Why African Americans aren’t embracing Occupy Wall Street
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-blacks-arent-embracing-occupy-wall-street/2011/11/16/gIQAwc3FwN_story.html?wprss=rss_opinionsLet me just stop right there for a second and point something out. When 'African' Americans (or rather, Black Americans since none of them are from Africa these days), didn't 'embrace' the TEA Party it was the TEA Party that was racist. And now, when Black Americans aren't 'embracing' the Occupy movement it is the fault of the Black Americans...as implied by the very title of this piece.
Anyway, I digress...sort of:
“Occupy Wall Street was started by whites and is about their concern with their plight,” Nathalie Thandiwe, a radio host and producer for WBAI in New York, said in an interview. “Now that capitalism isn’t working for ‘everybody,’ some are protesting.”
Oh wait, seems like it isn't a subtle implication after all...because right here in the body of the story we see that Black Americans aren't 'embracing' the Occupy Movement because the Occupy movement is a white thing...so it is, in fact, because the Black Americans are racist. Oh, but when the tables were turned and we were discussing the TEA Party it was the TEA Party that was racist...
And then a bit later in the piece we're treated to this quaint notion:
New Jersey comedian John “Alter Negro” Minus says he won’t participate in the Occupy protests because black people are being besieged by so many social injustices, he can’t get behind targeting just the 1 percent.
So you see, it's still not that the Occupy Movement is at all racists. Oh no, now it's the same old meme: the WHOLE country is racist against Black Americans...even though you could bet your last dollar that if this piece was instead about the TEA Party it would have been all about how racist the TEA Party is.
So after reading this drivel I'm torn between trying to figure out if this 'author' is pointing the finger at Black Americans and saying they are racist for not being involved in the Occupy Movement or if it is the entire country that is racist or is it both? The 'author' seems to be flailing about in an effort to say anything except that the Occupy Movement is in fact, racist for not having more Black American involvement as the media constantly says about the TEA Party.