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Mr. Mensch
04-15-2014, 08:21 AM
So "Racism" once more stalks among us! The Obama administration and its congressional minions are in full-court press style on the topic.Whatever intentions Obama may genuinely have harbored regarding the prospect of racial reconciliation, he switched relatively quickly to the tried and true tactic of race baiting. Not the baiting of blacks; no one (such is our good fortune) does that anymore; rather, the baiting of unidentified, because unidentifiable, white people who want to keep power out of black hands.
The only race war going on around here in 2014 is the one that Democrats wage for the immemorial purpose of gaining and holding onto power. With Obama low in the polls and Democratic control of the Senate threatened, the party sinks to the occasion. Make sure black voters remember to show up in big numbers next November -- such is the plan.
"Racism" in 21st century America, with its biracial president, its multitude of government programs meant to nurture and raise up non-whites, its affirmative action programs at universities and corporations, racism endures largely as a plug-in political concept. It doesn't refer to the process and practice of tribal identification. It means, "Watch out, bad guys coming." Likewise "sexism," though that's not today's topic. Outside the realm of power politics you rarely hear such pejoratives.

http://townhall.com/columnists/billmurchison/2014/04/15/main-street-usa-n1824461/page/full

In the case of Sharpton and Lee, their entire careers and lives are dependent on racism existing, so you can guarantee that they will find evidence whether it exists or not. In Obama's case, he is finding that it is a convenient way to shutdown discussion with opponents and as a good excuse for his failures.