Thoughts from the abyss

After reading an article today and seeing the comments I was appalled by the way that people react whenever someone says that Obama is an inspiration to Blacks. I hear all the arguments that racism doesn’t exist. Then I hear the “this is reverse racism. Whites don’t hold back Blacks. You get what you give in life” Now while I do agree that if you work hard, you can achieve success regardless of what other people do, we must remember that racism isn’t dead. It hasn’t gone away. I mean lets be real, it wasn’t that long ago that people were hanging Blacks from trees with ropes. It wasn’t even 50 years ago. Truth be told that is still in our generations. So to say that in less than 50 years we have gotten rid of hundreds of years worth of hatred, disdain and mistreatment is to be delusional. I for one, choose not to live in that delusional world. The main people talking about how Racism doesn’t exist are the same people who have no meaningful interaction with black people. Talking to someone without allowing them the freedom to say the things that they truly think, doesn’t give the honest result that you are looking for. So on that note I will stop cause I don’t feel like going in to the whole race diatribe further. I have realized that most people can understand it, they just don’t WANT to.