Racists against Obama

“Election spurs 'hundreds' of race threats, crimes

By JESSE WASHINGTON – 2 hours ago

Cross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting "Assassinate Obama." Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars.

Incidents around the country referring to President-elect Barack Obama are dampening the postelection glow of racial progress and harmony, highlighting the stubborn racism that remains in America.

From California to Maine, police have documented a range of alleged crimes, from vandalism and vague threats to at least one physical attack. Insults and taunts have been delivered by adults, college students and second-graders.

There have been "hundreds" of incidents since the election, many more than usual, said Mark Potok, director of the Intelligence Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate crimes.

One was in Snellville, Ga., where Denene Millner said a boy on the school bus told her 9-year-old daughter the day after the election: "I hope Obama gets assassinated." That night, someone trashed her sister-in-law's front lawn, mangled the Obama lawn signs, and left two pizza boxes filled with human feces outside the front door, Millner said.

She described her emotions as a combination of anger and fear.

"I can't say that every white person in Snellville is evil and anti-Obama and willing to desecrate my property because one or two idiots did it," said Millner, who is black. "But it definitely makes you look a little different at the people who you live with, and makes you wonder what they're capable of and what they're really thinking."

Potok, who is white, said he believes there is "a large subset of white people in this country who feel that they are losing everything they know, that the country their forefathers built has somehow been stolen from them."

Grant Griffin, a 46-year-old white Georgia native, expressed similar sentiments: "I believe our nation is ruined and has been for several decades and the election of Obama is merely the culmination of the change.

"If you had real change it would involve all the members of (Obama's) church being deported," he said.

Change in whatever form does not come easy, and a black president is "the most profound change in the field of race this country has experienced since the Civil War," said William Ferris, senior associate director of the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina. "It's shaking the foundations on which the country has existed for centuries."

"Someone once said racism is like cancer," Ferris said. "It's never totally wiped out, it's in remission."

If so, America's remission lasted until the morning of Nov. 5.

The day after the vote hailed as a sign of a nation changed, black high school student Barbara Tyler of Marietta, Ga., said she heard hateful Obama comments from white students, and that teachers cut off discussion about Obama's victory.

Tyler spoke at a press conference by the Georgia chapter of the NAACP calling for a town hall meeting to address complaints from across the state about hostility and resentment. Another student, from a Covington middle school, said he was suspended for wearing an Obama shirt to school Nov. 5 after the principal told students not to wear political paraphernalia.

The student's mother, Eshe Riviears, said the principal told her: "Whether you like it or not, we're in the South, and there are a lot of people who are not happy with this decision."

Other incidents include:

_Four North Carolina State University students admitted writing anti-Obama comments in a tunnel designated for free speech expression, including one that said: "Let's shoot that (N-word) in the head." Obama has received more threats than any other president-elect, authorities say.

_At Standish, Maine, a sign inside the Oak Hill General Store read: "Osama Obama Shotgun Pool." Customers could sign up to bet $1 on a date when Obama would be killed. "Stabbing, shooting, roadside bombs, they all count," the sign said. At the bottom of the marker board was written "Let's hope someone wins."

_Racist graffiti was found in places including New York's Long Island, where two dozen cars were spray-painted; Kilgore, Texas, where the local high school and skate park were defaced; and the Los Angeles area, where swastikas, racial slurs and "Go Back To Africa" were spray painted on sidewalks, houses and cars.

_Second- and third-grade students on a school bus in Rexburg, Idaho, chanted "assassinate Obama," a district official said.

_University of Alabama professor Marsha L. Houston said a poster of the Obama family was ripped off her office door. A replacement poster was defaced with a death threat and a racial slur. "It seems the election brought the racist rats out of the woodwork," Houston said.

_Black figures were hanged by nooses from trees on Mount Desert Island, Maine, the Bangor Daily News reported. The president of Baylor University in Waco, Texas said a rope found hanging from a campus tree was apparently an abandoned swing and not a noose.

_Crosses were burned in yards of Obama supporters in Hardwick, N.J., and Apolacan Township, Pa.

_A black teenager in New York City said he was attacked with a bat on election night by four white men who shouted 'Obama.'

_In the Pittsburgh suburb of Forest Hills, a black man said he found a note with a racial slur on his car windshield, saying "now that you voted for Obama, just watch out for your house."

Emotions are often raw after a hard-fought political campaign, but now those on the losing side have an easy target for their anger.

"The principle is very simple," said BJ Gallagher, a sociologist and co-author of the diversity book "A Peacock in the Land of Penguins." "If I can't hurt the person I'm angry at, then I'll vent my anger on a substitute, i.e., someone of the same race."

"We saw the same thing happen after the 9-11 attacks, as a wave of anti-Muslim violence swept the country. We saw it happen after the Rodney King verdict, when Los Angeles blacks erupted in rage at the injustice perpetrated by 'the white man.'"

"It's as stupid and ineffectual as kicking your dog when you've had a bad day at the office," Gallagher said. "But it happens a lot."

Associated Press writers Errin Haines, Jerry Harkavy, Jay Reeves, Johnny Taylor and researcher Rhonda Shafner contributed to this report.


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“Are you surprised?”

“I have been reading similar articles. One thing I would correct in that article though, Phaed, and that is this. ALL of those crimes were committed by second-graders, at least in mentality. Mature adults know better outlets for their disappointments than to turn ugly and violent.”

“The one at NC State was in one of the free expression tunnels. Our campus is divided by a rail line and there are 3 pedestrian tunnels that go under the track. Its mostly uncontrolled graffitti (probably to prevent it on the rest of the campus) They have always been used as a place to push the envelope. There isn't any great art here, but people are free to express themselves usually over top of someone else's expression. There have been Kill McCain and All Homo's must die slogans also written there without much fanfare. The free expression tunnel is usually defended with vigor by people of the aclu type. I wonder where they are now.

”

“"I can't say that every white person in Snellville is evil and anti-Obama and willing to desecrate my property because one or two idiots did it," said Millner, who is black.

Hello.....you said it. I just luv statements like that

I cant belive every Democrat hates Sarah Palin just because the News Media has continued their negative campaign even after the election.”

“Obama
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“We should make them go through a Scared Straight type of program with Grandpa MarkO. He'd straighten those little honkies out.”

“Hello, Nigal.
It seems that I doth protest too much and have earned honorable mention.

"It seems the election brought the racist rats out of the woodwork,"

I hope that these rats are content to eat their own and leave the Real Americans alone.”

“Oh yeah, that was un-provoked, you stinkin' provoker.

I'm gonna tell that other guy.
>8^b~~

And of course that in itself will be an un-provoked "attack" even though he shall remain un-mentioned.”

“Attacker!”

“To Arms, to arms, the rednecks are coming!!

Speakin' of rats.
I got ratted-out for using the word "honky" several months ago and I was temporarily banned.
It seems the rat got banned too........but we are both back.

Hee-hee-hee!!”

“I trump you. I got banned for saying pony.”

“I merely used "the word" in a sentence.

"I like honky tonk music."

Geez, I hope nobody takes offense!

Perhaps if I stated that "I like blues music" some Smurf might get their ass all up in the air and try to get me banned.”

“The replies to the initial post are certainly unsurprising.”

“"I cant belive every Democrat hates Sarah Palin just because the News Media has continued their negative campaign even after the election."

Good thing you don't believe it because "every Democrat" does not hate Palin and the News Media is not carrying out any sort of "campaign".

Palin is in the news because SHE WON'T GO AWAY.
last edited: 11/16/08 11:20:36 AM”

“dang marko, were you waiting for tilt to bring out your #&%!$ side.”

“If that is a question, where is the question mark, Hyway?

My last post has nothing to do with Tilt.
Rather, I felt compelled to comment on that weird statement by the other person.”

“And can we pleaqse note that once again, the subject of race was brought up by a lefty. Just more cannon fodder for the race baiters.”

“You saying that bringing up the subject of race is racist?

You are too smucking fart for me, young feller.

I have been ponied by a goat #&%!$er.”

“you made 4 posts since that post before you went back to it. It would appear that it was tilts presence that sent you backwards.”

“You can wish in one hand and schit in the other and see which one fills up quicker, Hyway.

Get on yer pony and ride.”

“The obsession some people have with trying to get the last word is pretty funny to watch. � Knock yourself out.”

“Oh goody, Tilt is here!!

Now I can go backwards!!

(what ever the #&%!$ that means)”

“MarkO and Hyway sittin in a tree..K I S S I N G......first comes Loves then comes Marriage...here comes the pony with MarkO and Hyway with a baby carriage.
Now yall make up now ya here!”

“If it's those Mount Rogers ponies, forget it.

They are too short for me to mount.”

“I am so LMAO rollin in da floor BRO...Damn......spilled my margaritta#$%^”

“Sacco liked those ponies.........eh?”

“You saying that bringing up the subject of race is racist?

Where did I say it was racist? Nowhere. I called it "race baiting". Completely different thing but just as bad.”

“Discussing the subject of race does not constitute "race-baiting".

But......
The term "race baiting" is often a critique of anti-racist actions and communications implying that those who criticize apparent racism are themselves guilty of either a form of racism or of simple manipulation.

Wow!
Round and 'round we go!

We need a referee and a line judge here.
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“"To Arms, to arms, the rednecks are coming!!"...

MarkO
2:01:36 PM
11/16/08

Um, yeah, sure thing MarkO. You're right.

(I've worked with enough Alzheimer patients to know you have to enter their world in order to deal with them)”

“That was meant to be a joke, Nigal.

“Oh yeah, that was un-provoked, you stinkin' provoker.

I'm gonna tell that other guy.
>8^b~~

And of course that in itself will be an un-provoked "attack" even though he shall remain un-mentioned.”
MarkO
11:07:55 AM
11/16/08

“Attacker!”
Nigal
11:41:38 AM
11/16/08

“To Arms, to arms, the rednecks are coming!!


Hee-hee-hee!!”
MarkO
12:01:36 PM
11/16/08”

“Oh OK, so you were just calling me and me alone a red neck then. OK, that's cool. Well about as cool as calling one single black man the N word. At least I am clear now.


BTW MarkO, I am in Ohio and you are in Baltimore, correct? You are actually a southerner then. If anyone is the red neck it's you my friend. :P”

“The words RED NECK was first coined by a NEW YORK news paper during a STRIKE in WV. The local coal miners with little of no benifits put red bandanas around there necks to tell each other apart from the white collar workers and a NEW YORK reporter coined the phrase...the RED NECKS agains the WHITE COLLAR WORKERS,
spit on that NIGAL....the south has nothing to do with red necks and WV went with the NORTH DU Hu.....
Your like the rest of the emmmm
NOW Bring it on... come and get me .....

Ohio is in much termoil with JOBS than any southern state, and what marks the SOUTH NIGAL? Bring you up to my home town low lander.
last edited: 11/16/08 1:36:35 PM”

“Username: Nigal
Email: Nigal@Care2.com
Homepage: http://www.Dirtbagsdeluxe.natureavenue.com
State of residence: Ohio
Member since: 4/4/99
Other comments: "Ok you Primitive Screwheads, listen up! You see this? This... is my boomstick! The 12-gauge double-barreled Remington. S-Mart's top of the line."
Now who is a RED NECK NIGAL!”

“Nigal, lighten up!

I thought you could take a bit of jiving, but it appears that you are too delicate.

Please accept my most humble appologies from the heart of my bottom.

Fridge, you and I must spend some time by a campfire passin' the hooch and discussing this redneck question.”

“Pass around what!!!! I am a Professor of red neck pathology.....I will bring some redneck moon juice...
@#$% the red necks and those yanks who know now history,”

“hooch:

–noun Slang.
1. alcoholic liquor.
2. liquor illicitly distilled and distributed.

-noun Military Slang
1. a thatched hut of southeast Asia.
2. any living quarters, as a barracks.
3. (esp. during the Korean War)
a. a prostitute's dwelling.
b. any place, as a house, room, or shack, where a serviceman sets up housekeeping with a local woman.”

“Damn Marko BEER BOOZE and woman... SEX...is that what you mean?”

“I forget the WORK HARD part..



IRISH.....Love there Woman hard....Work hard....Party hard....Drink hard....and Irish do it best HARD. Good mornin to ya lad...and the rest of the day to me....
Suck it up...........”

“refrigerator: that quote from nigal's profile is from "army of darkness" (evil dead iii)... perhaps the greatest movie of all time

"Alright you primitive screwheads listen up. This... is my BOOMSTICK!! It's a 12 gauge double-barreled Remington. shotgun S-Mart's top of the line. That's right this baby was made in Grand Rapids Michigan. It has a walnut stock, cobalt blue steel, and a hair trigger. It retails for about $199.95, You can find this in the sporting goods section. Shop smart, shop S-Mart. YOU GOT THAT?"


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“Like saying ROOT BEER is the best BEER in TOWN. OPINION ONLY....Fact is....what was posted period.......R>> E>>D>> N>>E>>C>>K


O>>>>>H>>>>>I>>>>>O>>>>>>>>>”

“i think you missed a few turns of the head after the third "s" this morning”

“Boy, who lit the fuse on Fridgy's tampon?

Heehee!”

“Now it's getting personal:

Al Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri is criticizing Barack Obama in a new message, calling him a demeaning racial term implying that the president-elect is a black American who does the bidding of whites.

Al-Zawahri says in an audio message, which appeared on militant Web sites Wednesday, that Obama is "the direct opposite of honorable black Americans" like Malcolm X. He calls Obama a "house negro." - http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,454536,00.html”

“Dudes not even an American, why should we care what he thinks.”

“Oh Mr. Mutt...what do you mean...Obama is his OWN MAN. Look at his staff...Oh wait they are all Former Clinton Staffers....Whoops. (LOL).”

“why should we care what he thinks. - hyway

easy for you to say, whitey.”

“Osama's not american- what's he thinking?”

“We'll see how much critiquing he does once that predator missle flies up his ass in the near future.”