232 Years. This country has had an interesting history. I'm looking forward to this social experiment.
On a somewhat related note:
I prepared a rant about something. I encapsulated it for those who may not care.
SPOILERS! (Click to view)
I am somewhat annoyed by something. For the last 25 years of my life, it has been a social faux pas to call someone "black" unless of course you knew them. Even then, it was still done sparingly. For the last twenty-months, I have heard every news outlet calling Obama an African-American. Literally minutes after he was decidedly the victor, every news-outlet (okay, maybe not every one, but the majority) decides its just fine, politcally, and morally to call Obama "Black" and say it as liberally as possible. Black this. Black that.
Why is it all of a sudden okay to call a black man black? Especially considering the widely accepted mindset that black (in any form, not just skin) is bad / evil / "not good"? What made the media, nay, the nation grow a fucking set of balls? Punching a hole in a paper for a "black" man.
How does showing that you can see past the color of a man's skin give you the right to constantly remind him how he is different from you?
Give me a good fucking reason.
This honestly bothers me. Racism is NOT dead. It's just becoming a little more diversified.
What happened to African-American? Did you brush that under the rug? Why? What's so different between right now, and three days ago?
I'd like to clarify something. I think Politically correct terminology is a fat load of exactly the type of cowardly coddling society we have become, where the fat kid gets an A in P.E. and the kid running laps around him has to slow down to keep him from feeling bad.
I hate the "-American" description of our heritage. I am American. That's all. I'm not Irish-American. I've never even been to Ireland. Nor England, Nor Germany, Nor any of the other places my ancestors resided. I Am American. You need to classify me by color, call me white, motherfucker. Do it. Then call this guy black, and that guy red, and this guy brown.
While you're at it, stop classifying me by color. And this guy, and that guy, and this guy. What the hell difference does it make what color he is? What color I am? The only thing that should matter is that we have a brain... and you're treating us like we don't.
It's going to be an interesting 4 years, and I'm not saying that negatively. Like I said: I'm looking forward to the experiment.
