Obviously, Mr. Manis has been spending too much time around black race hustlers. If whites care so much about white skin then why do so many bake in the sun to make their skin darker? Personally, I wouldn’t mind having darker skin myself so I would’nt burn like hell when I go to the beach. It’s never been about skin color that is just something the black race hustlers made up trying to make white people look stupid. There are many more obvious differences between blacks and whites like hair and facial structure. Not to mention DNA differences that have been proven.

My first question to Dr Manis will be Where do you live?
Second question. Do you have a child or children attend public school that has 60 to 90% African Americans student body?
And last Are you married to African American women or Man and how do you deal with the hatred that’s directed toward yourself because of your relationship with a person not of your race.

I find this commentary to be insulting to my race and my political views. This professor is painting some broad strokes with his claims. He is insinuating that conservative whites and their kids are plotting to assassinate Obama. I do not like Obama, but not because he is black. (Alan Keyes would have been a better first black President in my opinion) I dislike Obama because he is a socialist and he is corrupt. I do not wish him harm. I think anyone who does is a retard. I am certain there are some kooks that are saying such things, but I have not heard any instance of it and I know we are not going back 40 years to the retardation of that era.

Does anyone else think this forum has a double standard or is it just me?

………….I find the commentary by the associate professor Andrew M. Manis to be baseless, offensive, and I strongly suspect that it is little more than a parroting of the folks he associates with (those who have made a cottage industry out of victimization).

As a card carrying Libertarian I did not vote for President Obama or Senator McCain. However I am glad that between the two of them President Obama prevailed, as I had always thought Senator McCain was much too hot-headed to be entrusted with command of our armed forces.

As much as I wish President Obama all of the luck and good fortune in the world, I also despise the commentary by Andrew M. Manis, and those that propagate it.

Rachel,
Yea, this forum definitely has a double standard. If the story is about black victimhood caused by white people, it’s in here. If the story is about blacks vitimizing whites, it’s not.

You see, to the post, this is considered a conversation. To most of us readers, it’s like conversing with a 3 year old.

jmas I am glad to know that I am not alone. I started coming to this blog really to see if they would be fair and try and include all sides, but I have felt since the beginning it has pretty much been just all one sided.

It is ironic to say the least.

I have fought joining the conversation long enough. I tried to ignore the entries. I enter this comment along with a little about myself. I am an African American man. I graduated from high school back in 1987. I do confess to having some amount of prejudice. There have been a few occasions that allowed me to change my thinking in generalities. I could go on and on but I will spare all of you the essay. This entry is hillarious. I grew up around many a white woman that wanted to “get some sun.” Yet, black people need to be honest! We all know at least two or three people that had a bizzare fear of venturing out into the sun because, heaven forbid, they would become “too” black! Praise the lord for Wesley Snipes. I laugh and agree with the joking comment by Charlie Murphy about those of us in the “dark” skin group of black people. It is funny to me that many a person is aroused by the contrast of black skin on and against white skin. I could not resist commenting on this entry, now I will go back and read the full commentary. Now you will hear from me more often.

Manis sounds like a kook. Color has never been something to judge people by. Only actions have put Americans into categories as far as I’m concerned. Lets face it, white or black is on the outside. We were all cavemen in the beginning. It’s up to the individual to take his or her place in society. Options are available to everyone. If they choose to take the wrong option, they lose. It takes willpower to be different than everyone else. Some have it and some don’t. I wish Obama no harm. I didn’t vote for him. My only wish for his is that he sets a limit on his socialist ideas when it comes to my tax dollars.

OK. The full editorial goes into quite a few separte sub-topics. I will bring up my challenge to African Americans again. When it comes to how our eyes collect light and allow us to discern tone, shades and hues we need to be honest. Black people have a tendency to hate black people that are “darker” than they happen to be. There was a funny skit about it on Saturday Night Live many a year ago. Garret Morris and Julian Bond bantered back and forth about light-skin vs. dark-skin. Spike Lee had a wonderful portrayl of that theme in the movie “School Daze.” I will conclude with this thought, Some African Americans that feel hate may need to learn how to love themselves.