“Why can’t we all just get along?”
Rodney King said that. He said that was after the cops who beat him 3/4 of the way to death were acquitted by an all-white jury. He said that while many of the black citizens of Los Angeles were dragging white truck drivers out of their cabs and beating them 3/4 of the way as well.
It’s a pretty simple question, right? But it’s a far more complex answer.
To underscore how complex and difficult an answer to King’s question may be to find, ponder this:
Today, the first black American to be a legitimate candidate for president will once again take the national stage in the first of a series of debates. It’s pretty amazing to think that this debate will take place at Ole Miss, a university that rioted when the feds tried to integrate it. Where, not five years ago, the mascot was a fucking slave owner named Colonel Rebel.
Col. Rebel
It’s a big step forward, no doubt. But tonight also highlights how fucking backward we still are. Guess who is showing up to the debate?
These guys:
The KKK is planning to show up and distribute literature and membership applications to the crowd in and around the debate tonight, according to Time magazine. And their idiotic ramblings may not fall on deaf ears. Many of the black students at Ole Miss (now 14% of the student body) have reported acts of racism or violence perpetrated against them by white students.
In essence, Barack Obama could be the President of the United States of America, but he would still get a beer can thrown at him if went to the wrong frat party at Ole Miss?
Why can’t we all just get along? It’s a long story, Rodney.
Source: http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1844872,00.html?cnn=yes
Charlie Johnson: Charlie is a student in news/editorial journalism and fully supports changing our national anthem from "The Star-Spangled Banner" to "Go Cubs Go."
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collegefootballfan (collegefootballfan) says:
(Posted February 15th, 2010 at 5:23 pm)
actually col. reb is based off of a black man named James Ivy who attended all the football games from 1896-1936 and not a white slave owner. you should get your facts right before posting things like this….
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KEKE (KEKE) says:
(Posted February 18th, 2009 at 12:35 am)
FUCK YOU KKK’S YALL CAN EAT OUT MY ASS FOR ALL I GIVE A FUCK I HATE YALL MUTHERFUCKIN ASSES THATS WHY ARE PESIDENT BLACK HAHAHA BITCHEZ …..