Racism is alive, but you knew that.
Patricia Carroll, camerawoman for CNN, was reminded of this fact at the Republican National Convention when two attendees threw peanuts at her and said, “This is what we feed animals.”
(What I would’ve done in that situation would’ve led to a different story, but that’s not important.)
One of her comments on the incident that I found in an article over at Think Progress is what led me to this update post:
“I can’t change these people’s hearts and minds,” Carroll added. “No, it doesn’t feel good. But I know who I am. I’m a proud black woman. A lot of black people are upset. This should be a wake-up call to black people. . . . People were living in euphoria for a while. People think we’re gone further than we have.
She also noted that, as someone from the south, she wasn’t surprised. Well, I’m from the north and neither am I. This happens everywhere because…well, ignorance is everywhere.
What say you SBM fam?
Ever since Obama got elected, I have seen/heard about the most blatant racism that I've ever seen/heard about in my entire life! Born & raised in NY and never for a second did I believe racism had gotten better. People were hiding it better, which is fine with me. Keep your hateful thoughts/comments to yourself. But now every online discussion, whether it be about politics or the weather, ends up being "Obama's fault." Like Wtf?! These racist fools can agree with Obama but because he's Black, he's automatically wrong no matter what. Was I surprised that that woman got peanuts thrown at her? No. Do I wish she didn't have to experience that in friggin 2012? Yes. However, like she said, this serves as a wake up call. Wake up people! There are still and probably always going to be people that don't like you simply because of the color of your skin. When you let yourself start thinking America is "post racial" or whatever, that's when you've really been fooled.
What people need to realize is that racism is not dead. Just because you choose to ignore race doesn't mean that you're racially tolerent, you are just choosing to not acknowledge their existance Lol. Me and a couple of friends went to a club downtown chicago it was three black women including me my white buddy and my filippino buddy and they told her they could come in but my sister and BF and myself had to stay outside. We said, "Why?" He said cause their black and we have the right to refuse entry to whomever. It was Kinda surreal like this is the 21st century and yall still trying to do this? But before it happened we were oblivious to the fact that racsim is alive and well and we need to be aware I'm not necessarily sure what we can do about it cause its all in the mentailty but one step at a time I guess.
Having one person or a few people throw peanuts at you does not make the entire country racist. I would have dealt with those individual people and maintained my stance that….there are black people readily accepted in the Republican community, some of the world’s wealthiest people are african, black movements over the course of history have made such things possible. If you wanna be in a small limited world because 1,000 folks out of 500 million still do dumb stuff and if you wanna be that minority, I will laugh at your childishness SO hard the condescension will cause earthquakes. You threw a peanut at me? Isn’t this your family’s Sunday dinner? Can you even afford to throw this at me? Those people picked up those peanuts and ate them when she walked off. Lets be really real. There’s a part of you that needs her undivided attention. That isn’t the proper way to go about having it and I woulda been supremely annoyed about it, like when you get that weird piece of skin around your fingernail you can’t rip off or you get an eyelash in your eye. It’s such a trivial thing that annoys when focused on. At the end of everyday she’s still the sh*t and I think it’s awesome differences were put aside to support her. like Gabrielle Douglas and all races supporting her when her own community devalued her monumental accomplishments. and plus…..um, hello! SHE’S A WOMAN. bodyguard smackdown????
I think being from the south makes you inherently stronger. That’s REAL racism. Your boss not knowing how to properly compliment you or having awkward cultural moments where people flub, isn’t really racism. It’s just learning how to interact and feel stuff out but if you wanna be sensitive about it you give racism power over you. and it’s such a small part of the world now. Have your ‘wtf’ moment, side step and keep it moving. It really is just a nuisance.
and plus, isn’t that assault? Slander? Emotional damages??? Like if I’m gonna scream racism I’m gonna do it with a neck brace on talking bout some ‘I feared for my life, your Honor!’ Get outta here. I woulda made them feel stupid in the moment, my bodyguards or my people or whomever I was with woulda dragged them into a dark room, I woulda had them investigated, I woulda pressed charges, and then I woulda had Romney have my back in the public eye just to show the world, we’ve moved beyond those sort of behaviors. Peanuts? Please. LOL. >>
and now that I'm REALLY thinking about it….wasn't the inventor of peanut butter black? Did you just throw a compliment at me?! Moms like you choose Jif. You spread my ancestry on your children's lunch everyday. Pipe down.
*exhales*
Sorry. I had a moment. #rantover
This was so staged it's ridiculous!!! Democrats pulled this same type of stint by strategically placing people in Tea Party Rally events then making obscene comments/behaviors. There are a lot of democrats at RNC conventions and visa versa. They were magically escorted out without be asked who they were?? Democrats maybe?? lol Or this alleged incident happened to a camera woman.. but nothing was caught on tape or camera phones?? What about they specifically targeted CNN hoping to make the news!? I mean come on!! It's sad that the Democrats consistently subject themselves to such deplorable behavior!! They do anything for attention when the spotlight is not on them..
you can write all the laws you want…but you can legislate the hearts of others.
i meant, "you can write all the laws you want…but you can't legislate the hearts of others"
the episode is saddening, but considering the history of America…expected.
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