U.S. racism 'everywhere,' says Dave Matthews

Prejudice spreading like the deadly plague. We are more alike then different yet people only focus on the differences with the “I am better then you” attitude.

When the left finally get sick of the war in afganistan and protest it will they be Racest too?

Too bad it got picked for TV. Opinion not news.

i cant belive how many people really stick up for their president, even when confronted with facts which dirty their name! we hate gordon brown in england!
perhaps there is some rascism still around in the political world, but those old farts will be dead soon, and our brainwashed materialistic generation will take the helm.... god help us.

God save the world from moronic pricks like Dave Matthews. And it's not Obama's colour that is the problem but his fraudulence.

taking Wilson's comment out of the context of --this is the president of the United States you are heckling, and you sir, are supposed to be an honorable statesman -- well, sure, standing by itself you could argue that it wasn't racist, but I think Dave's point was that in the context of racism, heckling a black president is somehow more permissible than heckling a white president ever would have been...course now it is South Carolina...which is kind of a racist statement too, the racism being implied by the context of what I am attempting to do with that statement.

no it is not racist to oppose Obama's policies, no it is not racist to disike him because of his politics. It is however, racist to compare him to a monkey, distribute pictures of him in full Zulu garb and liken him to the worst mass murderer in human history.
There is racism everywhere, not much can be done to over come several generations of indoctrination to hate those that are different. We are all guilty of it, from time to time, regardless of how enlightened we see ourselves. The only thing to do is not let it rule us, to see eachother as we really are and to try move past the ignorant that still cling to old ways. Change has come, believe it and no amount of prime time posturing will stop it, reagrdless of what the talking heads on fake news channnles tell you.

You might be a racist:

If you think that a czar is unconstitutional... you might be a racist!

If you are opposed to a government run health care system... you might be a racist!

If you think that it is unAmerican to bow before the Saudi King... you might be a racist!

If you think that the stimulus plan has been an utter failure... you might be a racist!

If you think that this administration is driving the deficit up at alarming rates... you might be a racist!

If you think that this is a nation based on Christian values... you might be a racist!

If you think that communism and socialism are NOT the solution... you might be a racist!

If you value the 1st Amendment, but think that the media is state-run... you might be a racist!

If you are sick and tired of the race card being played
... you might be a racist!

If you are a racist according to the current liberal agenda... you might just be an American!

(my thanks to Patriot Humor...)

Folks are bitchin' for lots of reasons, just as you say, bailey. But according to even Obama himself, folks are JUST bitchin' because of the color of his skin. NOT because they hate his policies, NOT because they think he's moving way too fast, or they disagree with his taking over private businesses and firing CEOs, NOT because he's already killing us with a deficit that we'll never pay off and no end to how much more debt he wants to add, but because of THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN!

How arrogant can he be? What a damn narcissist!

He needs to go hang out some more with his good friend and mentor Rev. Wright if he wants to see some racism. And by trying to play the race card himself, it makes me think he's racist.

Thats exactly it the "Busness of continued Racisim" It is Big Busness! From Rev. Wright to ACORN to Jimmy Carter to the Rainbow Collision. Having America elect a black President could have been a big blow to this Groth industry...and they need to see to their future stay bright with lots of expansion and keep it growing!

It's interesting how the same people pop up to decry racism whenever there is a post made about it. It was not even 50 years ago where White Americans domestically terrorized Black Americans through, lynchings, hangings, beatings, etc. Anyone believes this hostility and bigotry simply went away is only kidding themselves.

As long as superficial people exist, so will racism.

not every Obama critic is a racist. Some of them are legit, some are racists, and some of them just flat out hate anything they think smacks of liberalism. This latter group I find more scary than racists because they think they have to save the soul of America.

Right on Chalie

So What do you folks want Another bush in office? The man is trying to put us back where we belong at the fore front of leading the world. What has he done that is so wrong? How many of you folks are just Yapping to to make noise? I thing there Quite a few of Ya'll That have no Idea what Ya'll are talking about. Ya'll just Yapping to make noise. Ya'll think ya'll can do better Run for presadent next go round. Jump out there and grab a hand full and see just how hard it is. Hell I bet most of ya can't even count your own balls and get the same number twice. How many of you folks have not done anything but Bitch like a spoiled brat that didn't get there way.

When I see democrats claiming people who disagree with Obama are racists, when I see democrats perpetually invoking the race card, when I see Jimmy Carter and Maureen Dowd call those who disagree with Obama racists, when I see this same Jimmy Carter (during the election campaigns) call Obama a "black boy", with not a word of reproach from his fellow democrats- I know that racism is alive and well, and being used as a tool for the Leftists political gain. They love perpetuating racism, and yelling "fire" when there isn't even so much as a wisp of smoke.......www.nbra.info

I'm loving how people throw words like "fascist" around with no regard to what it actually means.

For the record, we're only 9 months in. Seriously, before people start freaking on him because he hasn't gone through with any major "change", at least give him 2 years. After 2 years, go for it.

But I still don't see how fascism has anything to do with this. At all.

i dont like your president because he is a fascist not because he is black

Racism has always been around and always will be as long as 'we' humans are around, even for those of us who believe in a unified human race. In my opinion it is no different than a 1000 years ago besides the fact that there are some laws protecting us...to an extent. The underlying current of racism is as strong as ever, the only thing we can do is not participate in the hype of division and be living examples of what we could be as the HUMAN SPECIES.

LOL - Niggah puhleeease!

I don't think we're looking at the big picture. Its not that the world is full of racists, its that the world is full of closed minded assholes.

Racism exists, because it was fabricated by those looking to divide us by what makes us different instead of uniting us by what makes us the same.

One race. Human.

dave matthews is awesome. but something we dont hear as much about - what about racism towards asians, hispanics, even white people? yeah theres ppl out there that hate white people. ive experienced it ... why is this so specifically placed. racism IS everywhere - but its not one nationality victimized.

It's sad how people can be so ignorant and not embrace the human race. People and their cultures are beautiful, being rasist is limiting yourself from meeting some interesting people who happen to be Latino or Asian or Black. We should all just increase the peace and forget about the color of our skin, we are all apart of the human race and thats all that matters.

Why do people hate someone just for the colar of there skin. or who they want to pray to. I don't care who you are or who you want to pray to. I try to judge a person by what they do and for what reason they do it.

Dave Matthews is correct. I just saw racism bathing itself in the bird bath. The other day I saw racism climbing a tree.

Dave Matthews is another fine example of liberal hypocrisy. Maybe he should go dump an RV load of shit into the Chicago River and shut the hell up with his environmental ideas.

Besides, if he likes South Africa so much more than the US, why doesn't he go there? Isn't he from there anyways?

"We give the podium to a lot of people who shouldn't have the podium. The message that's delivered the loudest and in the most entertaining way is the one that we're going to put on because that's what we want. We want ratings more than we want to deliver information."

Agree 110%

Elaborate social cover-up of racism is definitely here :(

hunzedog you hit the nail on the head. Racism is generally a problem all over the world, but the media is using it as a divide and conquer tactic and it's working like a charm.

i think they want us arguing about race . instead of focusing on more important issues. race=anger amoungst ourselvers.then they can point the finger at us and say we are the problem. completely ignoring how far we have come as humans

Dave Matthews states what everyone thinks in a public forum and for that I laud him.
But what is he going to do to in the future to help spread the word of tolerance and information of the different races?

Obama is only dark skinned-he's half white. If you think that opposing Obama's policies are racist then you are simply reacting like Pavlov's dog to what the media wants you to believe.

Even Obama said it himself: "Racism is like catnip to the media."

If you don't see the racism in this country it's probably because you are practicing it.

Race is oly there divide te human race, while stereotypes are used carelessly and recklessly around politics, religion, and just about wherever you find assumptions, race would made most of stereotypes, in which being racism.....

"I just see it everywhere."

That's readily explainable. Neurologists look at undiagnosed patients and see Nerve Damage. Endocrinologists see hormonal imbalances. If you were just immersed in one culture, you will look for and see similarities in other countries.