2:50am November 13th, 2008 By braceletseeds
I believe any type of discrimination towards President-Elect Barack Obama at this point is actually discrimination towards his image. But in the minds of the accusers, they’re one in the same. Disagreement with his proposals or policies based on sound judgment is one thing; but hatred and anger, the emotions that seem to be running high in the population that voted “against him” (yes, voting against a candidate is entirely possible…look at the Kerry/Bush election) is completely different and just throws us instantly back into the era of crazy McCarthyism.
Many people just can’t seem to restrain their blatant bigotry any longer, and so begin to throw out baseless claims and fear-mongering stories (my favorite is how he’s a secret Muslim and will inject both Sharia and Marxism into the constitution; wow, now that would be a first.) This has been happening all along, but now it’s like they unleashed their inner demons, and are setting us up for the apocalypse (amuse yourselves here.)
Anyboo,
I read a great article yesterday interviewing Bill Cosby as he walked up to the voting booth to vote for the first African American president, and it mentioned the possibility of the Cosby Show being one of the factors carving out the path to that historic moment. Researchers even had a name for it; “the Huxtable effect”, named after the famous family in the show. “The Huxtable effect” theory speculated that by the Cosby Show establishing the first appealing black family living a normal upper-middle class life, young TV viewers were set up to begin the erosion of remaining stereotypes. Cosby seemed split on that theory but acknowledged his attempt to help break down racial barriers.
Either way, I’m just happy to see him enjoy this historic moment, as well as Martin Luther King Jr.’s children, the 106 year-old woman mentioned in Obama’s speech, and every other African-American and minority; or everyone else who was moved to tears by that heart-warming moment when he walked onto the stage with his family. I believe many people who didn’t support him or vote for him still felt the global sigh of relief in seeing this country move forward.
And I think regardless of who we voted for, we can all agree that THIS is an awesome game!
Tags: discrimination, islam, obama, politics, silliness
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