White Rage by Dr. Carol Anderson

    Dr. Anderson wants to rant about how white people are all getting over-defensive towards black American improvement. She thinks that white Americans are all retreating behind high walls in order to protect their turf, so they can be sure to leave nothing for the blacks. First she blames white Republicans for Obama’s bad rap, citing Congressman Joe Wilson of South Carolina and his “you lie” outburst. Then comes House Speaker Boehner and his deliberate slighting of the president. Given, both these guys were wrong. For Wilson, he’s well-educated enough to know better, so he can’t claim stupidity, and as an officer in the National Guard he should be setting an example. As for Boehner, he was wrong to schedule a foreign head of state to speak to Congress without telling the White House.  Dr. Anderson is right; the Republicans went out of their way to publicly slight the president. The question is how did it start and why?

    D.L. Hughley, in his book I Want You to Shut the F-ck Up interprets Boehner’s actions as “telling that black man he’d better learn his place.” Obviously, the House Speaker and the rest of the conservatives hardly gave Obama a chance, no doubt about that. My question is why Obama didn’t prepare for it? He could have met with all these guys before the election and said “gentlemen, let’s face it, I’m going to win, so now you need to let me know what you’re going to need, we’ll all have to get along.” Reagan and Tip O’Neil, opposites politically, got along well, same thing with Clinton and Gingrich. So why has the US Congress become polarized? Do both sides lack restraint? Does Obama think he has to be enemies with the Republicans?

    Take as an example the Facebook threats that Obama received (though I’m not sure how much time the President spends on Facebook, so I don’t know if he saw it) and which Facebook took down. Obama could’ve laughed it off or ignored it. I can imagine him saying “in high school you’re just unpopular, but in the Presidency they override your vetoes.” He could’ve been the “Teflon” president, with no criticism sticking, but he ended up criticized for everything. Maybe he overextended himself?

    After listing all the things that she thinks whites have done to sabotage the president, she cites Lawrence Otis Graham’s son’s experience as an example of pervasive racism. The boy attended a New England boarding school, and a carload of local whites called him a nigger, which according to her means America is racist. I say Dr. Anderson needs to give us a break; everywhere in the USA, the locals, or “townies” if you prefer, don’t like the students. Remember Wes Moore’s book, where he attends Valley Forge Military Academy, and the local whites are nasty? I promise you that no matter what your color, the locals do not like the rich kids who attend the boarding schools. Unfortunately, Dr. Anderson doesn’t care about the white students at Yale, Temple, University of Chicago, or Pratt, who get shot by local black criminals.

    If Dr. Anderson wants to do something about racism, why not complain about all the corrupt black politicians who can always count on the black vote? Why not discuss the nepotism in the construction industry, and how it keeps black men (and women) out? Or that question I’m always asked by black kids; why white parents talk to their kids and give them time-outs, while black parents belt their kids’ butts?

    Dr. Anderson obviously thinks it’s all one great big conspiracy by white people to ruin black America. Well guess what Dr. Anderson, you’re right. It’s all a big conspiracy to ruin you. White politicians are having secret meetings right now to discuss how they’re going to steal your money, ruin your career, throw you in jail to silence you, and force you to watch ice hockey. Maybe they’ll even try to ban the NBA and force black people to watch NASCAR.