People with weirdly good memories or impressive searching skills may already know this, but I get sent a lot of emails that aren't intended for me. My gmail address is just my name, and I guess it's relatively common because I get sent emails by parents about why their kids are getting bad marks in their homework (I'm not a teacher), angrily emails asking why I didn't tell people about my son dying (I don't have kids) and complaining about me dropping in unannounced despite having bad asthma (I don't), I get shouted at for not clipping hedges, and I've been invited to two bachelor parties and a Blazers game by a bunch of Americans who keep confusing me for their friend (seven email chains and counting).
The latest one was a real doozy though. I got forwarded this lovely email (censoring is mine, the original email is definitely not censored). Apologies for length (and content)
Obviously this is utter bullshit. But it's crazy that this sort of stuff gets sent around by people who clearly don't want to accept that there are real race issues out there that need dealing with. I replied back asking why I'd been sent this racist & ignorant email, and the response was:
Obviously the issue here was that I thought white people were being spoken out against.
Does anyone know anyone who actually believes all this stuff? It blows my mind that people actually believe this. "Why couldnt Obama been this man ?". I mean, come on.
The latest one was a real doozy though. I got forwarded this lovely email (censoring is mine, the original email is definitely not censored). Apologies for length (and content)
FW: OLD BLACK VET SPEAKS OUT, "WAKE UP!"
Cy ******** <********@hotmail.com>
to ********
Why couldnt Obama been this man ?
Cy
The words of a dying man have always captured my attention, and...right or wrong, they are worth reading. I believe what this dying man has to say has a lot of truth.
I wanted to clear up a few black and white questions and answers. The things I state are facts. They are not downloaded from some media website, not propaganda, just observations from a 70 year old black man, born in America .
I was told by my parents (yes, a married man and woman with my last name), that I was n*****. We lived in N***** Town in a small Texas town, no A/C, grass growing through the floor, no car, no TV. We washed our bodies with lye soap that my mother made, by hand. I thought I was a n*****, until I graduated high school, went to college, did an enlistment in the Army, and got a job. I am now retired, own my own home, have 6 children by ONE WOMAN, and we all have the same last name. I have a Bachelors Degree in Liberal Arts, a Masters Degree in Sociology. My retirement, VA disability from combat in the Korean War (I only have one leg), and part-time pay in a local college, is about $125,000 a year. From dirt poor n*****, to old, black, proud American.
Yes, I am black, and I can say n*****, because I understand the true meaning of the word.
Lets clear up a few things about the Michael Brown incident.
-Fact: It is not called "shoplifting or stealing", it's called "robbery", which is a felony. Brown stole something and assaulted someone, that means ROBBERY. Its on video, and its a fact. Not shoplifting, not theft, not lifting a few cigars, but ROBBERY!
-Michael Brown, like Trayvon, was portrayed by the media as a little black boy, cute little headphones, and his cap and gown photo, gunned down by a ruthless police assassin, executed by whitey. First, I have never seen a cop drag a person into their cars driver door to arrest them. So, let us be clear, Michael Brown was a n*****; a sorry assed, criminal, hoodlum, n*****. Nobody wants to say that, but I will. He had a criminal record a mile long, was known for numerous assaults, robberies, including the one you saw with your own eyes, and still refuse to call it a robbery. He was, like so many others, living a life that he thought he was entitled to, just for being alive. Gangsta rap, weed, drinking, guns, and those stupid-assed low profile rims, makes him some kind of bad-ass n*****.
-I have fought communist Chinese and North Korean soldiers in the 1950s with more honor than that n*****. Yep, I peeled potatoes and shot communists. Thats the only job a n***** soldier could get.
-Rodney King? Black Riots!
-Trayvon? Black Riots!
-Hurricane Katrina? Black Riots! Stealing TVs, designer clothes, etc.
-O.J. Simpson kills white man and white woman, found NOT GUILTY? Did white folks riot? Nope!
-In fact, when is the last time white people rioted? Civil War, maybe? Thats because they are, relatively, civilized people, much like many black Americans. Protesting is one thing, hell, Im all for it. Even if you are an ignorant idiot, you have a right to protest.
-Stop only showing the young black "cap and gown" photos of Michael. Charles Manson may have a few of those laying around, as well. Show the n***** "gangsta" photos of the "poor unarmed teenager" (grown man) pics that have been removed from his Facebook page, holding the loaded pistol, smoking weed, with a mouthful of money.
-Militarization? The stupid-assed media that publicizes this has no idea what militarization really is. Cops wear helmets and vests, and drive armored vehicle because unemployed n*****s thrown bricks at them, moron! You put on an "Adam 12" uniform and walk down the streets of Ferguson during the criminal riots. I can guarantee that you'll jump into the first armored "military tank" that you see.
-You only "want the police" when you "need the police", otherwise, you mock and fear what you do not understand about the police. And by the way, the police are trained to take your shit, but I wouldnt fuck around with those Army National Guard,they arent as well disciplined culturally to take your shit like police do every day. They will ventilate your black asses with M-16s, with military precision and extreme prejudice.
-And finally, the way we protest and demand justice, is run down the streets breaking shit, looting stores, and acting like a bunch of untrained monkeys? Hell, after Rodney King, criminal n*****s were actually killing people, thinking they were entitled to be worse criminals than they already were. For those black criminals that do that, you are a disgrace to your race, inflamed by idiots like Al Sharpton, instead of listening to logic from proud black Americans, like Bill Cosby, Samuel Jackson, Colin Powell, Allen West, me, etc.
-You blame white people for your ignorance, criminal acts, unemployed laziness, etc.
-You blame white people for 89% of the prisons in America being full of blacks. They did nothing wrong, the racists white cops framed them all, right? No chance at school, no chance for college, military, employment? BULL SHIT!
-More n*****s kill n*****s, than n*****s killing whites, whites killing n*****s, and whites killing whites .COMBINED. I find this astounding.
-It's not white people's faults, the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by a white man years ago. You can go to school, get a job, buy a house, and vote, JUST LIKE WHITE FOLKS!!!! You are not a slave, you are not discriminated against! Slavery is abolished, and nobody alive today, was alive when it was popular. Get over it! You are discriminated against because you are a criminal, sorry-assed n*****! Otherwise, black Americans are treated like everyone else.
-If you choose to create "baby daddy and baby mama", and fake disabilities as an excuse for laziness to draw social security disability instead of husband, wife, family, job, mortgage, it's YOUR FAULT, not white folks. And there are a lot of proud black Americans that will tell you the same, as I AM ONE OF THEM!!!
-Remember, the way you act on the camera, is remembered by everyone who sees it. They will never forget it. It shows them how you, as the black race, responds to situation that dont particularly go the way you think they should. It will become a reference standard, something they expect from you when the next media report doesnt go your way. Stop being stupid n*****s, and be a proud black American. My parents raised me well, but they were wrong about one thing, I am not a n*****.
I will not be around long. While my mind is still sharp, and my aim is still good, my body is eating away with cancer. It started in the prostate, and is spreading rapidly. After I die, I have asked my children to publish my writings, and include my name. Although I am not expecting any miracles, I can only hope that American will stop blaming color, start blaming criminals, and see people for what they really are. We have too many countries that want us dead. We should not be fighting each other.
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It seems inconceivable that a nation of300 million people cannot replace 545 politicians
who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility.
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Obviously this is utter bullshit. But it's crazy that this sort of stuff gets sent around by people who clearly don't want to accept that there are real race issues out there that need dealing with. I replied back asking why I'd been sent this racist & ignorant email, and the response was:
Hi (wetflame), sorry if this offended you, I didnt feel it was racist or ignorant as it was not spoken out against white people and basically speaks the truth. Years ago a friend worked in the Milton jail, a town devoid of black people yet the jail contained over 75% blacks. Every time I watch or read the news I can usually find some news about a black person committing a felony more so than whites although they do their share but it seems to me the percentage is much higher in favor of the blacks. We have very close friends that are black and they agree with me. I will promise not to forward anything of this nature and again it was not intended to offend you. Again I apologize.
Obviously the issue here was that I thought white people were being spoken out against.
Does anyone know anyone who actually believes all this stuff? It blows my mind that people actually believe this. "Why couldnt Obama been this man ?". I mean, come on.