The Nappy Cat Chronicles

It’s not often put into words and it’s a social issue that may keep Obama in Chicago. The coverage allotted to those pundits who lean a particular way on this issue increased immeasurably after 9-11 and the unethical behavior publicly displayed by the Bush posse has become a stronghold for those pundits.

I’m referring to what some white people consider to be a sacred right. They don’t want to apologize for their racist tendencies and they feel the need to “speak out” if they believe that they are being forced to tap dance around their “reality based” assessments.

And, really, there’s nothing inherently wrong with this. Groupthink and preference for similarity are human conditions. Furthermore, man’s struggle to establish his identity as one who is dominant over the totality of his domain is as old as the sky is blue. So, ultimately, white people can rationalize racism by believing that, if a minority is given an inch, he will take a mile.

Using racist language secures this hierarchy. It not only defines a minority as inferior, it defines the white person as superior. McCain’s use of this language may shock Doug Thompson; but, as anyone with an ear to the ground knows, McCain’s only hope of winning this thing is to appeal to white people who are angry that they can’t call it as they see it. As much as they want to they can’t, you know, call Obama a nigger.