RACISM IS NOT A ONE WAY STREET

By Bernard J. Byrne

In the Bucks County Intelligencer's guest commentary of May 29, journalist Eugene Robinson's defense of D-W.Va.,Sen. Jay Rockefeller's remark that opposition to President Obama's Affordable Care Act is ,"maybe he's of the wrong color,"  is not in and of itself, a racist statement, would be laughable, were it not so sad.  If saying that someone is in opposition to you because of the color of your skin, is not accusing that person of being a racist, then I don't know what would be a racist statement.

The Reverend Martin Luther King, once said, that you do not judge a man by the color of his skin, but by the content of their heart.  When President Obama was elected to the Presidency for his first term, the fact  he received some 90% of the black vote could be attributed to his being the first black candidate for president.  However, I believe that, after seeing how he governed for four years and getting a better view of the content of his heart, the fact that he  still received some 90% of the black vote, in his re-election, was due more to his being black, than having governed successfully for four years.  And wouldn't this itself ,be a form of racism.

There are many forms of racism in this country.  There is white on black, black on white, black on black, black on Asian, etc., etc., but it seems ,only the white on black is ever played up in the media.  How about, when members of the Congressional Black Caucus, labels black Senator Tim Scott, R-SC., an Uncle Tom because he is a black Republican.  The fact that there even  is a Congressional Black Caucus, is racist in nature.  Could you even imagine the media frenzy if there were a Congressional White Caucus? 

Mr. Robinson feigns indignation, to think that anyone reading his articles would consider them as "playing the race card," when it's quite apparent that many of his statements are racist.  Though it certainly is true, that there is still some racism in our country, it is also quite apparent, that playing the race card for political advantage has become a Democrat and Liberal cornerstone in their ideology.

Bernard Byrne is a retired Postmaster.  His wife, Barbara, and he have been married for 48 years and live in Central Bucks County, PA.   They have three children and six grandchildren.