My President is Black!

“My president is black.”- Jeezy

Greetings folks! I love and support my President. Not because he’s African American, but because he’s my President and I think he’s leading us in the right direction. It’s a bonus that we both our dads are African-Americans. However, I would be remised if I didn’t bring attention to the fact that I believe some of the turmoil he’s experienced during his tenure in office is not somehow race related. Up until now I have decided not to speak out on the subject, but I can no longer sit down, watch and say nothing. I make an active decision to speak out on a lot of things but up until today had decided to stay away from the touchy topic. But why? Why should I dance around the elephant in the room as if it doesn’t exist? Ignoring the problem doesn’t make it go away. Ask President Obama. So in an effort to be a part of the solution I will plainly acknowledge the elephant in the room. “Republicans don’t like black people.”

Ok maybe that’s going a little too far to the left, but at least it got your attention. Many of the policies President Obama has advocated have been items an overwhelming majority of Americans have supported such as the “Jobs Bill.” However, without sufficient rhyme or reason, the Republican dominated legislature said no.

Even to this day there are debates and questions about the President’s citizenship. Really? His citizenship? So the man who is the President of these United States of America is not a citizen? So he falsified the paperwork he had to file to run for President and no one caught it until now? Right! Please people. He’s just as American as the owner of the 7-11 on the corner, the Jewish bakery, and the local corner store.

How is it that people feel justified in heaping the economic turmoil that existed prior to his tenure in office on Obama’s head? The job shortage—his fault. The recession—that’s on him too. No more Kool-Aid in the refrigerator—oh that’s got to be the half black man’s fault. The truth of the matter is, is that we were in a hole the size of Texas before Obama took the oath of office. Thanks to 8 years of free spending, borrowing, lax regulations of the housing and financial industry, and tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of Americans, we were in dire straits in January of 2009. Add to fact that between November 2008 and February 2009 America lost millions of jobs. Clearly the man who hadn’t even finished setting up his cabinet, or putting Sasha and Malia’s pictures on his desk, couldn’t have been the culprit.

Many of the problems our president is facing he inherited from the party that wants to “take back their country.” Take it back from whom and do what with it? They had 8 years before Obama and during those 8 years, there was a CIA agent outted, there was Hurricane Katrina (which I’m not alleging they caused) and the horrible response, 9/11, 2 wars, and Osama bin laden trotted the globe freely…just to name a few.

In the less than 3 years Obama has been in office, he saved the American auto industry from collapsing, captured Osama bin laden, passed universal healthcare, ended the war in Iraq, appointed the first Latina to the U.S. Supreme Court, ended Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and saved us from suffering a 2nd Great Depression.

Is he perfect? No he isn’t. And contrary to what Republicans may think neither was Ronald Reagan. Hell, Reagan wasn’t even a good president, but I digress. When you think of all of the things he’s accomplished you have to ask yourself why? Why is there so much hatred and anger for this man who’s accomplished so much in so little time? The only thing I can think of is his race.

It’s sad to admit, or even think, that America in 2012 is still a place where racism still lives in the hearts of men and drives their decisions. It’s sad but true. I guess Kanye West was right, “racism still alive they just be concealing it.” There’s little or nothing I can do to change the minds of those individuals who don’t like him because of his father’s race, or because his mother was in love with a black man, or because all of that happened AND he got elected. What I can do is continue to support my President by voting for him, campaigning for him, fundraising for him, donating to his campaign and spreading the good news about a man (YES!). A man first name Barack. (AH!) Last name OBAMA! (UH-HUH) (In my Baptist preacher voice). If your president is black I encourage you to do the same. Until next time, Stay Up and Be Blessed!