Still a Crime: “Housed While Black”

Saw a clip of congresspeople fleeing journalists after being confronted with their Birther beliefs. To those living under rocks and inside cheap bars, a ‘birther’ is someone who doesn’t believe that Barack Obama was born in the United States – and is therefore not the President (to those who are really, REALLY hung over, only people born in the U.S. can become president).

Here’s my two cents:

What it is, tragically, is latent racism – the real issue that is being politely tiptoed around. Precisely the kind of thing that is being unearthed – and confronted – during Obama’s administration. There is a relevant article from a N.Y. Times columnist regarding the “birthers,” and Henry Louis Gates (the professor arrested in his own home):

“The problem is again the legitimacy of a black man living in a big house, especially when it’s the White House. Just as some in Durham and Cambridge couldn’t believe that Gates belonged in the neighborhood, so does a vocal minority find it hard to believe that an African-American could possibly be the real president of the United States. ”

Grab your pint glass and read the whole column here

By the way: if you’re a ‘birther,’ then go fuck yourself. The fact is that American or not, Barack Obama is a welcome change in a White House that for the past eight years has sunk beyond the Middle Ages right into the Dark Ages, gladly. I was creating a new identity, sharpening spears, learning how to make fire from ostrich dung, and getting ready to sail to New Zealand if Mcain and Palin rolled into the White House, for gosh sakes!# Now I can stay and drink on Red River! If you’re questioning the legitimacy of a slightly ( he still hasn’t rolled back the CIA rampage on civilians under the guise of a war on terror) more HUMAN president, then I’m afraid I have to take out the race card – and stuff its blackened end into your liver.

peace & love, illson

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