It's Time

I was inspired to write to this blog because of the recent attitudes that persist in the “ether”. The questions of “is America ready for a Black president” and is “race” a factor in determining the next president and various notions, have emerged due to the history of images of “the Black Man” being shown as “bad men”. In the Michael Moore film “Fahrenheit 911”, there is mention of how fear is used to manipulate. In this climate of fear baiting, news viewers have been bombarded with images shown on the nightly news of black men “doing the perp walk”. Such images serve to inform people that all black men are suspect, are criminals, and should be approached with caution. Thus fear of a black man. These images are so firmly engrained in our minds, that we end up making negative assumptions about black men and don’t even know the reason for such ideas.

Because of the historical significance of the Obama campaign, this blog will be primarily devoted to chronicling thoughts on the political events as they play out. It is my intention, through the musings of this blog, that ideas for overcoming these fears can get out into the “ether”.