Saturday, February 12, 2011
Discrimination in Politics---Meaghan Rowland Blog #3
In class on Thursday someone brought up the face that many people and politicians are saying they want the president out of office not based on his policies but on the fact that he is black. I disagree with this. I feel that it is very hard to determine someones racial beliefs in the political setting. Yes, many are wanting to a different president or for the current president to change his current policies. However they are preparing more arguments than the fact "he is black." They also prepare arguments solely against the policies being made. This is not the first time the opposite party wanted the current president to be different in office. Whether black or white, republican or democrat politics is a difficult place to determine whether someone is racist. I am not saying that all politicians are not racist because there are definitely are some that are. However, it could be seen that the fact that he is black justifies and is a barrier between him and the opposite party because whenever there has been opposition to any of his policies the first thought has been 'they're opposing this because he is black.'
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Politics in my oppinion has always been steeped in racism since the civil war. Because since before then all other laws were created not even considering people of other races. It was strictley for white male property owners. Racism is all about distribution of (political)power and wealth. Now this has changed a bit but doesnt it say something that the very same past legal documentation that was created to exclude persons of diffrent races are still considered legitimate and constitutionally used in the U.S.A's courts that politics today is indirectly based on "were going to disagree with him because he IS the black guy"?
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