According to census data, the black population in the U.S. is approximately 13%. That means, quite simply, that white folks elected Barack Obama to the highest office in the land. Sure, it wasn’t a landslide but Obama’s ascension puts to rest the notion that blacks have no opportunity to succeed and that it’s the white [...]
Posts Tagged ‘white guilt’
White Guilt Is Dead
Posted by BobG on November 13th, 2008
Posted in In Black and White, It Must Be Said, Politics & Government 
Tags: barack obama, race, racism, tom adkins, white guilt, white guilt is dead 
1 Comment »Obama for Prez? Don’t Hold Your Breath
Posted by BobG on September 26th, 2008
Recent polls show that Obama’s support among white Democrats may be waning. We are being told that it is because of racism. Actually, taking advantage of the irrational guilt felt by liberal whites was only going to get Obama so far. It was incumbent on him to offer some substance, which he has failed to [...]
What is `White Guilt`?
Posted by BobG on November 1st, 2005
What is white guilt? It is not a personal sense of remorse over past wrongs. White guilt is literally a vacuum of moral authority in matters of race, equality, and opportunity that comes from the association of mere white skin with America’s historical racism. It is the stigmatization of whites and, more importantly, American institutions [...]
