The Racism that Doesn't Exist

There have been several diaries in the last 48 hours about Racism.  One woman living in Tennessee with an adopted other racial child says there is no racism in Tennessee.  One poster wrote back she should take her blinders off.

Melinda Dolittle just lost her idol chance.  I was not surprised.  Both Jordan and Blake drew over ten thousand people in Arizona and Washington, respectively.  Melinda had an exclusive meeting with the governor, she was given a street named after her near her small college.  Her parade was also around her college with mostly blacks on one side and whites on the other.  The awkwardness of her hugs from the powers that be.....  In short, there was no comparison with what Blake and Jordan represented to their communities and what Melinda represented in hers.

I am writing this diary so we cannot look away.  It was in living color in front of our faces.  The best and most consistent performer is not going to wear an American crown of popularity.

The Obama vote should look this in the face.

When the movie Crash came out; I loved it.  It really made me look inside myself, and while, I think I am enlightened I found I had a long way to go about what I thought deep inside.  I also found it extremely amusing about how most people said it was out of touch and a Hollywood fantasy.  My personal experience is those are the people least in touch with their own agendas.

I am the only white in my very deep area of the hood.  It is an experience.  I am safe because I am old and white haired.  I get how hard it would be to be the first black kid in an white school.

A good diary knows when to quit and to tackle one issue at a time.

So were you surprised?  Do you think it is because she is really black and not biracial like Jordan?  Or we now trump youth over experience and expertise.

Do you think she will have a viable career anyway?

I am truly interested.