Last night I was watching “Imitation of Life”. It’s amazing how poorly black people were treated in this country once upon a time, and that a woman (or man, no doubt) could lose their job & friends simply for being black, or even half-black. That anyone should have such words or actions thrown at them merely on the basis of their skin colour, in any time or any country, is loathsome and shameful indeed. I’m glad that the vast, broad majority of Americans are way past that!

By the way, beautiful photography, especially the car shots. I may make a future purchase from you, I have a brother in law who would drool over those cars.

It may be an old saying, but what most offended and shocked many was the insinuation that white people, as a whole, were not acting rightly. This was particularly grating considering the fact that white people elected Mr. Obama.

I too hope we can end the garbage; as National Review said in its latest issue, post-racial America is very late in her debut, as Rev. Lowery’s speech proves.

However, I do want to give you a little bit of a background on Rev. Lowery’s speech, because I know a lot of people who were pretty confused by it. I got a lot of questions about it at work too.

Basically, that part of Rev. Lowery’s speech was based on a sadly popular saying among black people, especially back in his day. My mom heard it when she was a kid, too, talking about black people’s variant skin tones and the preference of lighter tones over darker ones that went as such: “If you’re white, you’re alright. If you’re red, get ahead. If you’re yellow, you’re mellow. If you’re brown, stick around. If you’re black, get back.” Basically? The darker you were as a black person, the more you sucked. And now? Maybe people can end that crap.

The speech was excellent.