Letters to the Editor
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As an actual black person,
not a group, statistic or arguing about who would make the best president, I'm starting to get really pissed off.
First thing that's pissing me off is everyone insisting that black people are racist for voting for Obama. Black people also voted for Kerry, for Gore and for Clinton--in huge numbers. When blacks vote for Obama, all of a sudden we're intolerant? WTF! I'd say it's more a case of us being chronic democrats. Black people's voting pattern most closely mirrors those of socialist democrats--who are often not black. Obama is considered the more liberal candidate, so it makes sense blacks are voting for him.
Second thing that's pissing me off is the sudden hatred blacks and hispanics are supposed to be feeling for one another. I live in Chicago, which ranks fifth behind New York, Los Angeles, Texas and Florida, in largest number of Hispanics. I even live in a predominantly Mexican neighboorhood. I've never had any problems with Mexicans and vice versa. This whole line is just manufactured BS. In Chicago, blacks and hispanics get along; heck, sometimes we're even friends!
Third thing that' pissing me off, is everyone's obsession with all of this mixed-race stuff. All black people in this country are mixed. Hispanics are mixed. White people are mixed. WE'RE ALL MIXED. GET OVER THIS LIMITED LINE OF THINKING.
Sheesh!
--tb