Tuesday, November 21: I need to share a secret. I get a kind of perverse pleasure from receiving e-mails in which people tell me how or what I ought to think, write, or blog because of the color of my skin. The pleasure comes from knowing I’ll continue thinking, writing, and blogging as I damn well please. In fact, such e-mail fuels my determination even more.
Although the intent of such e-mail is to upset me, the unintended consequence (for the sender) is that stereotypes I hold for certain people prove true over and over. Some people don’t have or won’t use critical thinking skills, not even if doing so would save their lives. Reading comprehension skills and common sense would be helpful as well.
As for me, I intend to make the most of this new medium and whatever writing abilities and intellect God gave me. For reasons I’m not fully aware of, I don’t think the way many people of my race do. While we have a shared history in this country and a subculture to which I belong, I just don’t see the world the way they do, and that sets me apart. Some are intrigued by it; others are disgusted.
Either way, I’m here to stay.
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Republican senator Trent Lott (pictured, groveling on Black Entertainment Television) has returned to leadership, to the dismay of many conservatives.
Lott’s “racially insensitive” toast to the late Senator Strom Thurmond four years ago was the talk of the town, and it cost him his leadership post. White Democrats have said much worse, but black liberals don’t seem to notice or care.
Look, I couldn’t care less who leads what, but I wrote “Welcome Back, Trent Lott!” to point out the double standards in play. (The bold text must be a quirk in the publishing system.)
While you’re at Townhall, check out Star Parker’s “A voter ‘to do’ list” and Kevin McCullough’s “Why is Obama’s Evil in Rick Warren’s Pulpit?”
It’s all a game, anyway, and makes no difference in the long run, but I simply can’t let certain things go by without saying something. 
