The end of racism?

I wish someone would have told me sooner that racism had ended. If they did, I wouldn't have spent all this time chasing racism all over the damn place. Go figure.

Maybe that's why they had a special segment for white artists on The Soul Train Music Awards, tonight. (I see you Wolf Blitzer) Just black folks doing their bit to bring the races even closer together.

Poor GOP, even when they try to reach out to us black folks they end up looking clueless. I wouldn't blame them if they never try to address black issues again.
It just never turns out well.

"Today we remember Rosa Parks’ bold stand and her role in ending racism"

That's what our friends in the grand old party tweeted today to commemorate the anniversary of Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Awkward.

Of course they corrected their tweet a few hours later, after they realized that Rosa Parks was a very courageous woman who deserves her iconic place in history for what she did, but that giving her credit for ending racism just might be a bit much.
     

"Previous tweet should have read "Today we remember Rosa Parks' bold stand and her role in fighting to end racism."

 

If you know anything about the GOP and the folks who consider themselves to be a part of the GOP gang, you will realize that the first tweet was not that far fetched for them. In fact, it fits right into their way of thinking.

 

We have all heard them declare that after the election of Barack Obama there should be no mention of the R-word. "Don't we have a black president?" They cry. "How can there be racism if we have a black president for Christ's sake?" 

 

It's easy to see why, in their eyes, racism has ended. Every act of ignorance and bigotry is excused as something else, or black folks being too sensitive.  

 

Anyway, it's certainly nice to know that the woman who trailed me all over that Nordstrom store a few years back was just making sure that I made it out of the store safely.