illegitimate." And recently, he has become the first sitting president to be Sued by the Speaker of The House in an unprecedented move for using his power as president to issue executive orders. The irony of the situation should not be lost. The same Speaker of The House and his fellow GOP Minority Leader of The Senate vowed to make President Obama a one term president by not supporting him, even if it meant hurting innocent Americans in the process. They have held true to their vow with increased vigor as he serves out his second term.
Yes, the writer of the article which used the N-word in the headline was on point by having the courage to speak truth to power and those who know the word is used by those who hate the president because he is president while black. Likewise, the float featuring a President Obama Presidential Library in the form of an "Outhouse," simply speaks for itself on the topic of utter disdain for our 44th. President. Those that hate the president have every right to express their hate; likewise, those that like and or love the president have every right to call out the haters for the hate they freely express for what it really is. Hate, Bigotry and Racism!
Our struggle for Life, Liberty and The Pursuit of Happiness continues in The Land of the Free and Home of the Brave aka America. Just as we complete our celebration of the country's birthday, we are reminded that there is not yet Justice for All or Liberty for All. A black man is not yet Free to be president while black,
He has led one of the most historic comebacks of the American Economy following a severe economic down turn which plugged the country into the Greatest Recession in it's history. The stock market is soaring to historic highs as a result of his bailout of the banking sector. He saved American auto manufacturing by bailing out GM He recovered the massive number of private sector jobs lost during The Great Recession which he inherited. Thanks to Obamacare,15-million of our fellow Americans have affordable healthcare through the state exchanges and the federal marketplace which is driving down costs for taxpayers and others as it reduces our deficits,
What thanks or appreciation does he get for his efforts and talents? He's labeled. "incompetent." He's had his birth, citizenship and presidency termed as. "illegitimate." And recently, he has become the first sitting president to be Sued by the Speaker of The House in an unprecedented move for using his power as president to issue executive orders. The irony of the situation should not be lost. The same Speaker of The House and his fellow GOP Minority Leader of The Senate vowed to make President Obama a one term president by not supporting him, even if it meant hurting innocent Americans in the process. They have held true to their vow with increased vigor as he serves out his second term.
Yes, the writer of the article which used the N-word in the headline was on point by having the courage to speak truth to power and those who know the word is used by those who hate the president because he is president while black. Likewise, the float featuring a President Obama Presidential Library in the form of an "Outhouse," simply speaks for itself on the topic of utter disdain for our 44th. President. Those that hate the president have every right to express their hate; likewise, those that like and or love the president have every right to call out the haters for the hate they freely express for what it really is. Hate, Bigotry and Racism!
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People, My People, You Should Know Better! Have We Been So Psychologically Conditioned And Destroyed That We Forgot The Scars!? That We Don't See The Sores!? Or Is It, That We Have Actually Lost Our Damn Minds!?
Listen To Me And You Listen Carefully! Anytime A People Have To Be Forced To Treat You Right By Law And They Go Around The Very Law That They Made, Then You Know Something Is Wrong!
Are We That Blinded Deaf And Dumb, Where We Love To Be Tortured!
This Country Is Rich Because Of You!
Do You Think They Want To See You Free!? NO!
Fir Those Of You That Forgot Or Don't Remember, We As A People Have Been Under The Worst Treatment Of Any Human Or Animal!
Don't You Know That They Treat Their Animals Better Than They Treat You!
You Know That You Are Considered Three Fifths Of A Human Being "3/5"!
In Their Minds An Animal Is Worth More Than You!
Why Would They Treat You That Way, You Ask!?
All Of You Christians, Read The Book Of Revelation!
"Babylon The Great Is Falling For She Is The Habitation Of Devils!"
These People Are The Race Of Devils That God Talks About In The Book!
So Who Is Barack Obama!? To The Devil, He Ain't Nothing But A Nigger!
So Are You, But Not I!
Because I Know Who They Are And They Don't Affect Me! I Just Hate What They Do To You!
Know Yourselves My People And You Will Eliminate Them!
Look Within Yourselves And You Will Find The Truth! That Truth Will Make You Free!
I Guarantee You, You Will Find YOUR GOD AND HE WILL MAKE YOU FREE!
TRUTH REVEALED!
I AM ONE WITH GOD!