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What does it take for Black Americans to be considered full Americans? Blacks have served in every war this country has ever fought, have served the government on almost every level, and have the same amount of love for America and the American way of life as anyone else, some may argue even more so since we have had to love America enough to forgive it for its systematic sins against us as a race with slavery and Jim Crow laws. So why is it that Senator Obama having served his country working as a community organizer, a state legislator, and then a U.S. senator must prove over and over again that he is a true patriotic American? I have to ask White Americans what do you consider to be a true American? If someone like Senator Obama is not considered a true American then what does that make the rest of us? What does that make the black school teacher, the dish washer, the doctor, the federal employee, the stock broker, or the poor unemployed guy struggling to find a job? I want to hear from the rest of you out there Black and White alike what does it take to be considered a true American? I ask because to a lot of Republicans it is not a birth right since John McCain who was not born in the United Stated but in Panama and is viewed as wholly American yet Senator Obama who was born in Hawaii is considered less of an American and must wear a flag pin on his lapel while his foreign born opponent does not. Does being born white make a person more American than a black person born in the United States?

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The Olympic Games are about national pride and goodwill through sport and fair competition not arrogant displays of personal athletic superiority. Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt shamed himself and Jamaica by not performing to the best of his abilities for his country but instead deciding during the 100m finals to let up and celebrate through the last 15 meters of the race. Granted he won the race and set a new world record but he did not run as fast as he could have when he had a chance to perform at an even higher level for his country on the largest stage of all sport. Maybe not all athletes feel about their countries as American’s do but can you imagine Michael Phelps popping his head from the water and whopping it up as he came into the wall during one of his gold medal, world record setting races. Bolt said he was just happy when he realized he was going to be an Olympic champion, but could that celebration have not waited another half a second? I personally think he didn’t want to break the world record by very much as he could have because when he goes to run on Europe next month he will be offered a million dollars and more for breaking a world record at their meet. So did Bolt sellout his country’s Olympic glory for future cash? Or was he truly just jubilant? What do you think does showboating have its place in the Olympics? I think being proud of your accomplishments is perfectly fine and the celebration of those same feats is fine too as long as they are not done during the course of play.

Leave me a comment and let me know what you think about Usain Bolt’s performance and what level of respect athletes should show when representing their countries on a world stage.

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Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is promising change if we vote him into the White House. What change would you like to see come of a Barack Obama presidency? Of all of the political changes that can be made with energy policy, national defense, foreign policy, and healthcare what other changes would you like to see come from his presidency, non political changes. As a Black man I would like to see an attitude change in America and globally about Black men. I hope that with a black man in the White House people will begin to be able to see black men without being afraid, without thinking the worst about us, without lumping all of us into the same group categorized by stereotypes and racism. I know this is not something he can legislate or a political battle he can fight, nor does he have to. All he has to do is not screw up and make us look bad.

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There is currently a civil war within the Black Community men vs. women. Are you sleeping with the enemy or loving your ally? Black men and women in America have been fighting the forces of racism for hundreds of years and fighting each other off and on for that same amount of time. This war is not a naturally occurring conflict but one orchestrated by White slave owners to control their Black slaves as laid out in the infamous “Willie Lynch Letter.” Throughout the course of the conflict Black women have had a powerful ally in the White male. White men set out to make Black women independent and at the same time emasculating Black men by beating them in front of their women. While slavery ended years ago the mindset of slavery has been past down from generation to generation with both Black and White people.

There was a time when the Black woman was able to see through the schemes of racist and they fought against it refusing to become romantically involved with their White cohorts. However, deep seated resentment of the Black man, and the Black woman’s constant professing of her independence prevented the family from stabilizing. Now, after a brief period of economic prosperity and political gains for Black men, Black women have re-allied themselves with their white co-conspirators and Black men are again being marginalized.

This time however, the battle is different because Black women have decided to abandon Black men on all fronts and they are flat out excluding Black men from the dating, marrying, education, and employment pool and only going after White men and men of any other race other than their own. Black men too are dating interracially however Black men are not leaving the community. Black women on the other hand are leaving in by the scores and taking their much needed intellectual, financial, and spiritual resources with them.

Interracial relationships are not the problem in the Black community the problem is that many Blacks practice intra-racial racism.

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If you invited a friend over for dinner and offered them nearly all that you had only to discover that they were stealing from you would you invite them back? would you continue that friendship? The State of Israel has had America as a best friend since its modern day inception. The United States has shared secrets, intelligence, and technology with Israel so there is no need to for them to steal from us but they consistently spy on our country. As an American how do you stand in opposition to the behaviors of Israel without being labeled an anti-Semite? I take issue with Israel not because of the ethnic make up of its citizenry but because of it’s polices that violate U.S. national security and tarnish America’s already fragile international reputation.

The United Stated has long been courting friends and allies in the Middle East however; those efforts have been hampered by our close relationship with Israel. One of the loudest complaints lodged against the U.S. by Arab nations in the Middle East is that America is providing Israel with weapons and weapons technology used to attack their countries and civilians in violation of the United States own Arms Export Control Act of which states, “Sec. 4.44 Purposes for Which Military Sales by the United States Are Authorized.—Defense articles and defense services shall be sold or leased by the United States Government under this Act to friendly countries solely for internal security, for legitimate Self-defense.” Israel has violated this section of the agreement by using war planes and cluster bombs for offensive measures against civilian targets in its 2006 conflict against Lebanon. Because of this violation the transfer of weapons and weapons technology to Israel should be suspended. One could even make the argument that because of it espionage activities against the United States Israel should have its friendly nation status revoked and aid to Israel should be halted until further review of the stability of our countries relationship.

Each and every presidential candidate must profess their undying love for Israel and to do otherwise would be to commit political suicide. However, if any of these same candidates were to offer the same level of affection to any other country that had violated our national security that candidate would be labeled as weak or worse, anti-American. So how do we get our candidates to put American interest first? Why should we expect our presidential candidates to treat Israel as a friendly nation when they assault our sovereignty by spying on us and consistently violate U.S. arms agreements?

To be clear I am not some sort of Zionist that does not believe Israel should exist. I fully support the right of Israel to exist as an independent nation and as any other nation caught practicing espionage against the U.S. and violating arms agreements they should be punished swiftly and severely with economic political sanctions in accordance with United Nations articles.

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Interracial relationships have long been the subject of heated debate there are even laws against it in some countries and we used to have laws against it here in America. Now here in the U.S., at least, anyone can date and marry anyone of any race but why do they? Do people date interracially because they love the person of the other race or because they hate their own people? How many times have you heard White men say they only date Asian women because they are submissive or not mouthy like White American women or Black men who say they only date White women because they are freaks in the bedroom and they are not loud like Black women? Women have their own reasons like White women who say they date Black men because they are well endowed and Black women who offer the reasons for dating other races because Black men are no good, dogs or on the DL.

The thing that makes me question the validity of the love that interracial couples share is that when asked why they started to date interracially it often has much more to do with things they don’t like about their own race rather than things they like about the people they are dating. On the other hand some of that faith is restored knowing that for most people to date interracially is to meet with scorn from both their respective communities and those who willingly accept that must share something greater than superficial desires.

So if people are dating interracially for the right reasons, because of personal attraction and general interest, and marrying for the right reasons, love and compatibility, then how do we look at race moving forward? Is race to be viewed as just a physical attribute, a feature that some prefer over others like blue eyes rather than green or red hair instead of blond? If you consider yourself a “breast man” because you like breast is it now then ok for people to consider themselves “black men” because they like Black women?

Finally, if race is now just a feature of preference like long legs or nice pecks then should people be offended if others only prefer those that are Black, Asian or otherwise? Women have said they have been offended when guys are only attracted to them because they have big boobs or a round butt, should one be then offended if someone is only attracted to them because they are Black or White?

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Are Black People Sellouts If They Vote For Hilary Clinton?

With a Blackman as a viable candidate for the Democratic nomination for the President of The United States of America in Barak Obama is it wrong for a black person to vote for or support Hilary Clinton over Barak Obama? Many Black people have been labeled “sellouts,” “coons,” and “Uncle Toms” is this fair? Is it a fair political tactic for friends and family to use peer pressure to get votes for Barak Obama based on race? With two candidates that have similar policy positions and members of the same political party should Black people feel obligated to vote for the Black candidate over the candidate?

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I watch a lot of TV series and watching makes me ask if White America is trying to destroy, undermine, and eliminate the structure of the Black family? If you watch TV on just about any network cable or otherwise it is almost impossible to see displays of Black love and see a Black family unit on TV. In just about every case of a Black person on TV their love interest is a person of a different ethnic background unless the series is based on a semi-autobiographical storyline like “Everybody Hates Chris” about the childhood of comedian Chris Rock, or the relationship is in turmoil. Grey’s Anatomy which shows both a Black man and Black woman in marriages with Black spouses also shows both of those marriages in disarray and in the final stages of collapsing. Why have the writers and studio heads made a conscious decision not to show Black on Black love?

If you watch some of todays biggest TV hit series from across the genre board you will find that Black men and women are not being cast opposite of each other as love interest. For instance, in the Showtime series “Weeds” they show a Black man with White women and on the Sci-Fi Channel’s hit series Battlestar Gallactica there is a Black woman with a White man. On regular network television it is the same situation if you look a “Lost” there is a Black woman and White man, and on Heroes there is a Black man with a White woman. Are the networks trying to say that the viewing public will not believe or accept Black people loving each other or are the networks attempting to mentally and emotionally condition the Black community into believing that as a Black person in order for you to be happy you must date marry and mate with someone outside of your race?

If the numbers of shows with interracial relationships was a more realistic number or even at a more equitable ratio of Black love to interracial love I would give the media the benefit of the doubt but they don’t deserve that benefit and need to be called out on their blatantly racist and destructive behavior.

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