"The truth is - I don't know what its like to be a person of color"

[sheshe2]

In some ways, Rep. Steve King is right

Apparently Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) went on a racist tirade against President Obama recently.

“His vision of America isn’t like our vision of America. That we know,” King said about Obama at an immigration rally in Council Bluffs, Iowa, according to Buzzfeed.

It was racist in that he went on to say that President Obama's experience was not "an American experience." But the truth is, he was right in saying that his own "vision of America" is different from Obama's.

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I could go on. But perhaps you've gotten the point by now. Those are the kinds of things that are happening to brown/black people in this country. President Obama's vision of America is one where the idea that "all men (and women) are created equal" applies to everyone and those kinds of things don't happen anymore. In that way, his vision of America is very different that Rep. King's - who seems to have no problem with the status quo.

I say all this because it goes to the heart of the challenge we are facing as a country today...who's vision of America will prevail? Does our vision include the experiences of everyone - or only those of white people? The truth is - I don't know what its like to be a person of color in this country because I haven't experienced it. In order to craft a vision that includes everyone, I need to listen to those who have a different experience. That is the only way we'll ever "form a more perfect union."

Thank you Nancy LeTourneau.

Read More: http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2014/07/in-some-ways-rep-steve-king-is-right.html

[William769]

1. Kick & recommended.

[sheshe2]

3. Some food for thought

http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2014/07/some-food-for-thought.html

[William769]

5. Thats a great quote.

But instead of food for thought, I'm having food thrown at me now!

[sheshe2]

6. Food fight? nt

[William769]

7. I can handle it, they've done it to me before.

[smirkymonkey]

14. I love that quote!

I have always felt that anyone who has ever called me selfish has done so because I have refused to live my life according to their dictates.

[Damansarajaya]

2. I get treated like a person of color too. I'm a red. nt

[FreedRadical]

8. A red what?

Not sure what that means. Are you a red stater?

[babylonsister]

4. Steve King is a flaming idiot, in so many ways, and has been for

as long as I can remember. I'm a white woman, King doesn't represent me, no way, no how. His vision is warped, not ours.

[sheshe2]

10. White woman here to...

I feel safer in the hands of this black President than I do of any very white intrusive members (OMG ) of the GOP. They have an unhealthy fixation on women bsis. Very unhealthy.

King and the rest of them can take a hike in November. They are never going to understand that their time is over, we have to tell them that in 2014.

[Liberalynn]

12. Me too!

[Liberal_Dog]

9. K & R

I remember an episode of "Family Matters" where Eddie gets rousted by a couple of cops for being in "the wrong part of town".

No white person would ever have to worry about any such thing happening to them.

No, we have absolutely no idea what if feels like to be a black person.

We must listen and learn.

[IrishAyes]

11. Great OP - thanks.

I prefer President Obama's vision for America too - he's for ALL of us, not just a few or one particular group. With his family background and upbringing, he's uniquely qualified to lead our proud rainbow nation.

If the RWNJs don't like it, they can go where there's no ice cream.

[sheshe2]

13. We are so many beautiful colors blended together.

A man's character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
Frederick Douglass

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/f/frederickd201564.html

Irish~

[Tuesday Afternoon]

15. K&R

thank you, sheshe2

[napkinz]

16. K&R!