President Racism
When in 2009 Jimmy Carter stated the opposition against Barack Obama was because of his race, there was an outcry from republicans and the president himself was not enthusiastic about the comment. It was, however, after the attack on Kaylon Johnson that quantified the sentiments made by the former presidents. President racism is not new in the United States. There have been many people, considered white extremists, who continued to be against a minority becoming the president of America. They blamed the Jewish for mishandling the national resources. However, white extremists did not think that they would live to see a day when the country’s commander in chief would be from the Black minority. It is for this reason that the white community has been advocating for things such as race war. Ever since the election of Barack Obama in 2008, and his subsequent reelection in 2012, racism on the presidency has been on an increase.
According to white supremacists, the minorities are taking over the country they spent many years building. The fact that Obama was in the highest office of the United States of America is a candid indicator that things were wrong in the country. After the reelection of Barack Obama, most of the white extremist websites were full of information about the feelings of the followers of the site. Some of them were discussing ways that they could make it possible for the Electoral College to lock Obama from being the president. According them, Obama was an African, and no African has led a successful nation. In their view, President Obama will convert the United States of America from a thriving economy to a third world country.
Obama election has revived the racism on presidency to the extent that there are people wishing for his death. Obama protection came earlier before his nomination as a democrat presidential candidate because of his race and the threat of his assassination. There were three people arrested for the attempt to kill the then senator Obama. In social sites and other interactive websites, there are white supremacists that continue to wish that the president could die. Some of them pray that there will be a brave assassin ready to end his life. However, some of them believe that this would give the president airtime and lead to his idolization. According to them, he should die by slipping in his bath tab or jump of air force one before the steps are in place.
Before and after the election of Obama into office, white extremists insinuated that he was not USA citizen by birth. The fact that the president did produce his birth certificate that validates his claim that he was born Hawaii did not deter them from continuing with the discussions. Recently, during the campaigns, a white copied a scene from a popular movie outside his house. In his show, there were was “Go back to Kenya” words written. This sentiment made even republicans passing by his home uneasy. President Obama will go in history as the president that received much racism during his time in office. White supremacists believe that a black man should not set foot in the white house or the oval office. The fact that Barrack Obama has done it twice has made them angry and desperate to reverse this situation.
In New Jersey, a white extremist uploads on his blog that Americans did commit suicide by electing a black man into the white house. On Vanguard News Network, Bill Hyde declares that America is now officially dead with the election of a black president. Others feel that his election is a good thing because it will facilitate a racial revolution. Some blame the Jewish for misappropriating the national resources, and facilitating the election of a black man who they claim is racist and a Muslim. In accordance, they believe that President Obama will not survive and that he will either be killed or die before the end of his term. There have been whites that burned the flag of the United States in front of their houses. Some claim that they are going to leave the United States for Canada while others want to seek asylum in Russia.
The presidency of Barack Obama has been the center of the worst kind of racism. Many people discriminate him because of the color of his skin. There are those that believe that he will mismanage the country because he is black while others think he should not have been the president on America in the first place. The election of Barack Obama according to many people should have been an indicator that the United States is racially mature, but this not the case. White extremist still have a common believe that America should be governed for the whites by whites. That is the reason as to why there has been racism against Jewish presidents and the current opposition to Obama presidency because of the color of his skin.
References
Wright, J. (2011). The Obama Haters: Behind the Right Wing Campaign of Lies and Innuendo& Racism. Sterling: Potomac Books Inc.
