Posted this a year ago. How dead on was Dr Williams?
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A MINORITY VIEW
BY WALTER E. WILLIAMS
RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2008, AND THEREAFTER
Is Obama Ready For America?
Some pundits ask whether America is ready for Obama. The much more important question is whether Obama is ready for America and even more important is whether black people can afford Obama. Let's look at it in the context of a historical tidbit.
In 1947, Jackie Robinson, signing a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers, broke the color barrier in major league baseball. He encountered open racist taunts and slurs from fans, opposing team players and even some players on his own team. Despite that, his first year batting average was .297. He led the National League in stolen bases and won the first-ever Rookie of the Year Award. Without question, Jackie Robinson was an exceptional player. There's no sense of justice that should require that a player be as good as Jackie Robinson in order to be a rookie in the major leagues but the hard fact of the matter, as a first black player, he had to be.
In 1947, black people could not afford a stubble bum baseball player. By contrast, today black people can afford stubble bum black baseball players. The simple reason is that as a result of the excellence of Jackie Robinson, as well those who immediately followed him such as Satchel Paige, Don Newcombe, Larry Doby and Roy Campanella, there's no one in his right mind, who might watch the incompetence of a particular black player, who can say, "Those blacks can't play baseball." Whether we like it or not, whether for good reason or bad reason, people make stereotypes and stereotypes can have effects.
For the nation and for black people, the first black president should be the caliber of a Jackie Robinson and Barack Obama is not. Barack Obama has charisma and charm but in terms of character, values and understanding, he is no Jackie Robinson. By now, many Americans have heard the racist and anti-American tirades of Obama's minister and spiritual counselor. There's no way that Obama could have been a 20-year member of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's church and not been aware of his statements.
Wright's racist and anti-American ideas are by no means unique. They are the ideas of many leftist professors and taught to our young people. The basic difference between Sen. Obama, Wright and leftist professors is simply a matter of style and language. His Philadelphia speech demonstrated his clever style where he merely changed the subject. The controversy was not about race. It was about his longtime association with such a hatemonger and whether he shared the Reverend's vision.
Obama's success is truly a remarkable commentary on the goodness of Americans and how far we've come in resolving matters of race. I'm 72 years old. For almost all of my life, a black having a real chance at becoming the president of the United States was at best a pipe dream. Obama has convincingly won primaries in states with insignificant black populations. As such, it further confirms what I've often said: The civil rights struggle in America is over and it's won. At one time black Americans did not have the constitutional guarantees enjoyed by white Americans; now we do. The fact that the civil rights struggle is over and won does not mean that there are not major problems confronting many members of the black community but they are not civil rights problems and have little or nothing to do with racial discrimination.
While not every single vestige of racial discrimination has disappeared, Obama and the Rev. Wright are absolutely wrong in suggesting that racial discrimination is anywhere near the major problem confronting a large segment of the black community. The major problems are: family breakdown, illegitimacy, fraudulent education and a high rate of criminality. To confront these problems, that are not the fault of the larger society, requires political courage and that's an attribute that Obama and most other politicians lack.
Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. To find out more about Walter E. Williams and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.
COPYRIGHT 2008 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC.
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Professor Williams essay is absolutely right on as he usually is. But I think expectations of Obama would not be quite so high if more people were willing to acknowledge that a lot of his support was due to the fact that he is not Hillary Clinton.
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A lot of people have now gotten the message that osama is a walking, talking disaster. One of the Man Caused Disasters that they just invented. Little late now to pull their head out in the sunlite. though.
Posted this a year ago. How dead on was Dr Williams?
Quote:
A MINORITY VIEW
BY WALTER E. WILLIAMS
RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2008, AND THEREAFTER
Is Obama Ready For America?
Some pundits ask whether America is ready for Obama. The much more important question is whether Obama is ready for America and even more important is whether black people can afford Obama. Let's look at it in the context of a historical tidbit.
In 1947, Jackie Robinson, signing a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers, broke the color barrier in major league baseball. He encountered open racist taunts and slurs from fans, opposing team players and even some players on his own team. Despite that, his first year batting average was .297. He led the National League in stolen bases and won the first-ever Rookie of the Year Award. Without question, Jackie Robinson was an exceptional player. There's no sense of justice that should require that a player be as good as Jackie Robinson in order to be a rookie in the major leagues but the hard fact of the matter, as a first black player, he had to be.
In 1947, black people could not afford a stubble bum baseball player. By contrast, today black people can afford stubble bum black baseball players. The simple reason is that as a result of the excellence of Jackie Robinson, as well those who immediately followed him such as Satchel Paige, Don Newcombe, Larry Doby and Roy Campanella, there's no one in his right mind, who might watch the incompetence of a particular black player, who can say, "Those blacks can't play baseball." Whether we like it or not, whether for good reason or bad reason, people make stereotypes and stereotypes can have effects.
For the nation and for black people, the first black president should be the caliber of a Jackie Robinson and Barack Obama is not. Barack Obama has charisma and charm but in terms of character, values and understanding, he is no Jackie Robinson. By now, many Americans have heard the racist and anti-American tirades of Obama's minister and spiritual counselor. There's no way that Obama could have been a 20-year member of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's church and not been aware of his statements.
Wright's racist and anti-American ideas are by no means unique. They are the ideas of many leftist professors and taught to our young people. The basic difference between Sen. Obama, Wright and leftist professors is simply a matter of style and language. His Philadelphia speech demonstrated his clever style where he merely changed the subject. The controversy was not about race. It was about his longtime association with such a hatemonger and whether he shared the Reverend's vision.
Obama's success is truly a remarkable commentary on the goodness of Americans and how far we've come in resolving matters of race. I'm 72 years old. For almost all of my life, a black having a real chance at becoming the president of the United States was at best a pipe dream. Obama has convincingly won primaries in states with insignificant black populations. As such, it further confirms what I've often said: The civil rights struggle in America is over and it's won. At one time black Americans did not have the constitutional guarantees enjoyed by white Americans; now we do. The fact that the civil rights struggle is over and won does not mean that there are not major problems confronting many members of the black community but they are not civil rights problems and have little or nothing to do with racial discrimination.
While not every single vestige of racial discrimination has disappeared, Obama and the Rev. Wright are absolutely wrong in suggesting that racial discrimination is anywhere near the major problem confronting a large segment of the black community. The major problems are: family breakdown, illegitimacy, fraudulent education and a high rate of criminality. To confront these problems, that are not the fault of the larger society, requires political courage and that's an attribute that Obama and most other politicians lack.
Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. To find out more about Walter E. Williams and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.
COPYRIGHT 2008 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC.
Complete Garbage.......no wonder your mind is so twisted FM. How can this Williams charactersay the Pesident should be the caliber ofJackie Robinson?....insane. How does this moron know if Obama has political courage or not?...insane. This Guy is a Far Right liar and is teaching this crap in our colleges. We need to weed out these type of professor's.
RM, You know damn well that for every conservative professor there are a 100 far left ones. Why can't you ever see the light. I keep waiting to see one thread of common sense in your posts. Probably never will.[:-]
RM, You know damn well that for every conservative professor there are a 100 far left ones. Why can't you ever see the light. I keep waiting to see one thread of common sense in your posts. Probably never will.[:-]
Well that just means the liberals are smarter.lol
I'm going to have to agree with RM, this is a far right piece of garbage..... there is a lot of far left garbage out there too.... but we in here seem tonever to post that crap.
RM, You know damn well that for every conservative professor there are a 100 far left ones. Why can't you ever see the light. I keep waiting to see one thread of common sense in your posts. Probably never will.[:-]
Well that just means the liberals are smarter.lol
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I'm going to have to agree with RM, this is a far right piece of garbage..... there is a lot of far left garbage out there too.... but we in here seem tonever to post that crap.
Could you please delineate which statements constitute "far right garbage."
Why is it so grossly incorrect to state that it would be better if the first black president was actually good at the job. The article doesn't address policy, it's about whether the president shows good judgment in his associations, and makes reasonable decisions.
"Barack Obama has charisma and charm but in terms of character, values and understanding, he is no Jackie Robinson."
Not a problem shooter...... Obama is acutally one of the smartest President's we've had. Teaching Constitutional Law as a professer for years and with an outstading knowledge of US History and great a speaker, his values and understandings are much more than the garbage posted above.
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RE: Is Obama Ready For America?
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RM, You know damn well that for every conservative professor there are a 100 far left ones. Why can't you ever see the light. I keep waiting to see one thread of common sense in your posts. Probably never will.[:-]
Well that just means the liberals are smarter.lol
I'm going to have to agree with RM, this is a far right piece of garbage..... there is a lot of far left garbage out there too.... but we in here seem tonever to post that crap.
Lol. It is obvious that you have never been to college.
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Is Obama Ready For America?
Complete Garbage.......no wonder your mind is so twisted FM. How can this Williams charactersay the Pesident should be the caliber ofJackie Robinson?....insane. How does this moron know if Obama has political courage or not?...insane. This Guy is a Far Right liar and is teaching this crap in our colleges. We need to weed out these type of professor's.
lol
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