The vast majority of Americans are good people. The angst and recent racial animus between many communities are bewildering. The reasons are many. Very poor political leadership is a major reason. Politicians target our fears, economically and otherwise to create segmentation within communities. A classic example was the "racializing" of President Obama.
The election of President Obama was proof positive that America was on a real path to a post-racial society. After all, his numbers among all Demographics were higher than John Kerry's including the white vote (43 percent versus 41 percent).
This progress is a danger for many. For if communities and cultures begin to really live in harmony not only superficially but in all facets of life, Americans will begin working together to solve that which really ails them. Instead of focusing on the illogical concept of race they would concentrate on an illogical concept of an economic system that manufactures income and wealth disparity as the plutocracy maintains its tenet of capital extraction from the masses.
How then do you manufacture racial animus? Racial media bias. Racial media bias sometimes follows the tenet of "I will know it when I see it." Unfortunately, rarely is it very "in your face" visible. When one watches the evening news, one notices most of the crime seen on TV are those committed by minorities. Yet, when one goes to court one sees a completely different demographic breakdown. That is racial media bias. During Hurricane Katrina two pictures in the media were captured prominently. A black man carrying food and a white couple carrying food was described as looting and finding food respectively by the media.
Yesterday another subtle instance of racial media bias occurred on Meet the Press. It is one that flies under the radar but works subliminally. Former Washington, DC Mayor Marion Barry and Former Congressman James Traficant died this year. They were both featured in the standard memorials that media do at year end.
Marion Barry was a well-liked activist and politician in his community. He was arrested in an FBI drug sting. He received a six-month jail sentence and a $5,000 fine. James Traficant spent seven years in jail for bribery and racketeering. He was expelled from Congress.
What is the difference between their crimes? Marion Barry's conviction was for a "personal failure" that affected none of his constituents financially or otherwise. James Traficant used his elected office to provide favors and bribes. He indirectly leveraged taxpayer dollars. Yet in the memorial, Meet the Press featured Marion Barry's drug sting and featured James Traficant giving a speech. This type of racial media bias is constant throughout the corporate-run media. It has a purpose. It is to keep one segment of society either fearful of another, feared, or marginalized. It is to keep divisions to ensure we are ultimately controlled.i watched that program and was immediately aware of the difference in the report creating the image of a drug smoking mayor who happened to be Black, i wondered for a second why did they show that? he was IMO the best mayor DC has had since i was able to recognize that dynamic, they lefyt out all the good things he did for this city he was deemed "DC's mayor for life", the man with all his faults was beloved by most and despised by few those few i think were just jealous of his achievements and the fact that no matter what the overwhelming majority would not deny him RIP.
it is a standard when Black figures become prominent in the public eye and commands their respect and is a true leader they begin to set about bringing him down a more recent example Pres. 2008,
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Marion-Barry-Mayor-for-Life-Remembered-at-Community-Service-284931901.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/25/robert-draper-anti-obama-campaign_n_1452899.html
history books are full of people who were not really as they are portrayed or given credit for that which they don't deserve, like Cheyney lately saying that "torture led to us getting Bin Laden" us who????
http://www.blackinventions101.com/inventionslist.html
they have spent 6 years and countless obstructions to delegitamize Pres. but praise Bush,
http://us-presidents.findthebest.com/q/39/9699/What-were-President-George-W-Bush-s-accomplishments
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/02/15/a-long-list-of-president-obamas-accomplishments-with-citations/
i rest my case.
