@Who's Saying This

I'm surprised that with all the problems that our country is currently facing, the care as to how the President is viewed still in some way has to do with the color of his skin. From my point of view: Black, White, Asian, Hispanic(Legal or not), Jewish, or whatever other color/mix you care to put together doesn't really matter...people are bound to dislike & disagree for one reason or another. I find it all to funny that with the lack of proper care for Veterans such as myself, the ever rising amount of crime that every city faces, low education standards across the board, two wars(no matter your stance), automakers faltering, and sh**ty attempts at a "Greener America", we can still find the time to poll just to see how people feel about the "First Black President". The President, the office of the president, and that it is meant to stand for means absolutely nothing to families who are too busy trying to find a way to keep their heads above water. I ...

Black America forgive me for I do not understand what you go through.. I understand the history, the culture, the passion, the plight…I have the skin color, the physical attributes, everything/all of it. But I am in a way…none of it. So I apologize today to you Black America, because for the past 29 years I’ve tried but have failed to understand what you have and what you continue to go thru. Unlike you, I have never faced oppression. I’ve never been judged purely on the color of my skin. Never have I felt that I needed to perform better to show that a Black Person could do it, I work as hard as I do because I always want the world to know that I was/am the best…I suppose my personality and who I am is based more on my confidence and ego than on the color of my skin… I’m free to say all of that and whatever I say because I’m an American and well…I fought for the right to… I think, feel, and know that it’s harder to be a person, a human being, a child, a sibling, a parent, a...