What's Black, White, and Read all over? Racism apparently.
Donald Trump
We witnessed Donald Trump make even more of an ass of himself as he galvanized the ignorant and the racist Birther movement inside and outside of the political arena to pressure President Obama into releasing his long form birth certificate. In so doing, he "proved" what was already known to be true by all people with common sense, only to be poked and prodded by other nay-sayers about other issues. What intelligent people knew all along is that this was merely scaffolding for racism and the fundamental belief that a man of African descent could never be the legitimate leadership or representation of "their" country.
Trump positioned himself with the Birther movement, his ridiculous Celebrity Apprentice show and his history of failed businesses and racist housing policies to assert his idea that he should run for President of the United States. Sadly, he took himself seriously only to later produce a cowardly press release about his decision not to run in 2012. This occurs a little over a week after Pres. Obama announces the assassination of Osama bin Laden in a covert mission in Pakistan much to the celebration of the majority of the American public.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Head of the IMF (International Monetary Fund aka Global Economic Vampires & Pimps) and French presidential candidate, Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested last week after attempting to rape a hotel housekeeper in the Sofitel hotel in New York. What was not initially reported is that the woman is African. The responses in France have been ones of shock an anti-American sentiment rather than of empathy for the alleged victim.
Satoshi Kanazawa
On Monday, May 15, Psychology Today published an article by Japanese pseudo-scientist Satoshi Kanazawa entitled "Why Are Black Women Less Physically Attractive Than Other Women". No, I am not making this up. Kanazawa drops such gems as
"women of all races are on average more physically attractive than the "average" Add Health respondent, except for black women." and "What accounts for the markedly lower average level of physical attractiveness among black women? Black women are on average much heavier than nonblack women".
Hold on to your seat Monique and Madea fans. Them's fighting words. Kanazawa then goes on to assert that black women are also more masculine than other women and have higher levels of testosterone. This guy gets published in Psychology Today, and all I have is a lousy blog. Hmm...
Thanks to the rage of black women I know tweeting and (more effectively) writing letters to the editors of the magazine, the ridiculous Bell-Curve inspired article was taken down.
Surely, these individuals have gone mad and thinks that black people ought to be the target of their bad days, irrational hatred, and envy. After giving it some thought, I realized there was a central theme in all of this. Entitlement.
Who the hell does Trump think he is? He's a failed business man with terrible hair, who sells cheaply made ties at Macy's and is the carnival barker for a circus of has-beens and never beens on that dreadful show of his. What kind of prick has the audacity to suggest the POTUS release his birth certificate? This isn't slavery. No self-respecting black person should have to showcase their freedom papers in order to go about their business. He thinks he is entitled to have a voice of legitimacy and that is the furthest thing from the truth. America's refusal to deal with racism head on gives rise to people like "The Donald". What a ridiculous man...
Dominique Strauss-Kahn is another racist jackass. What kind of sick person just thinks they have access to another human being in that way? I wonder whether he thought she would just take it and not try to run or complain. For the record, its not the first time this creep tried to rape someone, yet the IMF has kept him there. Perhaps rapists fit in with what the IMF is all about globally anyway.
Kanazawa and Psychology Today should be banned from ever publishing anything ever again. How dare anyone who passes themselves off as legitimate write such vitriol and think that it makes sense to contribute to the academic community let alone the public? Entitlement predicated on racist assumptions is unfortunately all around us.
Post Racial Society my ass. Read it and weep. Then get over it and tell the world we won't stand for this.
Great post, sir.
ReplyDeleteThe term post-racial is a damn joke. It's one of the reasons why each example in your article is being received with such utter shock, rage, and (albeit necessary)fighting words. Folks think we're really living in a post-racial society. It's here, walking right next to you in the office, standing next to you in the bus, sitting beside the POTUS in the White House, and living down your block. Don't be shocked. Just realize the post-racial society is a myth. It's present.