Sotomayor, White Men & Good Decisions
FACT OR FICTION
President Obama has picked Sonja Sotomayor to be replace David Souter who as indicated he will be retiring at the end of this Supreme Court session. Ms. Sotomayor will make history as President Obama has made history. She will be the first Latina American to sit on the United States Supreme Court as President Obama is the first person of color to sit in the White’s House. Isn’t it amazing that in 2009 some 400 years after Columbus discovered India, that turned out to be what is not called North America that there are still positions in government and business that people of color have never held? More so than not, the people of color were, and are not achieving this positions because of racism based basically on the decisions of white males. White males have shown over and over again that they believe the more cherished position of power in America should be held by them and them alone. Now that these racist barriers are being broken these same white males have the nerve to call Ms. Sotomayor a racist, or reverse racist if you are listening to Rush Limbaugh. Why?
Ms Sotomayor “speaking at Berkeley's law school in 2001 at a conference about race and gender, she said, "I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life." That statement is not racist, it is a fact. Let’s check the record. Because Columbus thought he was India when he landed on the shores of North America he called the people that he found here “Indians.” These so-called Indians fed Columbus and his band of white males. To my understanding there was a couple of Africans that made this trip also but were in control of navigating the boats but had no control over the mission. White men in return conquered the indigenous people’s land, almost annihilated the people, and those that weren’t annihilated were and are forced to live on reservations. I know, the Supreme Court didn’t exist when this happened but the point being made is; was this a good decision made by white males? Let me go on.
Once the country is established by white males at the expense of the indigenous people these same white males decided to go to Africa to get her people, and enslave them. This inhuman bondage by white men was upheld as legal by the United States Supreme Court. The court even went so far as to say that it took five Black people to equal three white people. The court in essence decided it was the law that Black people were subhuman to white people. Hummm. All white males were sitting on the Supreme Court. Would you call that a good decision by white males? This is not a racist, or reverse racist making this up. These are the facts!
It was decided by white males, on the Supreme Court, that only white males would be allowed to vote in this land wrenched from the indigenous people who helped the ancestors of these white males to survive.
A white male decided to go into Iraq and kill tens of thousands of Iraqis and thousand of American soldiers under false pretenses. These same white males decided to torture detainees which is clearly against the laws and moral standards of this great nation. They even got a Black female, Condeleeza Rice, to go along with these poor decisions of white males. She was going along with the flow. George W. Bush, Richard Cheney, some call him Dick, Donald Rumsfeld, et al has ruined the international image of America. And now some of these strongest republicans such as, Newt Gingrich, Pat Buchannan, Sean Hannity, etc. are calling Judge Sotomayor a racist because she says that she could make better decisions than was made by white males. Well for me that is a no-brainer. I believe a poodle could be trained to make better decisions that what history shows white males have made. What trips me out is that the head of the republican party, Michael Steele, a Black man, would eventually buy into this nonsense. I say eventually, because initially in late May Steele was advising republicans to back off of these accusations. However, in early June his song had changed. I am going to make one more point and I am through.
One of the many reasons that Michael Steele was chosen to lead the republican party was to try and offset Black people’s support for the democratic party. The thinking was that if Black people saw a Black face as the republican head then some black people would consider switching support. Repulican strategist calculate that if they can get ten per cent of Black support from the democrats then this will be enough to win all major elections for the republican party. This strategy goes to show that the white males running the republican party do not understand Black people. Yes we have race pride. And we like to support our own. But just being Black is not enough for most Black people to support another Black person. Old Rush tried to say this was the case with Colon Powell. He wouldn’t accept General Powell’s analysis that he supported then Barack Obama for President because he was the best candidate, and because he was concerned with the direction and demeanor of the republican party. Noooo. According to Rush that couldn’t have been General Powell’s logic. According to Rush, General Powell supported then Barack Obama strictly because he was Black.
Let me give you republican strategist some advise. You are selling Black people short. We are more sophisticated than what you are given us credit. A black face with poor policies will not get the bulk of Black people’s support. Calling Judge Sotomayor a racist will help you keep that old white male conservative support but it will not garner you support for any other demographic. There is a wind of change occurring in this country. This past presidential election saw all demographics except for old white males to be in support of the change. You are trying to put a Black face on old policies. The Bible says you can’t put new wine in old wineskins. Michael Steele is definitely something new, but you won’t let him take you in a new direction. Your reluctance to keep up with the change is causing you to run the risk of becoming an old historic relic. In fact, if you don’t change then you will cause the rise of a viable third party. You can either get with the change or get caught up in the change’s currents. Your position is really harming the very fabric of America. It is a poor strategy to say if I can win then I will go on a search and destroy mission. That only weakens the country. I run a consultant business. For the right price I will give you some good advice. Judge Sotomayor’s statement is not racist. It is a statement of fact. I can help you make better decisions. Keep reading this blog. Thank you for listening to AjabuSpeaks.