MYCHAL MASSIE OP-ED: Blacks' Toxic Victimhood

The conservative Republican commentator wallops liberals who claim that an Obama win means more racial injustice: "Five days after Barack Obama strolled comfortably to victory with a six-point margin in his pocket, Louis Farrakhan declared that the victory would only stir up deep-seated racial animosity. He told a congregation that the country remained 'divided and polarized.' He said that the majority of John McCain supporters were 'older Americans ... [residing] below the Mason-Dixon line where racial attitudes and traditions die hard.' Continuing, he told the throng, 'We can change laws, but it's difficult to change attitudes.' Truer words have seldom been spoken, even if from the lips a 'minister' who can hardly be called 'Mathias,' i.e., a 'gift from God.' Even though the actual reason sales of firearms soared in advance of Obama's election was the realistic fear that he would urge onerous restrictions on the purchase of same, Farrakhan seemed to be insinuating that the reasons were racially motivated. As proof, he stated that he 'was sure that many of our [black] people have unfortunately lost their lives because of the absolute hatred that is manifested now that one of our own has risen to such a high office.' Just who are these 'many blacks' killed because Obama was elected? To what greater depths can he possibly sink to further the continuation of a cultural divide? Or perhaps he was alluding to the hundreds of thousands of black unborn children that Obama supports murdering."

He continues his commentary: "While whites voted for Obama for a plethora of reasons (none of which I agree with), blacks in large measure voted for him because of his color. Jesse Jackson told blacks he was concerned that President Bush would, in effect, sabotage Obama during his last days in office vis-à-vis economic policies. I would argue that President Bush and Congress are sabotaging all Americans precisely because of their economic policy, and that Obama will simply continue to the nth degree. The division and depth of resentment that victim-minded blacks harbor toward blacks who do not wallow in their despair, anger and malaise cannot be overstated. I was recently informed that quotes I made in a press release issued by the National Center of Public Policy Research ('Al-Qaida Leader's Anti-Obama Racial Slur Denounced by Black Conservatives'; Nov. 20, 2008) were ridiculed on a blog hosted by a black female intended for black moderates. I had said that I found the racist diatribe of terrorist Ayman al-Zawahiri 'highly offensive,' but because I view America through a different prism, I was maligned as one unworthy of taking exception to his comments. A black media outlet posited that Obama's victory would result in a more hostile employment and cultural climate for blacks, the reason being whites would be able to openly practice exclusion because Obama's victory allowed for the façade of there being no more racism. The same media outlet attacked me for 'willingly perpetrating the American establishment's flawed premise [of] insisting that the gap in wealth, income, health care and education is due to an inherent culture of victimization,' and my belief that hard work and preparedness are what it takes to be successful."

My response: Booker Rising must be the "blog hosted by a black female intended for black moderates" that Mr. Massie takes issue with for its readers' criticism of him. There are only three black, female, and moderate bloggers who I know of (Angie Winters, my fellow Illini; Sophia Nelson; and Lady Rayne). None of them put up that news release, but I did. Mr. Massie implies that I ridiculed his comments, when I defended ol' boy. However, some readers disagreed with Mr. Massie's motives, but that's their opinion. If you don't like criticism, then why pump out commentary? Geez, talk about victimology. Good that you're reading my blog.