I'm not supprised at the faux outrage I'm hearing coming from the right on President' Carter's statement last night on MSNBC'S 'Morning Joe' political talk show. The NBC anchor Brian Williams interviewed the former President and his comment on race relations in this country was in my opinon, straightforward and concise. What he said was, “Racism ... still exists and I think it has bubbled up to the surface because of a belief among many white people, not just in the south but around the country, that African-Americans are not qualified to lead this great country. It’s an abominable circumstance and grieves me and concerns me very deeply,” . Mr. Carter also reiterated that, “I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he is African-American,".
I have to agree with the former president's conclusions and I suspect that a fair majority of Americans do as well. However, it appears that a certain group of conservatives, particularly those views heard this morning on the above mentioned television program just don't get it, or at the very least, they pretend to not understand the point he was making concerning the established fact of the ugly stain of racism in our country's history.
Of course the former President did not say nor did he infer in any way that simply because some American's are opposed to the views and policies of the current administration, that they are ALL 'racists'. Which is the recent rantings from conservatives,'tea partiers', birther's, and the like.
The former President is not a simpleton nor does he have any incentive to fan the flames of racism in a nation that is already on the verge of a wildfire. Those who attack him in this way are either misinformed or are treading very dangerous waters.
I had my problems with the Carter administratiion to be fair but to simply incite the crazies in this country to further divide decent people by disparaging him is not only dishonorable but very much so a dangerous tact.
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Reg,
ReplyDeleteI agree with President Carter. He knows how dangerous this could become. He is a man of peace and he knows this outrage by some, mainly the RR and other extremist, could lead to danger. I also understand why President Obama has to play it down, even though too many Americans, black, white, and other, know much of the "outrage" is the underlying racial issue....Or that it is an excuse to incite against what our President is trying to do for the benefit of our country.