Everyone is Racist, So It Seems

It was a fear a lot of us had when we found out Barack Obama was going to be the democratic presidential candidate. The chatter started on conservative talk radio about how opposition to Obama would be considered racist just because he is half black (although he was fully black for purposes of his campaign). Anytime someone questioned his executive experience, that person was labeled racist and accused to trying to oppress Mr. Obama because of his race. Anytime some questioned his motives, the race card was played. Heck, even Obama himself played the race card in a couple of debates.

Then, several weeks ago, some dude at the Washington Post drew a cartoon lampooning the drafter of the stimulus bill, comparing such person to a chimpanzee.



People cried foul, especially Al Sharpton. How could such blatant racism exist in the media today, they asked. Nevermind the fact that President Obama did not draft the stimulus bill. Nancy Pelosi was the culprit, but it's hard to play the race card when the butt of the joke is white.

Now we have this:

Mayor who sent watermelon e-mail says he'll resign

For those of you who are opposed to clicking on the convenient links I provide you (free of charge), this article talks about a California mayor who has agreed to resign because he emailed a picture to a few of his friends that depicted the White House lawn covered with watermelons with the title: "No Easter egg hunt this year".

Apparently this was taken by some to be a racist shot at black people because they enjoy watermelon. What the heck! Are you some how less of a person because you enjoy watermelon? Are you not supposed to eat watermelon unless you're black? My wife and I eat 5-10 watermelons a year and last I checked, we're about as white as you can get.

I really don't understand this. If you call a black person the "n-word", that is racist. If you dress up in a white sheet and burn a cross on a black person's lawn, that is racist. If you draw attention to the fact that black people like watermelons...or BBQ...or collard greens...or whatever other normal foods they may enjoy, that is not racist. GET OVER IT!!!