Obama says Lynch will carry on equal justice – AOL (President Obama Nominee For The Next Attorney General)

The Political Agitator response: I normally respond but I echo what Sheria Reid had to say about the following on her Facebook page.

I read this story about the President’s nominee for the next attorney general and felt proud. Loretta is female, black, and was born and raised in North Carolina.

I also read the comments on the story, not all of them, as there are more than 1700. There appears to be a prevailing theme as expressed in the following comments:

“rocadisa 11 hours ago
Why does Obama choses (sic) all his associates to be black . He does not trust white people? Talking about racism.”
101 people liked this comment

“written0717 11 hours ago
Just another Black racist who will go after innocent “White” people for defending themselves against Black thugs. Folks, if you have to shoot one of those filthy animals, just bury their nasty ass in the woods. You’ll never get a fair trial and you will have the Liberal media and the Government trying to crucify you.”
95 people liked this comment

“lhunter103 5 hours ago
Obama is half white and half muslim (sic). He is not an African American. African Americans are descendants from the slavery that was actually started by a black African.”

“tsapp10136 8 hours ago
I don’t know of any white person that would trust him. When you think of the country going down, I don’t know of any country or empire, through the history of time, that ever achieved greatness with a black leader and he’s loaded up the key positons (sic) with them. Third world mentality brings third world results.”

Sad that the election of a black president has revealed the extent to which racial hatred continues to permeate the United States. Sad that Obama’s election has also revealed how many Americans know nothing of the history of this country, particularly the history of racism and racial identity. Check out the one-drop rule if you also believe that Obama chose to identify as black because he hates white people.

Many of the racists don’t or won’t recognize their own racism. They choose to believe that it is black people who are racists. After all, the President has nominated another black person to serve as the U.S. Attorney General, that’s just plain racist. They ignore that most of his cabinet is white. They also ignore that if Lynch is confirmed she makes history as the first black woman to be the AG and only the second black person to be AG; Holder was the first, not exactly an overwhelming influx of black people.

Racism in the United States is and has always been about hate mixed with fear. No matter how abhorrent the crime committed by a white person, when is the last time that you heard that person labeled a thug? Yet an unarmed black teenager gets shot and the first thought among some white people is that he deserved to die because he was a thug. What exactly is a thug and why does anyone’s life deserve to be forfeited even if he has indeed acted in a criminal fashion? Suspected cop killer Eric Frein was on the run for 48 days, and on the FBI’s ten most wanted list. He was captured alive and no one bothered to label him a thug.

Black people can’t effectively challenge white racism. No matter what we say, those who are racists will shift the problem to imagined traits and behaviors of black people. White people have to call other white people on racism, Silence is acquiescence.

Obama says Lynch will carry on equal justice

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama introduced his choice for attorney general Saturday as an accomplished prosecutor from New York City who will carry on a “fierce commitment to equal justice.”

Obama argued at a White House ceremony that it’s “pretty hard to be more qualified” for the job of attorney general than Brooklyn federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch.

“Loretta might be the only lawyer in America who battles mobsters and drug lords and terrorists, and still has the reputation for being a charming people person,” Obama said to laughter from those who packed the Roosevelt Room for the announcement. (Source: Read more)