( - promoted by Eric B.)
If you don't want to be called a racist (and no one has actually done that), Nick, then don't engage in race baiting. It's very simple. Barack Obama and Kwame Kilpatrick don't have a meaningful relationship. People who understand their relationship describe it as chilly. So, when you throw videos up on the Internet that suggest otherwise, you're relying on something other than evidence to support your charge. In this particular instance, it's either that the two men happen to be Democrats, or that the two men happen to be African Americans. Because the two have no common ground as Democrats -- one is a senator from Illinois, one is the mayor of Detroit -- the only substantial link left is that of race. People who are bonafide racists will link the two in their minds under racist assumptions. When you play to that, whether purposefully or unwittingly, you are engaging in race baiting. When you do things like post photos of two men who barely know each other side-by-side and imply a deep relationship as such, you are continuing to engage in race baiting. You could stop playing on people's racist assumptions by no longer implying that a relationship that doesn't exist does. One final note: I do a lot of things. Stringing for the Midland newspaper is the least among them. Because I generally like to see people succeed, if the shoe were on the other foot, and you landed work with a regular media outlet, then I'd offer my congratulations ... not try to get you fired. |
