Oldest American man dies at 112
December 30, 2008America's oldest man, an African-American who befriended Louis Armstrong and voted for president-elect Barack Obama "because he's black," has died in Sacramento, California, his family said.
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Racism doesn't feel so good when you're on the recieving end, huh?
However, in this case, it's probably understandable considering what he has seen in his lifetime.
Racism always evokes an emotional response from those on the receiving end regardless of their colour, but this should not be seen as an excuse to abuse that person.
Xen_uno's "dumb old fart" and Soylent's pointed comment are just examples of the depth of feeling this subject always provokes.
That said is it any worse than voting for a person on the basis of how good they look on TV?
In a democracy we always get the leaders we deserve.
My thoughts exactly. Imagine how he must have felt, being able to vote for a black man at the end of his life, having gone through "separate but equal" (which coincidentally started with the Plessy v. Ferguson case in 1896, the year he was born) and, later, the civil rights movement. Amazing.
Yeah ... I'll buy that ... plus living in the deep south. I can see now that up to 20 years ago or so, he had no other choice. However, he should have studied the history of the African slave industry. He would have found that slaves were bought and sold by higher class blacks. Nowadays, while slavery doesn't formally exist, the mistreatment of blacks by their own still continues ... everywhere.
The mistreatment of people by other people of the same race still continues everywhere. It's called injustice and no race has a monopoly on it.
But ask any one of them and typically either Americans, or Whites are to blame.