Comments on: It’s Been a Year Since Obama Ended Racism in America

By: fleetlee

fleetlee — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:43:36 +0000

Great post Elie, my black co-workers have a lunch each month on the 20th to remember Obama being sworn in to office. I think it is a great way to remember this historic event but many of my white co-workers see it as “throwing it in our faces” because they still cannot believe we elected a black man President. I think the one thing that has come out of this is not that racial tensions are more or less now, but they are more exposed. I feel this is just another step on the road to more racial harmony some time in the distant future. Everything in this country is more polarized these days and hopefully Americans will get tired of this over the coming years and come together as one people willing to have different opinions, rather than wanting to Nuke the other side out of existence.

By: btodish

btodish — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:38:35 +0000

What might an authentic HUMAN President (or any HUMAN politician) be like? For that matter what might a single HUMAN person be like?We are all closer to living like and being like Zombies than we are to being truly human! Maybe that is why there is such an affinity for the vampire type TV shows recently. We all settle for RELATIVE HUMANITY when we HAVE to have an identity that is more an image than reality. Any identity that relies on social or cultural constructs, like gender, race, ethnicity, class, MUST, out of necessity and by definition be limited and therefore it is a relative identity. This is what we all are (or most of us, anyway). We are LIMITED HUMAN BEINGS because we are addicted to our limitations that are cultural and social stereotypes. So we, as limited human beings, DESERVE limited leadership! We DESERVE limited honesty, so we get corruption. If we RISK being authentically HUMAN we begin to feel HUMAN EMOTIONAL VULNERABILITY AND THIS IN TURN GIVES US empathy for ALL life. Then, instead of being arrogant about people being superior to other forms of organic and inorganic life,they would focus on “the golden rule” so internalized self government and natural “law” would replace external government and unnatural flawed law that HAS us!

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By: angeladionwriter

angeladionwriter — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:26:43 +0000

Great post, funny, conversation enducing and so true. I’ll pass it on.
Angela Dion, Author
LET”S TALK ABOUT RACE: A workbook for safe, honest and productive group discussions

By: Megan Cottrell

Megan Cottrell — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:29:12 +0000

Amazing post. You’re right – there are a lot of people in America who don’t want to believe there ever was racial oppression, or that it continues today. It’s annoying that people use Obama to justify this bizarre belief, but it is awesome that we do have a black president.

He’s not perfect, but I am still consistently impressed by Obama. I’m glad I got to enjoy his election night, and I’m still happy with my choice.

Great post!

By: rockyinlaw

rockyinlaw — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:55:22 +0000

You make me read every word you write, Elie. Very good essay. Funny/true. Thank you.

By: caligula

caligula — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:19:28 +0000

This made me laugh out loud, Elie. Insightful and hilarious. (And far superior to the Op-Eds in the Times on this subject today, btw).