Isaac Bailey begins his column in the Myrtle Beach (S.C.) Sun as follows:
Sometimes I’m afraid of being black, afraid of what it means.
I’ve been in this skin for more than 32 years and still can’t quite figure out how it defines me, can’t quite figure out how others view me.
Sometimes it’s limiting. I write about race and instantly there are those who believe I do it because I have dark skin. It can’t possibly be because it’s an important issue in which we all have a stake.
And a few paragraphs later:
I didn’t expect hard work to pay off and didn’t believe I would be afforded the same respect from white colleagues as from fellow black journalists. But for the most part, I’ve received it.
I didn’t expect upon being named business editor – after a recommendation from a white colleague – that the white CEOs and other executives I’d come to know while covering real estate would be among the first to congratulate me.
I didn’t expect black readers to accept my opposition to race-based affirmative action without revoking my negro card. But they’ve accepted it.
Read, as they say, the whole thing.
Very nice catch. Any knowledge on the history of this columnist? It seems that in his earlier days he was more liberal and after having that worldview challenged by his everyday he’s become more conservative.
Wow! So, if I read his column right, all the black pundits and black culture experts told him to expect to face constant discrimination all his life, and when it hasn’t happened, he was surprised.
The elephant in the room is that overall, blacks tend to be much more racist than whites, and their behavior is more over-the-top. But nobody wants to admit that, because it’s not PC.
“The elephant in the room is that overall, blacks tend to be much more racist than whites, and their behavior is more over-the-top. But nobody wants to admit that, because it’s not PC.”
nobody (important) wants to admit it because it’s an unsupportable statement. That is such a sweeping statement, ludicrous on its face given the reality of race history in America. And what does “much more racist” mean? That blacks really, really, really hate whites? That blacks hate whites really, really, really more intensely? The fact of the matter is that racism (or more properly bigotry) is a part of the human condition, evenly distributed in humans.
Where’s Cobra when we need him?
Nobody Important,
I can’t really add much to what you posted. I think you’ve nailed this one.
:-)
–Cobra
Strangely enough, I agree with Cobra … Nice post “Nobody Important”