Turning on the news in the past few weeks, Americans were glued to their to their TV sets on the consequences of the Travyon martin case and unspoken political correctness on race that serenades the Black/Hispanic communities. The Zimmerman’s case surrounds stand your ground laws, racial injustice and racial profiling but stand you ground laws is a topic for another day. Â Blacks especially have a long way to go to achieve the “Martin Luther King’s dream”; let us not forget that times have gotten better but there is still racism that exists. One of the most racial statements that hit me like a ton of bricks is “We are in a post racial America, we have a black president”. So what? Obama is the most racially criticized president, which is obvious because of the color of his skin. Racists predominantly found Republican party have used the argument to prove their “approval” in supporting racial diversity. Some whites used this presumed excuse to neglect building racial bridges forgetting that they are always privileged and offer hands to the racially downtrodden. Obama being in the office this second term is a predicate to the fact that Americans demographics are shifting to racial separation not unity. Older white men, southern white men, married white couples overwhelmingly supported Romney while single women, younger whites, minorities highly favored Obama. Â Â Not to disregard Obama’s contribution to African Americans and racial equality but his position in the world is double edged…..He cannot play into being a black man and support black causes or Africa’s struggles….He has to be fair in all racial categories. If Obama passes laws that indisputably helps Africans or Black Americans, he will be called out as “racial nepotist” which Bill Clinton, George Bush and George Bush Jr, did not have to face. If Obama shows any signs of anger towards the irresponsible congress, he will be painted as the stereotypical “angry black man” Â regardless whether his attitude was positive or negative.
The bubble of supposed “post racial america” that seems to blind people never existed and needs to stop. The problems of African Americans has resonated from slavery, lost connection with the African continent, oppression (social, political and educational), poverty, focusing on education especially science rather than entertainment and sports, civil injustice, prison systems, fatherless family structure and drugs. It should be noted that African Americans know that some of the problems they have are self inflicted but there are several factors that surrounds the African  Black Americans are expected by Caucasians to forget 400 years of above state problems and redeem themselves after Obama’s election and become equal with themselves. Caucasians especially Americans have never felt oppression so there can never relate to the plight of being black in this world. I made a scientific joke based on relativity on relative motion in different inertial reference frames with a friend about comparing blacks with whites…it goes:
Whites are moving at the speed of light
to achieve societal happiness in everyday life.
Blacks are moving at the speed of the fastest tortoise
to see the gleam of “make-believe” happiness in everyday life
separated by over 450 years of racial injustice.
Guess who makes the finish line first?
Conservative political pundits like Bill O’reilly have pointed fingers at African Americans as the reasons for their problems. That is a cynical and obviously incomplete answer to the question.  Bill lives in the “WHITE BUBBLE” that tends to forget the socio-economic inequality that has pushed blacks to the end of the buses in economic prosperity. Sorry Don Lemon (CNN anchor) raised some good points but pulling your pants up (only advocates for societal uprightness not racial disparities) will is not a real factor that will uplift Black people but the above problems. I thin the rebuttal by Time Wise on lemon’s points paints the other side of the coin regarding Black-white relations and black societal issues. They both raised interesting and somewhat true but it is incomplete. Personally, I dress up to par with society standards but I have faced racial profiling from the police that shocked me.
I am an African immigrant and have seen and perceived racism directly and indirectly and the misconception of post racial society is unsubstantiated. I have learnt from Trayvon martin case that….. Black people be cognizant of your surroundings at all times while Whites look forward and smile.  I asked my African American friend…..What is the important issue to be solved in the Black society. He replied that  poverty in the american society is a good start, it will cure the racial tension that leaves a bitter taste in Black people and cure the “White guilt”. Remember black to white reverse racism is  ideologically not real, you cannot oppress the “oppressor”. I am not taking sides but an advocate for racial equality. So no, we are not in a post racial America.
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