The Caucasian Card

Thanks Anna, Your insightful words have illuminated a subject that has long needed viewing in the light of day.

Thanks Anna, Your insightful words have illuminated a subject that has long needed viewing in the light of day.

Thanks Anna, Your insightful words have illuminated a subject that has long needed viewing in the light of day.

By the way,,,, Anna Quindlen's article is just great! Keep up the good work.

Thank you for the commentary.
You are one of the few that write such a brave column
I will pass it along

Thank you for this insightful commentary.
So few writers are so brave, I've forwarded it to as many of my West Virginia relatives that have email

Thank you for tackling this issue and having the guts to put it in print. I am saddened that few people acknowledge the existence of code words and white men's affirmative action.

Beezy what are you so angry about? It is tough being a human being in general.

With the national debt at this level we don't need bigger Government giving away more money. I'm sick and tired of paying taxes so the our government can give money to people who they think are entitled to something I had to earn for my family! Someone is entitled to something they havn't earned so those of us earning taxable incomes are not entitled to the money we earned? It's time the citzens of this great country take back control from the politicians by voting and hold them accountable for there actions. Theese politicians are supposed to be representing us! Yes the system is broke but the politicians won't fix it unless we the people hold them accountable. Cut out the pork and hand outs, pay down the national debt. I belive in helpining someone who is trying to help themselves yet understand that I can not help any one by making them dependent. Our Government and all those highly educated polticians can't balance a budget yet million of American households with no college education can? I can not be the only person here who sees something wrong with this.
I will not vote for bigger governemnt and bigger handouts! As citizens we all have Rights and certain things we are entitled to, but we all do. No one person should be entitled to anything more or less than another. That is true equality. Beyond that life is what you make of it. Choose not to excell if you want but don't ask those that do to foot the bill. I don't hate those that excell and have more than I do and I don't expect them to give me anything.
Proud of my country Ashamed of my Government!

Repent. Repent. You bitter clinging clingers bitterly clinging to your guns and Bibles. I teach you the Overman. Repent. Repent. Stop your clingling to your clinged on guns and Bibles. Stop clinging. You glingling glingers.

Ms. Quindlen. Your article has left me in a mental torment. I must plead guilty. Guilty. And throw myself at mercy of your court. Oh. How can I find relief from the guilt, the remorse, and the shame. Should I donate to the Obama campaing? But me thinks that a million dollars would hardly satiate those Furies. Should I volunteer? Yes. I will volunteer. I will travel into rural Ohio and Michigan. I will knock and doors and say: Repent. Oh you clinging clingers clinging to your guns and Bibles. I teach you the Overman. Repent. Only by voting for Obama can you heal. I am on my way.

Thank you, Anna, for such a thoughtful, intelligent piece. I agree wholeheartedly.

Ms. Quindlen does so love to knock down straw-man arguments.

Anna I have always been a fan but never mort than this minute. As a 70 yr old white woman I have raised 5 children to appreciate the fact that it is only by a stroke of fate that they do not have to suffer the daily injustice that our brothers and sisters of color do. We will be a blessed nation if we are wise enough to elect a president with the wisdom, intelligence and grace of Barack Obama. God knows we need it. My heart goes out to the likes of LouisianaBB it must be difficult living in such ignorance.

Bravo! Bravo!
Congratulations on taking the thoughts RIGHT out of my head Ms. Quindlen

I personally don't care if Obama is black, white, or purple with pink polka dots. I just want someone who will be able to bring the United States back to the nation it once was.

I really enjoyed reading your article. You make an interesting point that I as an American of African descent have never considered, the notion of "The Caucasian Card." To be honest I believe adversity can either build character and strength in a human being or cause a person to close themselves off to opportunity and growth in knowledge. In my life I've chosen never to make a point to showcase my "blackness." I've always felt that doing so was silly. When I leave my home every morning it's obvious that I'm a black man. It is disappointing when members of my own race or different races heap their stereotypes or assumptions of who I am and what my background is before meeting me. I grew up in a predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood in the South. My circle of friends are diverse because of my upbringing. I can honestly say from experience at the core we are pretty much the same. I've been witnessed to both the "race card" and "caucasian card" being played. Both are defense mechanisms that protect the ignorance of the person playing the card. I choose not to be ignorant. When I vote in November my decision is not going to be based on race, it will be based on which candidate is going to best lead our country and who can help bridge the divide internationally. I hope the candidates will stop "playing cards" and start addressing the real issues America has to face today and in the future.

I really enjoyed reading your article. You make an interesting point that I as an American of African descent have never considered, the notion of "The Caucasian Card." To be honest I believe adversity can either build character and strength in a human being or cause a person to close themselves off to opportunity and growth in knowledge. In my life I've chosen never to make a point to showcase my "blackness." I've always felt that doing so was silly. When I leave my home every morning it's obvious that I'm a black man. It is disappointing when members of my own race or different races heap their stereotypes or assumptions on who I might be or what type of background I come from before saying hello. It's really a shame. I've been witnessed to both the "race card" and "caucasian card" being played. Both are defense mechanisms that protect the ignorance of the person playing the card. I really don't want to be that ignorant.