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Kunjufu · (#14 (**permalink**))

I'm currently reading Obama's first book late I know but it is a very interesting insight into him and you can almost see the pathway that led him to where he is now....
What is interestying reading his thoughts is that the views that Brooklyngal observed seems to have been an ever present part of his life.... I also have to say that unfortunately that although Obama is the vehicle for this critque of ourselves... I think its more widespread and pervasive than just him..

I know I've personally experienced more than once the type of behaviours that you observe BG, and i know my friends who have done well, have also suffered a similar fate... You alway imgaine that other black folks would be 'happy' 'proud' that one of their own is making it and give some support... But I found the opposite to be true...

My wife who became a manager of place of work after serving under two joker WHITE managers imo, recieved through the post a letter basically threatening her and warning her not to pass her place... That really shocked me...that someone could actually sit down and type with malice that type of thing and post it to our HOME address BEFORE she actually started the job.. although it was anonymous it was definately from a 'Black' person...can you believe that!!!?

I think reflecting on this that it almost appears that some of us will put up with shitty, crappy WHITE managers or organisational heads.. but will not tolerate even a Black person in the position wether they are half decent or not... I think it goes back to slavery and people still unable to cope or reconcile people with black faces being in a position of power..

The behaviour towards Obama was almost identicle to those I've seem on a much smaller scale...The far Blacks doing their utmost to tear down the man, BEFORE he even got into office, and what was even more disturbing was that they weren't even giving the SAME or any type of pressure on McCain/Palin who were being racist to the core...

Then there was Jesse Jackson...and the now 'infamous' comment andthe 'who does he think he is'...which is interesting seeing as I don't remember any of them calling Bill Crosby a '******' for saying as much and worse on the same subject... I think some people honestly jumped on the Obama bandwagon because they NEVER thought that he'd be elected, and that this would reinforced their already formed views on racist,...It was intersting that when it became obvious that he could win..how these same people started to lay into him something fierce... In the end some of us will never ever reconcile with other who do 'better' than themselves..