Vicious Rants of an Angry Yellow Man

Two things about racism I found disturbing last week. The first one was not actually racism in itself. It was about lack of discussion about racial relations. Eric Holder, the new attorney general, called the U.S. a nation of cowards. I thought the attorney general is supposed to be an expert on law and not on people's feelings. Calling us the nation of cowards goes way too far. The people who are not afraid to speak their mind about race usually have their own agenda. Some maybe racists, like the KKK. Some maybe extreme liberals, like Al Sharpton, who looks at every perceived injustice through racism. Certainly the majority of the country are not in these two groups. Most people are afraid to offend others and avoid sensitive subjects. This does not make them cowards, just normal people. For example most non-blacks would be afraid to stand up and say that black men need to step up and take care of the children. Can you imagine Bill Clinton, a friend of blacks, saying that? Only a black leader like Obama can say that. This does not mean Clinton is a coward.

The other item was the cartoon of a two policmen shooting a chimp with the inscription: "now they have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill". This was an obvious reference to Obama as a chimp. The writer and the editor tried to deny this saying it was just a parody. They said Obama did not write the stimulus bill so if anything the chimp was Pelosi or Reid, which they claim was not either. That is an absurd explanation. Given the long history of racists referring blacks to monkeys, the inference here is obvious. Nobody would think the cartoonist meant Pelosi or Reid as a monkey. In any case, whoever the chimp is supposed to represent, the cartoonist thinks that the person responsible for the stimulus bill should be shot. Regardless whether you like the stimulus bill or not this crosses the line.