At some point will there be an event, quite unexpected (Black Swan), that will lead to the breakup of the US? Certainly. Of course when and what this event might be is quite unpredictable and will probably not be recognized until well after the fact.
I say "certainly" because no matter how unlikely an event is it will occur if you wait long enough.
Considering the building racist reaction in many parts of the country to Obama's election, I wonder if that might have been the trigger. We won't know for some time.
If it is the trigger, will the majority on either side of such a division care? I wonder. Since the belief systems in place in different parts of the country have been made so readily apparent through the Internet and are so incompatible, secular versus sectarian for example, I suspect that each side will feel relief to be ride of the other.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Great White Hope (Take two)
Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.) Tried to back track on her use of the expression "Great White Hope" suggesting that she did not realize the background of the phrase.
Oooops. She may have been fibbing just a tiny bit.
In late July, the House of Representatives passed, by unanimous consent, a measure urging the president to pardon heavyweight champion boxer Jack Johnson, whose career brought him success in the ring and racist vitriol outside of it. Included in the resolution, which passed on July 29, was the following phrase:
"Whereas the victory by Jack Johnson over Tommy Burns prompted a search for a White boxer who could beat Jack Johnson, a recruitment effort that was dubbed the search for the 'great white hope.'"
Oooops. She may have been fibbing just a tiny bit.
In late July, the House of Representatives passed, by unanimous consent, a measure urging the president to pardon heavyweight champion boxer Jack Johnson, whose career brought him success in the ring and racist vitriol outside of it. Included in the resolution, which passed on July 29, was the following phrase:
"Whereas the victory by Jack Johnson over Tommy Burns prompted a search for a White boxer who could beat Jack Johnson, a recruitment effort that was dubbed the search for the 'great white hope.'"
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Great White Hope?
Ah, are we seeing the truth of the Republican's interest in race? Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R Kansas) looking for a possible viable candidate, or as she called the person "The Great White Hope." For those who may not know, this is a reference to the desire of the public in 1909 for a white boxer to beat Jack Johnson, heavyweight champion at the time (and a NEGRO), to show the superiority of the white race.
Idiot.
Idiot.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
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