Racism's Still Alive, They Just Be Concealing It"

Wile reading yet another Clinton attack on Obama today, I scrolled down to the bottom of the page to check out some of the comments. There I was confronted with a comment basically stating that black people needed to stop betting on Obama, apparently thinking his election would finally allow us to get our "comeuppance." It's asinine statements like this that let me know just how much racism is still alive. The only difference between now and the past is that we as a people are less accepting of such behavior and racists have to hide behind their words. They can't blatantly say how they feel about minorities and get away with it. Also we as a people no longer fear intimidation and white people in general. Society as a whole is less accepting of racist ideas and so people have to hide their identities. The fact that a black man could possibly be president will only increase the anxiety and annoyance amongst racist and I fear what actions they will take if Obama actually wins the presidential election. Of course,I want him to win but I also know his winning will lead to violence.

We all know someone who is a closet bigot. Perhaps it's your boss or maybe it's a neighbor or a co-worker. You can often tell them just on how they interact with minorities. They may be polite but not friendly or perhaps they interact with minorities as little as possible. We never really thought racism was dead, but we are constantly ambushed and bombarded whenever we believe someone is a racist or has made a racist statement. We are often accused of "playing" the race card. As if our slot in this country has improved drastically since lynchings and slavery and we are trying to keep milking it for all it's worth. Black people are still treated as second class citizens. Affirmative action worked more for white women than black people, yet white people get all up in arms when they believe one of us has taken a job or a spot in a college from them. Who knew these things belonged to white people. They have this sense of entitlement that annoys the hell out of me. I'm so tired of constantly reading comments and papers where a white person talks about how one of them lost out to a black person because of affirmative action. Yes we know your kind would much rather hire you and most often do, but every once in a while it's impossible to deny that someone of another race is better qualified and will do a better job than any white applicant. Any company that's truly about succeeding will pick the better candidate based on his/her qualifications and skills, not skin color. It is really time for white people to get over their sense of entitlement and get over the fact that we are just as good as them or better and that we earn and deserve what we have, nothing has been given to us.