A Blast From The Past

Hey ya’ll, just in case you forgot – old school racism is back. I know many of you reading this blog will say to me “it never went away.” And I might agree with you, however there is proof that America is slowly detoxing from its lingering addiction to its favorite national narcotic: Racism.
Just when you thought we were entering the period called the post-racial era, just when you thought America was ready to sing Ku-Ba-Ya with the possible election of its first president of color- again the insidious hateful problem of our racial past resurfaces.

Somebody decided to put Barack Obama on a box of waffles and sell it(Obama Waffles).
Now, while the website claims to be an expression of humor, political satire and parody, if these individuals had any sense of American history, they would realize this is a throwback to the Jim Crow caricatures of Coons, Pica ninny and Mammy.

Perhaps one needs to check out the Museum of Racist Memorabilia to get a sense of the history of anti-Black images.

Why, you might ask, do I persist in bring up a subject that many think we have overcome because we have the first African American Presidential candidate?
Because I have learned from my Jewish Brethren who live by the motto: “Never Forget.”

Or as George Santayana said it: “Those Who Cannot Remember the Past are condemned to repeat it.”