Jun 22, 2014

"Why are Minorities so Sensitive"

How many times have you heard this question posed? For me, it has been countless times a month over the last 2.5 decades. Usually, it is a white friend or associate but there are a great number of times it has been a stranger that I am unaware of their history or background. This is a question that has frustrated me throughout the course of many arguments, not that I am unaware of the answer but more unaware of how to explain this difficult emotion to am individual that cares more about winning the argument over the truth.

I have come to realize that many people that argue are rarely seeking truth but rather a victory. Most argue with emotion and questions like this are meant to belittle their adversary rather than point them towards light or induce an epiphany of understanding. More commonly, those that are faced with this question feel somewhat humiliated because they realize that they are being sensitive in one way or another and can harbor feelings of being weak or inferior, especially after witnessing the smirking face standing across from them. 

Over the last few months I have come to realize a new reality. Minorities sensitivity are not because they are weaker or inferior but because we have been subject to a inferior position and are complaining because we have not found conformity with it. We are actually showing our strength by not being satisfied with the status-quo of a second rate existence.

I have also realized in today's new societal time of majority liberalism and compassion for our fellow man, that conservatives are becoming the new whiny, sensitive, cry babies. I witness countless right-wing republicans constantly complaining on social-media and various other outlets about every progressive change our country is undergoing. These are the same individuals that over the last 25 years or so, were and still are, asking me. "Why are minorities so sensitive?"

"Conservatives are America's New Cry Babies"


As the new liberal social world order progresses, conservatives are finding their old supremacist ways and lifestyle in jeopardy. The feeling of superiority and privilege that has come with being middle-class and white in America is losing it's footing. It almost feels as if with every passing day more and more white Americans are filling the bandwagons of discontentment for the so-called minorities that are seeking equal placement in our country. Rather it is hating President Obama and Democrats or just hating anyone that has the audacity to seek an equal opportunity for themselves and their children. 



America was supposedly founded on a value of equality that many have never felt and the ones that have been privileged to for so long feel that they are losing. Which brings me to an important question, "Is White Privilege Disappearing?" I witness rally after rally, conservative organizations and social-media groups forming almost weekly promoting the protection of the great way of American life. When you see the members of these groups, there is one thing that they all have in common, they are all a sea of white faces. Hoards of middle-aged and older white Americans screaming to the top of their lungs how they are losing their rights. The truly outlandish oddity in all this is how the only right I see them losing is the right to "White Privilege."
The truth is that "White Privilege" is still alive and well. Although, it has lost some of it's footing, it is still ever apparent in today's judicial court system and corporate executive structure. Minorities still receive far more time behind bars in America's great penitentiary industrial complex as opposed to their white counter-parts for the same crimes and white males still hold a disparaging and overwhelming percentage of executive positions in America's Fortune 500 companies. Although, I do feel compassion for America's middle-class white male, it can not be easy to have a minority rise to the position of highest office in America, have to face trial for shooting black kids for walking through your neighborhood wearing sweatshirts or witnessing Russell Wilson win the Super Bowl. My heart truly goes out to you, after all, I am a Liberal.

Jun 19, 2014

Fox News: Megyn Kelly & Dick Cheney

I finally had an opportunity to watch the entire interview by Megyn Kelly of former Vice-President Dick Chaney today and I am "tongue-in-cheek" surprised. As many news outlets are broadcasting through social media, Megyn Kelly showed a side that has been rarely seen by 99% of Fox News anchors and journalist, to that I say, Not.


Unfortunately, if you observe the video in it's entirety, you will see that Megyn Kelly is simply giving the former Vice-Pres an opportunity to refute his critics and lobby support for a new organization that undoubtedly his daughter, Liz Cheney, President for "The Alliance for a Strong America", will begin gathering support to position her for a bid in the highest office of America in 2020 (or maybe even 2016). After examining the the site www.StrongerAmerica.com, it was easy to recognize that many of the ideals of the present Tea Party have been carried over. Although, a major difference I recognized is that this organization seems to focus more on foreign policy than domestic.


As I viewed the video as linked directly by Fox News, what became immediately apparent was that Megyn Kelly was in no way challenging VP Cheney, but instead offering him pre-submitted softball insertions and an opportunity to refute claims that the Bush admin should take responsibility for the war in Iraq. He and his daughter Liz sang the song that we would expect and Megyn Kelly danced like only a Fox News anchor would. She was pleased with his answer and in addition offered ample time for the Cheney twins to pitch their new Anti-Obama/Anti-Liberal organization.


Full Interview of Dick & Liz Cheney by Megyn Kelly