The Daily Show, American’s primary newsertainment outlet, recently chastised Glenn Beck for his statements concerning President Obama’s racist statements. Actually, they chastised him for making said statements, revoking them and then making them again. I guess making such bold and unpopular statements might cause one to waver just a bit.
My point here today is that President Obama is a racist. Period. And so am I and so are you. It is human nature to give preferential treatment to one’s own tribe. And since our tribes have been spread and mixed beyond recognition, mankind has deferred to giving preferential treatment to those who look physically similar to ourselves. It is in our nature not be racist, and only through rational though and action can we counter this tendency.
I am not claiming that racism is morally justified, on the contrary, in our modern American society it is a handicap. With the tribal and cultural lines blurred beyond recognition racism just doesn’t make any rational sense. But this is a recent sociological development and since our evolutionary psychological traits are very slow to compensate, I don’t think it’s fair to look down on anyone accidently making a racist statement. What we should watch for is racist policies, laws and social practices. If we can keep these to a minimum then lets let the President drop the N word a few times for shit’s a giggles.
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