|
I distinctly remember sitting in high school when Obama was elected for his first term, people in class (even whites) saying how great it was that we had a black individual running for office and that we (America) had the chance to make history by electing him into office. ABC, NBC, CNN, MTV, ESPN, shit every news outlet telling us that as Americans we owed it to ourselves to take this step forward in equality and elect our first black president if we wanted to continue to be proud of our country in this oversensitive, politically correct and newly globalized world. RUSSEL FUCKING BRAND, the guy who, two years later, sang a song called Little African Child in Get Him to the Greek made a speech at the MTV music awards advocating for this guy to get into office.
The pressure to elect Obama didn't just come from within our country it came from most of Europe (because we should totally care what they think of us, right?). Next thing you know you're a racist if you're not voting for Obama. He managed to construct his entire political platform based on equality and race, with very little emphasis on actual policy and plans. Next thing you know we have our first black president; and people are calling Trump a racist? After Obama used the racial division in this country to get himself elected not once, but twice?
Conservatives were sick of being bullied by liberals, politicians and the rest of the world, Trump was someone they could rally behind. Hillary thought that she could use her position as a woman to rack up votes, just like Obama used being black, but she was wrong. People were and are sick of it, being labeled as a sexist or a racist because of who they vote for, and having to change their vote accordingly. Our president's should have in the past, and should always in the future be elected based on the policy they plan to implement and their love of the country; not their race or gender.
"First black president" or "First woman president" should never have even been mentioned. I could care less if my president was black, white, gay, straight, man, woman, something inbetween, I don't care. If you're more fit for the job than the person standing next to you, you'll have my vote. That's why I voted for Trump and it's why I voted against Obama the one time I had my chance.
__________________
|