Comments on: The N Word On ‘The View’ http://cantholdmytongue.com/2008/07/21/250/ Another Wordpress black weblog Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:52:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: walterrock http://cantholdmytongue.com/2008/07/21/250/#comment-890 walterrock Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:07:54 +0000 http://chmt.wordpress.com/?p=250#comment-890 Obama speaks the way all blacks have spoken since slavery:blackspeak. It is a language of survival that we us even today to co exist in this society. Slaves did what they could to get by, to just live in a world where they had little, or no control. So leave Obama alone; his job right now is not to represent the views of black people, even though he KNOWS what our plight is. He made a choice to GO BLACK, as seen by his choice of a sister instead of a white woman, which, I promise you, he could have had. I'm just being straight up, he chose BLACK! I have no problem with who a brother marries, it's not my business (as Cedric said, we blacks get crazy about our business) but again, he chose black. Clarence Thomas didn't, and in my opinion, kinda hates his darkness! Give him a break and he will do everyone proud. Obama speaks the way all blacks have spoken since slavery:blackspeak.
It is a language of survival that we us even today to co exist in this society. Slaves did what they could to get by, to just live in a world where they had little, or no control. So leave Obama alone; his job right now is not to represent the views of black people, even though he KNOWS what our plight is. He made a choice to GO BLACK, as seen by his choice of a sister instead of a white woman, which, I promise you, he could have had.
I’m just being straight up, he chose BLACK! I have no problem with who a brother marries, it’s not my business (as Cedric said, we blacks get crazy about our business) but again, he chose black. Clarence Thomas didn’t, and in my opinion, kinda hates his darkness! Give him a break and he will do everyone proud.

]]> By: marcg http://cantholdmytongue.com/2008/07/21/250/#comment-843 marcg Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:32:38 +0000 http://chmt.wordpress.com/?p=250#comment-843 But ask yourself why Elisabeth and those who agree with her even hold the position that they do. The problem here is that Elisabeth Hasselback represents a white worldview that has a problem not controlling any and every domain of life. That is the issue. She doesn't like that whites can't use this word but Blacks can. It represents a boundary. A domain that whites do not control. I don't think she even thinks about this but this is the root of her acting. When you are white you are used to running the show. When that isn't the case, something just feels wrong about a situation. Most whites don't acknowledge the truth in this because this dynamic is somewhat invisible due to white supremacy being the norm in the overall society. Ask yourself something. Is Hasselback and those that agree with her, actually concerned about the plight of Black people in the US? Why does she even care about this issue??? It's not because she cares about Black people. It is because she cares about not having white boundaries. She cares about white control of social dynamics. She probably doesn't think about this overtly but on a deeper, perhaps even subconscious level, she, like most whites, is concerned about maintaining the status quo. A racialized social order controlled by whites that has been the norm since this country's inception. Unless you believe Hasselback's interest in this is purely the well-being of Black people, then what else could be her motivation? But ask yourself why Elisabeth and those who agree with her even hold the position that they do.

The problem here is that Elisabeth Hasselback represents a white worldview that has a problem not controlling any and every domain of life. That is the issue. She doesn’t like that whites can’t use this word but Blacks can. It represents a boundary. A domain that whites do not control. I don’t think she even thinks about this but this is the root of her acting. When you are white you are used to running the show. When that isn’t the case, something just feels wrong about a situation.

Most whites don’t acknowledge the truth in this because this dynamic is somewhat invisible due to white supremacy being the norm in the overall society.

Ask yourself something. Is Hasselback and those that agree with her, actually concerned about the plight of Black people in the US? Why does she even care about this issue??? It’s not because she cares about Black people. It is because she cares about not having white boundaries. She cares about white control of social dynamics.

She probably doesn’t think about this overtly but on a deeper, perhaps even subconscious level, she, like most whites, is concerned about maintaining the status quo.

A racialized social order controlled by whites that has been the norm since this country’s inception.

Unless you believe Hasselback’s interest in this is purely the well-being of Black people, then what else could be her motivation?

]]> By: Chcago60613 http://cantholdmytongue.com/2008/07/21/250/#comment-840 Chcago60613 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:30:30 +0000 http://chmt.wordpress.com/?p=250#comment-840 Is anyone listening to what Elisabeth is saying?? I am the first to admit that some of her comments are over the top and out of tune with reality. In this case this is a woman that really seems to want to resolve what is a source of pain for some and a source of control for others. What is lost by giving up the word??? It is a word!! And as Whoopi stated a word that is only given meaning by those that use it....so if no one uses it does it no longer have meaning? Is anyone listening to what Elisabeth is saying?? I am the first to admit that some of her comments are over the top and out of tune with reality. In this case this is a woman that really seems to want to resolve what is a source of pain for some and a source of control for others. What is lost by giving up the word??? It is a word!! And as Whoopi stated a word that is only given meaning by those that use it….so if no one uses it does it no longer have meaning?

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