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BARACK HUSEIN OBAAMA

At the end of a long campaign for the Democratic party’s nomination is the brick wall that reminds us all that we are a nation built on the premise of supremacy. This is the mortar in our national joints. You can’t be mad at President Clinton and his wife for using that knowledge no more than you should be upset with Reverend Wright for overstating the obvious. This is our reality, and collectively we are too scared of what lies beyond in order to change it.

One of the biggest reasons for my choice not to support OBAAMA has been my feeling that his candidacy was an offer to a low budget racial reconciliation. I don’t want white to have to suffer the same way that Blacks have in this country, but I don’t want white’s responsibility to still be the burden of a colored person, particularly a Black male. After several generations of supremacy in this country it will require more effort than placing a plastic bottle in the recycling container, or wearing a ribbon on your lapel because you donated money to GreenPeace.

I am looking for a lot more from white than they may honestly want to give up. Equity in terms of access to education must be fought for, because if Black children aren’t taught with the same vigor and zeal as the white then we are conscripting these children to a lesser life immediately. I appreciate that the dialogue is being raised again and again, but what we are NOT confronting is what continues to make these discussions invalid. When will America remove its caste system from our collective socio-eco-political minds?

OBAAMA’s candidacy has shown me that we still cling to this notion feverishly. People are working serious overtime to maintain the status quo. I need to see some white stand up and say that they are willing to spend some time as the ‘wretched of the Earth’. When that day comes then I might consider casting my vote for BARACK HUSEIN OBAAMA.