Come back to bite them

Obama just won the election and already racial outbursts from the whites who did not want a black man in office have begun sprouting up in various states like ragweeds. In Jersey someones Obama victory sign was stolen from their lawn and wrapped around a cross which was burned. In Texas racial graffiti was sprayed on a school wall. Online, at sites like Digg, members hiding behind their screen names are posting articles about violence in the military and making sure to point out the race of the criminals whereas the article they linked to Digg simply addressed the profession of the offenders.

The whites that didn't want the black man running the show are irate, seeing themselves as "losing Their country". They had no real issues with blacks and Latinos so long as a white man ran the show but now that placating attitude Red State whites had toward Latinos and blacks has shifted to outrage and disdain. Now that their hands aren't in control of the car they're overly concerned where the ride ends and their sense of entitlement is in jeopardy.



It still astounds me that a C student, ex-alcoholic, ex-cokehead could become President even after burying THREE corporations in a row. Obama is an Ivy League man, a lawyer, a senator, and now the president of the country. He's intelligent, savvy, charismatic, eloquent, and focused...something we haven't had since JFK.

In fact that's who Obama is to me; JFK and MLK in one body.

The Rebs complete disregard for the young, Latin, and black vote is what caused them the election more so than Sarah Palin's brainlessness. They're attitude is a prime example of the "patting the little Latino / black person on the head" mentality displayed toward us. Now that we've shown what our votes can accomplish, those types of whites are worried shitless and angry. To them its almost as if the pets have taken over the house and they don't know how to cope.

The student is destined to surpass the massa, que no?

No one thought Obama would win but we hoped. Most of us were sure the Republicans would fuck the election out from under us yet again the way Bush did...twice. For many like myself, had that happened this would have been our last election.

The Red Staters whose racism is pouring from their very pores in these new days may as well pack it up and move further into the South so they can feel safe.

Obama losing the white vote to McCain was not a surprise, the point percentage however was. The GOP got a huge wake up call this year and actually had the audacity to wonder how they lost the latin vote? As if they ever had it. Even the PC white guys who think they're "down" because they date black and latin women can't believe the power shift in the country now. They have to fake the funk now more than ever with a plastered smile on their drawn faces if they're to have any hope of getting through the next four years.

Their "love" for other cultures will be truly tested. I imagine next election, if there's a female candidate or a person of color, whites will pour out in record numbers just to make sure another Obama doesn't happen and they can get "their country" back into the right / white hands.

But for now we can hope Obama pulls out a few Hail Mary's and rights as many wrongs as he's able to after the huge dump Bush is taking on the white house prior to his leaving. He's making sure he passes as many last minutes laws as possible for him and his buddies before Obama takes the reins making things as hard for Barrack as possible.

But what those white people don't realize is that the "minorities" are used to struggle and overcoming huge, seemingly impossible obstacles so I'm sure Obama won't shake, crack, or falter the way Bush did when the planes hit. Obama won't stay frozen with a children's book in his hand in the face of a major threat.

That's not how we do. We cope because we've had to, because whites have forced us to be tougher than nails.

Well now its come back to bite them in their electoral asses.

One last thought, myself and about every other black person I know are incredibly concerned for Obama's life. Presidents lives are in danger on a regular basis but a Black President...? He's going to need triple the normal amount of security for all of the aforementioned reasons and a dozen others I won't even bother to go into now.

Every step he takes will reshape the ground beneath his feet.