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Are race relations better since Obama became president?

Matt Wayne September 09, 2009 21:04:18
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  • Granny in Georgia September 09, 2009 23:54:13
    No They are worse
    Granny in Georgia
    +11
    I think he has polarized the racies like no one else in history! We had made great strides before he, and Rev. Wright as well as others, made the most racist comments I've heard in my lifetime. He and his associates still make subtle comments aimed at dividing us. Don't forget the "beer summitt"!

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  • mickrussom June 18, 2010 16:07:34
    No They are much worse.
    mickrussom
    Obama is a racist man himself. He also self-hates. He is using race to polarize the nation once again to serve his oligarchical collectivist masters. Obama is a vile wretched traitor and I cringe to have to see him in action every day.
  • gmagilke December 07, 2009 04:55:25
    No They are much worse.
    gmagilke
    +1
    Race relations are much worse since the racist Obama got elected. The country is more divided today than it was when we had the war between the states!
  • SMBvS October 02, 2009 13:53:01
    No They are much worse.
    SMBvS
    +4
    I HATE WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MY COUNTRY!!!!!! IT IS SCARY! AMERICA THOUGHT THEY HAD ELECTED A 'TIGER WOODS'.

    IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT OBAMA IS BLACK, BECAUSE HIS (BLACK) SKIN COLOR, ALONG WITH CAUSTIC IDEOLOGY OF THE (WHITE) LIBERAL LEFT, WILL FOREVER BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DOWNFALL OF FREEDOM.
  • Tsisquaya October 02, 2009 06:57:31
    No They are much worse.
    Tsisquaya
    +1
    Now people who aren't racist are being accused of being racist and it is causing more division while also taking away the seriousness of the word.
    So either this much racial tension has always been there and is now being exposed or stupid people are misusing the word when one disagrees with Obama.
    I personally think it's being misused.
    Like some politically correct person telling me the word "thug" is racist. WTF?
    Soon we won't be able to use words like "cracker", "apple", "chink"...damn! Might as well resort to sign language then cuz there won't be one word we can use without being accused of being racist.
  • Joe September 24, 2009 19:46:16
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    Joe
    No change I can see.
  • TruBluTopaz September 23, 2009 20:58:57
    No They are much worse.
    TruBluTopaz
    +2
    He has ripped open the scar tissue and let everything bleed. He like chaos and his staff likes chaos. They won't be happy until there is fighting in the streets so he can justify his new private army.
  • Tessaprn September 23, 2009 05:26:24
    No They are worse
    Tessaprn
    +2
    Because of people throwing out that race card like it is suppose to do something race relations has been set back years.
  • jamielt September 22, 2009 21:15:38
    Other
    jamielt
    It is what it is. However, true followers of Christ are making a change.

    "If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother (any fellow or man), he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother (any fellow or man), whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother (any fellow or man)." (1st John 4:20-21)

    "On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” He answered: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’” “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.” But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbour?” In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half-dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other...
    It is what it is. However, true followers of Christ are making a change.

    "If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother (any fellow or man), he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother (any fellow or man), whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother (any fellow or man)." (1st John 4:20-21)

    "On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” He answered: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’” “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.” But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbour?” In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half-dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he travelled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’ “Which of these three do you think was a neighbour to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.” ( Luke 10: 25-37).
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  • Helo Chick September 15, 2009 20:48:52
    No They are much worse.
    Helo Chick
    +3
    I've never seen the race card thrown so much. It has gotten worse, but now people are making a joke out of it. Which makes it worse.
  • barry sucks September 13, 2009 20:03:26
  • Deb September 12, 2009 13:33:53
    No They are much worse.
    Deb
    +4
    I believe that they are worse. Especially due to the fact that there are some individuals that believe that they are due something because their ancestors were slaves. The only racists are those that do not like the fact that some of us people of color do not care for the president's opinions and actions, and have gone beyond 1964, and accepted people for people, regardless of the color of their skin, but there are many out there that believe that they are entitled to something in the monetary nature, and want to come after any one that doesn't think like they do. They yell "racist" if you make any remarks about the president that they do not like. I don't like him because he is stupid.
  • melee September 10, 2009 20:03:33
    No They are much worse.
    melee
    +3
    They have gone down the Toilet since Obama took office. You can bet they are only going to get worse. That is his agenda to get the Black's and White's fighting. He hate's the White's more than he does the Black's. But I don't think he cares squat about the Black's either. They are just a means to an end.
  • sickone September 10, 2009 14:46:28
    No They are much worse.
    sickone
    +6
    no obama is a racist this election was all about racism , he used it to get into office and anytime someone doesnt agree with him they are labeled a racist
  • Janster September 10, 2009 14:33:55
    No They are much worse.
    Janster
    +2
    Otraitor and his radical, thug appointees and his stupid remarks to a white cop for doing his job shows he is a racist himself.
  • Debbie September 10, 2009 10:12:37
    No They are much worse.
    Debbie
    +6
    I think it has made it worse and it's a shame.
  • ishqboli September 10, 2009 07:53:32
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    ishqboli
    i don´t understand why people think that just having a black president is going to erase racism or an eternity of oppression.
  • Janster ishqboli September 10, 2009 14:34:32 (edited)
    Janster
    +1
    He is not black. And the question is are race relations better or worse and Otraitor has definitely made them worse.
  • ishqboli Janster September 10, 2009 21:12:21 (edited)
    ishqboli
    have you seen obama? of course he is black, at least that´s what everyone thinks when they look at him.

    and the ones making it worse are the ones who continue to say that all blacks, muslims, jews, etc are evil.
  • Tsisquaya ishqboli October 02, 2009 07:00:17
    Tsisquaya
    +1
    Nothing can erase the true history ishqboli. But for so many to throw the race card around when one doesn't agree with Obama is asinine and I find it insulting as I am sure many others who do experience racism find it insulting.
  • Peon of the Masses September 10, 2009 06:12:37
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    Peon of the Masses
    +3
    I think most of us, meaning the people who don't buy into the whole current "anti-racist" variety of racism, try to ignore that BS, but I still see some people going around with a chip on their shoulder holding onto the neo-racist propaganda being spewed by the Al Sharptons and Jesse Jacksons of the world as well as by the Michael Moores and the various indigenous western culture hating meta-sociopaths of a similar ilk as he.

    You can't really make a skin color a culture or an ideology, yet many try, but all it does is further entrench the racism meme in the "collective conscience" of the public at large.
  • Keith September 10, 2009 06:06:43
    No They are much worse.
    Keith
    +7
    Much worse, I live in Greenville NC, and let me tell you it is disqusting. Greenville is a college town East Carolina University one of those place that without the college it would not amount to anything.
    On the night of the election there were black people running around downtown chanting Obama-Obama,we are finally gonna get ours, one man actually looked at me and my girl friend as we walked out of a resturant and said
    what you gonna do now white boy and blew a kiss at my girlfriend. Hum.....So I live in an area known as the University area, close to campus with a lot of rental homes and alot of families. Crime has spiked severly, that I do not blame on Obama
    but I do contribute it to the confidence gained by the race card being played. Look I own a small construction business I would never ask someone to do anything that I first would'nt do myself. I have employed lots of young men in the
    construction mangement program so they could get hours for their degree, I pay my taxes, have my own health insurance, a mortgage, vehicle payment...etc, etc. I have no goverment assistance. There is a mom and pops grocery store
    up the road from my house called the city market, nicknamed the shity market, nasty place somewhere to stop when you don't feel like going across town to H...
    Much worse, I live in Greenville NC, and let me tell you it is disqusting. Greenville is a college town East Carolina University one of those place that without the college it would not amount to anything.
    On the night of the election there were black people running around downtown chanting Obama-Obama,we are finally gonna get ours, one man actually looked at me and my girl friend as we walked out of a resturant and said
    what you gonna do now white boy and blew a kiss at my girlfriend. Hum.....So I live in an area known as the University area, close to campus with a lot of rental homes and alot of families. Crime has spiked severly, that I do not blame on Obama
    but I do contribute it to the confidence gained by the race card being played. Look I own a small construction business I would never ask someone to do anything that I first would'nt do myself. I have employed lots of young men in the
    construction mangement program so they could get hours for their degree, I pay my taxes, have my own health insurance, a mortgage, vehicle payment...etc, etc. I have no goverment assistance. There is a mom and pops grocery store
    up the road from my house called the city market, nicknamed the shity market, nasty place somewhere to stop when you don't feel like going across town to Harris T. or Krogers. The first of the month DAMN, you would think that place
    was the Vatican 2 min after mass let out. Black people with their american flag credit cards, buying groceries, I'm not talking about the elderly or disabled, which I am all for them having assistance if they need it. Im
    talking about people in their 20's and 30's. Young able bodied adults, whom the following week are in there buying lotto, and scratch off tickets. So has the race issue gotten better or worse, I say worse, a hundred fold. All of these young blacks that think Obama is going to help you and the black race
    you just bowed down to a master of the same color, he is going to do nothing but make you more dependent on handouts and government assistance. There is going to come a point when us providers are going to say enough is enough
    and you mouchers will have no more. Our jail system is over populated, medicade, welfare, they even offer damn cell phones to people on govt assistance in NC what kind insentive is that for them to better themselves?
    The whole "what you gonna do now white boy" thing still pisses me off to this day. Yes I have become racist. And to these young blacks that live off of government assistance and support Obama as your president and savior watch alittle bit of the tv program Save the children fund where you can sponser children in
    Africa, try it please maybe you will realize how good things are here in America and maybe you might thank a tax payer for what you have. And not the man who is destroying America from the inside out.
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  • Arizona1950 September 10, 2009 04:24:59 (edited)
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    Arizona1950
    +5
    Okay... I'm probably going to get some flack for this. I am finding that race is being talked about more. I am finding that people are discovering that their love for Obama or their hate for Obama crosses racial lines. I am finding intelligent conversation with people who think that it shouldn't be about race. That we should stop making it about race. They are tired of hearing about race and this comes from all races.

    So is he making it better. I don't think so, but he is causing people to address it. Not for any reason in particular other than he is our first black president. I really don't want it to be about race but about the man and the direction he is taking this country.

    Yes, I was told one time in my life, that I can spoil a wet dream.
  • Scrat Arizona... September 10, 2009 11:59:07
    Scrat
    +3
    When the blacks stop using racial slurs and playing their little race card games, I will stop being white.
  • Nick September 10, 2009 04:04:14
    No They are much worse.
    Nick
    +7
    I see it as much worse than before. There is most definately a divide in people now than before.
  • "I see debt people." September 10, 2009 03:25:15
    No They are much worse.
    "I see debt people."
    +6
    Its way worse people take it as a personal attack if you don't care for his brand of politics. He's very liberal of coarse he's going to have a large amount of critics.
  • Scrat "I see ... September 10, 2009 12:01:06
    Scrat
    +1
    You'll probably vote for this guy, next Presidential campaign then. . . vote guy presidential campaign
  • "I see ... Scrat September 10, 2009 18:44:52
    "I see debt people."
    +2
    As long as they supports small government, fiscal conservative and wants to restore the constitution I would have no problem voting for anyone.
  • fed up September 10, 2009 03:05:04
    No They are much worse.
    fed up
    +6
    In my 45 years, I have never been called a racist as many times as I have since Obama became POTUS. Like I have said many times, I now wear that as a badge of honor, amongst other names as well.
  • Scrat fed up September 10, 2009 12:04:28
    Scrat
    +4
    Amen to you! FINALLY SOMEONE WHO HAS THE NERVE TO STAND UP AND SAY SOMETHING. IF NIGGERS CAN CALL ME WHITE TRASH OR WHITE EYES OR HONKY, OR ANY OTHER DERROGATORY NAME AND GET AWAY WITH IT, IF THEY CAN USE RACIAL SLURS IN THEIR PROGRAMS AND MOVIES AND COMMERCIALS, THEN FUCK THEM, i CAN BE JUST AS BIG OF A FUCKING RACIST AND HATER AS THEM! THEY CAN TAKE THIS LITTLE MESSAGE AND STICK IT SOMEWHERE WHERE THE SUN WOULDN'T SHINE IF IT COULD.
  • Tsisquaya Scrat October 02, 2009 07:02:35
    Tsisquaya
    It's called equality Scrat! I admire the honesty in your answer!!
  • Scrat Tsisquaya October 12, 2009 13:54:37
    Scrat
    +1
    I know I shouldn't get so mad at people like the racisist blacks and most of them are racists more so than any other nationality in our country, but it just ticks me off. I think I need to cut down a bit on the cussing, though! My husband says I swear like a sailor in a storm on the ocean! True! LOL! I'll try and be a bit more careful on how I 'word' things! Not that it will change my opinions. . .
  • Basil September 10, 2009 02:55:29
    No They are much worse.
    Basil
    +6
    I would say that they are at an all time low. Worse then during the Rodney King riots. All we need is a spark, like maybe Omammy's impeachment. You do realize that if Omammy was beaten out by McCain and Palin, there would have been a race riot, no doubt about it.
  • Adam Troy September 10, 2009 02:40:48
    No They are much worse.
    Adam Troy
    +1
    Hello:

    Absolutely not! They shoe is now on the other foot. Bye: Adam Troy
  • Bo September 10, 2009 02:27:38
    No They are much worse.
    Bo
    +10
    Now if you don't agree with everything this man spews forth you are considered rascist.I see no color in this man.....I do see an enemy of the Free people of the United States.
  • Scrat Bo September 10, 2009 12:06:37
    Scrat
    +3
    Who voted him in? People who voted him in, are now whining about his sneaky coniving little activities because they are finding out that they are being forgotten and left out. It's their own faults. I reitterate: WHO VOTED HIM IN?
  • Unnamed September 10, 2009 02:08:01
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    Unnamed
    +7
    Racism.it means absolutely nothing anymore.

    I remember the days of separate buses and separate water fountains and a sign by the cash register down at the store that said that American Indians could not buy beer.

    These idiots today haven't the first damned clue what it meant to their grandparents to fight and struggle and keep on keeping on despite it all. They are a disgrace. Martin Luther King did not dream of a world where the Black Man would reign supreme. He dreamed of a nation where the color of my skin or your's or Joe the plumber's did not make a darn to anybody.

    black reign supreme dreamed nation color skin joe plumbers darn
  • Granny ... Unnamed September 10, 2009 03:10:55
    Granny in Georgia
    +8
    These blacks playing the race card are an insult to MLK and their own ancestors that fought the discriminations as you so elequently stated. People like Obana have used them and fed them garbage to get them behind him and his anti-American policies!
  • Unnamed Granny ... September 10, 2009 03:39:17
    Unnamed
    +3
    I can agree with some of that! :-)
  • Scrat Granny ... September 10, 2009 12:09:26
    Scrat
    +2
    YES! YES! YES! YOU HIT THE NAIL RIGHT ON THE HEAD!
  • Scrat Unnamed September 10, 2009 12:08:21
    Scrat
    +2
    BULLSHIT! WHEN I SEE BLACKS STOP USING RACISM TO GET WHAT THEY WANT WHEN I STOP HEARING 'YOU DON'T LIKE ME BECAUSE I'M BLACK,' THEN I'LL FIGHT FOR GETTING RID OF RACISM. untill then, i'm a white racist and proud of it!

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