Have you ever seen that movie, I forget its name…
It’s about that kindly white women (or maybe it was a guy) who gets transferred to teach at the ‘tough school’ where all the Black and Latinos are and that one funny Chinese girl…
You know that movie with the scene where the other, jaded and emotionally exhausted teachers tell the new teacher to stop caring so much and then the kindly white teacher gives a 5 minute sermon about goodness and love and compassion. At the end of the movie the students have learned about love, and about race and not to judge people and to strive. And the teacher has also learned about acceptance. All those years these students were just neglected, all they needed was the approval of a white person who cared.
I don’t like those type of movies. They are a lie. It is what Hollywood and the entertainment industry sells. Hollywood is the propaganda unit of government, always has been, always will be. When Hollywood doesn’t nominate any ‘Black’ movies or actors for Oscars it is not a flaw in its code. Nor when they remake Roots or applaud too loudly for 10 years a slave.
For me, growing up, movies introduced me to role models and aspirations, things I could do and people I could be.
It is unfortunate that Hillary has taken the black experience and is trying to covert it to her brand. Hillary becomes Black.
My weak and partially unconstructed observations:
Problem with #BlackLivesMatter is there is no safety valve. Instead they will just be herded to vote for the ‘new’ benevolent plantation owner
It is unfortunate that the media eagerly trots out Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson and the other state sponsored corks of racial discourse. Where are the Black Doctors, Lawyers, Finance professionals. Where are those that have succeeded outside of the ‘state’.
By allowing Hillary to become Black it marginalizes what it is to be Black. Is Black something that can just be channeled, like the fake tears of an actress? If she is Black, then we are all Black. If we are all Black then none of us are.
This is the speech Mother Teresa gave when accepting the Nobel Peace Prize. 
And this article is a great read: #BLACKLIVESMATTER, WHITE GUILT AND THE MARKETING OF RACISM
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I was born and raised in NYC. I am 50 years old. My bio is here.
I am a (liberal?) Democrat. I have given,hosted,bundled, been on finance committees. I’ve split the vote. I can read polls. I can make up compelling statistics
I was infrequently in school, I cut a lot of classes. I was inadequately indoctrinated and only partially assimilated.
Hobbies: I study Supreme Court decisions, Roman, Greek & American History. I play scrabble.
I have an unpleasant but occasionally profitable habit of asking ‘why’ until I understand all the complexity of something.
I intend to vote for Trump, I wrote about it here