We knew it was coming, that it was only a matter of time before someone, so where would consider such an action. Only a matter of time before the true nature of one campaign's followers began to rear its vial head, and manifest itself to the public.
As we draw closer to the date of the General Election, and Barack Obama maintain his impressive lead, we begin to see the desperation of some followers of John McCain. Well, perhaps they do not support McCain; however, the do represent an extremely ugly facet of America.
Two white men were arrested for plotting an assassination attempt on Barack Obama. Two white men who obviously harbor a fear of a black man leading this nation. Two white men who hold a deeply rooted racial bias, and were obviously willing to make said bias known.
This is a shame. It is a shame because there are those in America who so fear the power of an educated African American that they are willing to make used of the cards provided to them by the GOP's favorite lobby organization in an attempt to ensure that said African American does not elevate to the highest office in the land.
This is a shame because these two white men probably hid behind the lie of being ones who believe in diversity.
You know what? I am going to jump off of the racial aspect of this event, and get onto what I feel to be a deeper problem in our nation.
People, be they black, white, yellow, green or polka dot, but people in this country seem to be only interested in one thing, that being self. Did we forget about the "Golden Rule"? Let us do unto others as we would expect others to do unto us? Face the facts, other than the native Americans, none of our ancestors really wanted to come to America.
The Pilgrims came because they were fleeing the tyranny of King George, and we know that the Africans were bought here against their will. The Mexicans came because the economy below the border made it nearly impossible to survive in Mexico. The Cubans came to flee a dictator. each culture has a story as to why they fled to America, but honestly, no one just stood up and said "Gee, it sure is a nice day to cross the Atlantic Ocean, let's go to America".
With that thought in mind, we should strive to accept each other, not as White Americans, Black Americans, Asian American, Hispanic Americans, or what ever, but as Americans, plain and simple, Americans.
Being Americans, it should not matter what ethnic background our President comes from. The only thing that should matter would be if the person, man or woman, can do the job. You know, right man for the job (well in this day in age, right person for the job)? The color of one's skin should not matter. It shouldn't, but to so many under educated racial supremacists, it does, and again that is a shame.
Perhaps if people would spend more time focussing on education, then the fires of racial ignorance would be easier to contain. It is so amazing what a simple course in American History can do to improve relations in this nation. Trouble is, people only want to learn a single portion of history, usually the portion that makes their position appear to be the right position.
People tend to shun away from the truth, instead of embracing it. Several southern middle class white people adore the Republican Party, but what they fail to realize is that it was the Republican Party who sought to break the financial back of the south, thus propelling our nation into the Civil War. Facts are fact, neither Jefferson Davis nor Stone Wall Jackson were Republicans. Although abolishing slavery was a good thing to do, the motives of the Northern Wiggers/Radical Republicans/Republican Party was not so much to provide a better quality of life for the slaves as it was to remove the engine that kept the economy of the south moving. Guess what? It worked. Without slave labor, the south could not move their crops, thus the economy of the south began to falter, and bullets began to fly. Amazing what one can learn from a history book.
Most typical college students and graduates are completely aware of the methods employed by the Republicans against the south in the years prior to the Civil War. Conversely, most people with less than a college education tend to see the Civil War as the event what the north tried to tell the south that they were not allowed to have slaves to work the field. No reference what so ever to the political affiliation of the north at that time.
Here is the bottom line, America; things aren't always as they seem, and education it the key to embracing the real America. Through education we find that 85-92% of all blood lines in America are mixed blood lines. Matter of factly speaking, my bloodline is a combination of African American, Caucasian, and Cherokee Indian. The more our nation progresses, the more the bloodlines become intermixed with one another. As a result, there is truly nothing purely anything in America anymore. As I stated previously, although the tones of our skin are a variety of shades, we are all, still simply Americans.
In closing, I ask forgiveness for the two white men arrested for plotting to kill Barack Obama. They are the product of an under educated, and under nurtured environment, ergo they know not what they do. Perhaps if they experienced a little more love as children they would have sought to further their education, and become a little more accepting of the diversity of our great nation.
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