It always bothers me when I write a story about race relations (see below) in this country that I am going to be labeled a racist no matter what I said because I am a Republican member of the Tea Party. But, what the heck, Richard Raymond, Henry Cuellar, here I go.
Why do politicians and the government work so hard at trying to label Americans based on race? Is this in itself not causing some of the racial tension that still exists in this country?
The United States Federal Government is the worst at race relations. They want to label us by race when they count Americans; they want to label Americans by race when they apply for anything the government provides. Why? Will the government not serve me if I am white? I thought all the welfare type programs were based on economic condition. I thought the same on qualifying for student loans or any other program that passed out money.
The politicians (and media) have done everything in their power to promote the idea that a specific race must be represented in politics by a person of the same race. Why? What is difference between a black, white or Hispanic issue? Is immigration not important to all races of Americans? Aren’t taxes and deficits important to all? Aren’t we all concerned about the welfare of America.
Why shouldn't I be allowed to pick the best candidate no matter what color his/her skin? Why must I be represented by whites?
Poll respondents chart racial progress since MLK
By Susan Page, and Carly Mallenbaum
Updated 16h 46m ago
WASHINGTON — On this, blacks and whites overwhelmingly agree: Martin Luther King Jr. changed America, and for the better.
"When I went to work in the government in 1958, they didn't have black and white signs on the toilets, but they had one toilet that was unlocked and the other toilet you had to have the key for. The only ones who had the key were the white supervisors," recalls Carl Allen, 70, of Washington, D.C., who is black. He worked as a landscape gardener for the city's highway department. "There weren't black supervisors."
Over time, "all of it changed," says Allen, who was among those called for the survey. "Before I retired, we had full representation, black supervisors. We had everything we should have had years before."
Benjamin Cardenas, 42, of Santa Clara, Calif., a distribution manager for a pharmaceutical company, says interracial couples are now the norm in his community. With California's diversity, he says, "people have a tendency to look beyond the race of the person and look at the person."
A USA TODAY/Gallup Poll of more than 1,300 people nationwide finds that about nine of 10, black and white, say civil rights for African Americans have improved in their lifetimes.
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