Wizendy: I couldn’t stay up to watch the re-election of President Barak Obama.Much as I wanted to, I knew from my racing heartbeat, that it wasn’tthe wisest thing to do.
The last debate I watched, I had spent more time watching the voter’s reaction to the comments instead of enjoying the quality of thedebate. I knew then that I was, contrary to my profession, more involved than I needed to be. During the day, I had spent time getting in touch with my friends in the US and the UK. All, and I mean all, wanted Obama to win.
By 5.30am, I was roused from my sleep by ecstatic calls, telling me Obama had won. The relief that flowed through me was so strong that I wondered why. Obama in the final analysis, is an American who will always put American interests ahead of any other interest [s]including that of Kenya, his ancestral home.[/s] His last four years neither benefited me nor my country.There are no indications that the next four will. So why am I so involved? I tried to tell myself that his policies were better and more inclusive; and that Mitt Romney was too shifty. But so what? Its still an American election.
After all, Al Gore was to me, a better candidate than George Bush. But I lost no sleep over his loss. I also felt that the dour Scot, Gordon Brown, was a better man tolead Britain out of its recession than the glib, handsome and empty David Cameron. America suffered economically, and in global perception, for its choice just as Britainis suffering economically for the decision to pick Cameron.For me, a bystander, nothing spoil. So why am I so passionate about this American election? Could it have something to do with the colour of Obama’s skin?
Later that Wednesday, I had a meeting with some veteran journalists. Those who had stayed up for the re-election, were bleary eyed from lack of sleep. But they all had this feel-good thing and they all expressed joy at the outcome of the election. Some were so passionate that I again wondered if itwould translate to anything positive for Nigeria. These were veterans who had been trained to be objective, even cynical sometimes. Yet, they couldn’t see anything wrong with Obama or anything right with Romney for that matter. And I thought, uneasily, if we were all routing for something other than the content of the head here.
Later, when the demographic analysis cameon CNN, it was discovered that over 90% blacks and over 75%Hispanics voted for Obama. Now, that is block voting. And all of us who aredelirious, should ask ourselves if Obama would have won if the whites who constituted over 70% of the eligible voters, had block voted too. Our hero, reverend Luther King, admonished us to look at the content of the head (heart) and not the colour of the skin. Is that what we have done? Is that what we do? How many of us have turned on our TV sets to find a white guy and a black guy fight in a boxing contest and instinctively want the black guy to win? Same thing in a tennis tournament. These are not things to be proud of in the twenty-first century.
We must be honest and admit that, ofrecent, the whites have been more welcoming of content and more tolerant of colour than we have been. Britain has been so tolerant of different cultures that its own culture has been down played.

jammyng: Psychological, blacks feel insecure.

Clemzy16: No doubt America is the most powerful nation on planet earth. Obama might be the president of all americans but in-one-way-or-another he tends to control the affairs of other nations including Nigeria.

Wizendy: I couldn’t stay up to watch the re-election of President Barak Obama.Much as I wanted to, I knew from my racing heartbeat, that it wasn’tthe wisest thing to do.

The last debate I watched, I had spent more time watching the voter’s reaction to the comments instead of enjoying the quality of thedebate. I knew then that I was, contrary to my profession, more involved than I needed to be. During the day, I had spent time getting in touch with my friends in the US and the UK. All, and I mean all, wanted Obama to win.

By 5.30am, I was roused from my sleep by ecstatic calls, telling me Obama had won. The relief that flowed through me was so strong that I wondered why. Obama in the final analysis, is an American who will always put American interests ahead of any other interest including that of Kenya, his ancestral home. His last four years neither benefited me nor my country.There are no indications that the next four will. So why am I so involved? I tried to tell myself that his policies were better and more inclusive; and that Mitt Romney was too shifty. But so what? Its still an American election.

After all, Al Gore was to me, a better candidate than George Bush. But I lost no sleep over his loss. I also felt that the dour Scot, Gordon Brown, was a better man tolead Britain out of its recession than the glib, handsome and empty David Cameron. America suffered economically, and in global perception, for its choice just as Britainis suffering economically for the decision to pick Cameron.For me, a bystander, nothing spoil. So why am I so passionate about this American election? Could it have something to do with the colour of Obama’s skin?

Later that Wednesday, I had a meeting with some veteran journalists. Those who had stayed up for the re-election, were bleary eyed from lack of sleep. But they all had this feel-good thing and they all expressed joy at the outcome of the election. Some were so passionate that I again wondered if itwould translate to anything positive for Nigeria. These were veterans who had been trained to be objective, even cynical sometimes. Yet, they couldn’t see anything wrong with Obama or anything right with Romney for that matter. And I thought, uneasily, if we were all routing for something other than the content of the head here.

Later, when the demographic analysis cameon CNN, it was discovered that over 90% blacks and over 75%Hispanics voted for Obama. Now, that is block voting. And all of us who are delirious, should ask ourselves if Obama would have won if the whites who constituted over 70% of the eligible voters, had block voted too. Our hero, reverend Luther King, admonished us to look at the content of the head (heart) and not the colour of the skin. Is that what we have done? Is that what we do? How many of us have turned on our TV sets to find a white guy and a black guy fight in a boxing contest and instinctively want the black guy to win? Same thing in a tennis tournament. These are not things to be proud of in the twenty-first century.

We must be honest and admit that, of recent, the whites have been more welcoming of content and more tolerant of colour than we have been. Britain has been so tolerant of different cultures that its own culture has been down played.

deejay_harry1: Hmmm....so ur indirectly sayin,, obama won out of racism??

solomonkane:

Wrong, very wrong. Nobody wields that kind of power unless you allow them to. Are you saying Obama controls Chinese or Russian policies?

guccimilan: I would want to suggest that its a thing of joy to see a good thing come out of the black race and a unique one for that matter after many decades of lookdown by the whites . To me its more than color , its an encouragement and an inspiration that you can do all things if you believe and its just like you seeing ur own been honored .

Wizendy: I couldn’t stay up to watch the re-election of President Barak Obama.Much as I wanted to, I knew from my racing heartbeat, that it wasn’tthe wisest thing to do.

The last debate I watched, I had spent more time watching the voter’s reaction to the comments instead of enjoying the quality of thedebate. I knew then that I was, contrary to my profession, more involved than I needed to be. During the day, I had spent time getting in touch with my friends in the US and the UK. All, and I mean all, wanted Obama to win.

By 5.30am, I was roused from my sleep by ecstatic calls, telling me Obama had won. The relief that flowed through me was so strong that I wondered why. Obama in the final analysis, is an American who will always put American interests ahead of any other interest including that of Kenya, his ancestral home. His last four years neither benefited me nor my country.There are no indications that the next four will. So why am I so involved? I tried to tell myself that his policies were better and more inclusive; and that Mitt Romney was too shifty. But so what? Its still an American election.

After all, Al Gore was to me, a better candidate than George Bush. But I lost no sleep over his loss. I also felt that the dour Scot, Gordon Brown, was a better man tolead Britain out of its recession than the glib, handsome and empty David Cameron. America suffered economically, and in global perception, for its choice just as Britainis suffering economically for the decision to pick Cameron.For me, a bystander, nothing spoil. So why am I so passionate about this American election? Could it have something to do with the colour of Obama’s skin?

Later that Wednesday, I had a meeting with some veteran journalists. Those who had stayed up for the re-election, were bleary eyed from lack of sleep. But they all had this feel-good thing and they all expressed joy at the outcome of the election. Some were so passionate that I again wondered if itwould translate to anything positive for Nigeria. These were veterans who had been trained to be objective, even cynical sometimes. Yet, they couldn’t see anything wrong with Obama or anything right with Romney for that matter. And I thought, uneasily, if we were all routing for something other than the content of the head here.

Later, when the demographic analysis cameon CNN, it was discovered that over 90% blacks and over 75%Hispanics voted for Obama. Now, that is block voting. And all of us who are delirious, should ask ourselves if Obama would have won if the whites who constituted over 70% of the eligible voters, had block voted too. Our hero, reverend Luther King, admonished us to look at the content of the head (heart) and not the colour of the skin. Is that what we have done? Is that what we do? How many of us have turned on our TV sets to find a white guy and a black guy fight in a boxing contest and instinctively want the black guy to win? Same thing in a tennis tournament. These are not things to be proud of in the twenty-first century.

We must be honest and admit that, of recent, the whites have been more welcoming of content and more tolerant of colour than we have been. Britain has been so tolerant of different cultures that its own culture has been down played.

jammyng: Psychological, blacks feel insecure.

paris10:

And biologically, sociologically and even physically, whites feel insecure. The insecurity that have led 17 states in the US to want to secede from the great US of A because Obama won. Race is a very big issue in this dispensation. Majority of white folks were expecting Romney to win fair and square, judging by the population of whites, but no, he didn't. 95% of blacks, 73% of Latinos, 65% of other races, and finally just 35% of whites voted for Obama. On a normal day, the 65% of those whites who opted to vote for Romney would have been enough to win the election.

I believe black people are not insecure, but awake, awake to the fact that white folks controls everything; from politics to anything life-changing. And black people are cornered and trapped with less choices: you either follow the white man rule or remain poor. To the AA, you either act white or start singing or selling drugs. To the Africans, you either follow our set of rules or we'll stop all the aids coming to Africa.

Blacks are more accommodating than any other race combined. The white folks now sees us as threat, threat to their inheritance, threat to their once dominance historically chairmanship and more importantly, threat of overtaking them as people.

paris10:

And biologically, sociologically and even physically, whites feel insecure. The insecurity that have led 17 states in the US to want to secede from the great US of A because Obama won. Race is a very big issue in this dispensation. Majority of white folks were expecting Romney to win fair and square, judging by the population of whites, but no, he didn't. 95% of blacks, 73% of Latinos, 65% of other races, and finally just 35% of whites voted for Obama. On a normal day, the 65% of those whites who opted to vote for Romney would have been enough to win the election.

I believe black people are not insecure, but awake, awake to the fact that white folks controls everything; from politics to anything life-changing. And black people are cornered and trapped with less choices: you either follow the white man rule or remain poor. To the AA, you either act white or start singing or selling drugs. To the Africans, you either follow our set of rules or we'll stop all the aids coming to Africa.

Blacks are more accommodating than any other race combined. The white folks now sees us as threat, threat to their inheritance, threat to their once dominance historically chairmanship and more importantly, threat of overtaking them as people.

SmoothLIFE: Ghanaian RULE is the only hope for Blacks!! Only Ghanaian RULE can SAVE West Africa!

Clemzy16: No doubt America is the most powerful nation on planet earth. Obama might be the president of all americans but in-one-way-or-another he tends to control the affairs of other nations including Nigeria.

Agiliti: it's not a white or black thing, it's an underdog thing... the way some black people feel about obama or tiger woods, or any other black guy dominating a typically white field is the same way some whites feel about eminem, larry bird, or any other "great white hope" who dominated a black field....even people were rooting for jonathan simply because he was a minority

We must be honest and admit that, of recent, the whites have been more welcoming of content and more tolerant of colour than we have been. Britain has been so tolerant of different cultures that its own culture has been down played.

carefreewannabe:

Go to Europe and interview WHITE people. Majority of them, example France, wanted Obama to win.

paris10:

No one is disputing that with you. They wanted Obama to win because they aren't Americans. Obama foreign policy tends to favor them than that of Romney.

paris10: Wizendy

The above statement is a farce and only seems true. UK hasn't been more racist than what is being witnessed currently. Have you managed to ask folks who work in institutions like banks and any other govt agencies about what has been their experience in relation to the color of the skin? Or are you easily swayed or bought over by the mere saying that "Britain is the most tolerant nation ever"?

The question that comes to mind would be, who are they tolerating? Goats or monkeys? Who is more tolerant, Nigeria or Britain? A Benin gold statue (worth £millions) belonging to the people of Edo state was recently found in the British Museum, and all attempt to recover it back by the Oba of Benin has been blocked by the British govt. The statue was stolen by the white folks, likewise many other treasures amounting to £billions.

The recent London riot tagged black people as bad, whereas, the main reason why the riot started in the first place was totally ignored. The British police killed an innocent black man (even though he had a record with them, he was unarmed and innocent when killed). The Stephen Lawrence case was another high profile one involving race. Lawrence was killed and police covered the killers up. They would rather see a black man killed than a white man go to jail. Have you heard about the Zermmerman case in US? Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin, case not yet decided. Read more on the case from google.

Are you still here? David Cameron new immigration legislation on bounty is institutionally racist. His cuts on school childrens £30 EMA was also seen as that, because this tends to affect minorities the most. David is cutting everything benefits for the less able; the idea that white folks have other means to survive.

And regarding job: the equal opportunity act is a myth and actually does the opposite. There is no equal opportunity anywhere. If you tick where it says your background, race or ethnicity, or even age, then brace yourself for the harsh reality of life. White people are considered first, followed by EU candidate, then Indians, Pakistans, others before people of African heritage. My advise, do not fill that section, it is optional.

The fact that these people laugh with you, smile when they see you or even welcome you doesn't mean they like you; they hate your gut!

Claus: It's not all down to race.

I'm not sure about Hispanics, but black voting for the Democrats has hovered around the 90% mark for decades!