Ellen DeGeneres defends her Usain Bolt tweet some claimed was racist

[happydaze]

244. I do understand racism is systemic and that it

is societal structure that keeps people of non-European (white) decent at a disadvantage; especially if one is living inside a country of that societal construct. AND it has been policy of European/ Western political structure to essentially go forth and "conquer" the lands. And because of that empiralistic mind set, we have had countries lose their indigenous ways, become enslaved, and become rules by supresive people's who tend to be white.... And this has been within more "modern" historical content.

Because of these imperialistic constructs, bigotry and racism of individual persons has been allowed to ensue. It's become quite ugly with economics harming many people who tended to "survive" the most destructive economic downturns. On top of that, we have our country and a few European nations vying for resources, mainly for corporations that buy political figures and because stealing poorer, brown people's resources for another country's enrichment is also a historical element of societal people's. Add in Russia and China who are trying to remain in a competitive or "take lead" goal of wealth and power domination, and many people around the world are quite frankly, f&@ked.

If the good people who live inside of these countries were to ever rise up together and stand together, we wouldn't have to see war, we wouldn't have to see systemic racism as a model of division, we could ensure one another's well being and happiness and work to make a planet that is livable into the future.

So, yes, I understand what's up. But when Ellen tweets something in admiration for a remarkable athlete in her funny, goofy, comedic manner, I think it's better to see the tweet as it was intended. Had it been a Donald Trump, then, it would rub the wrong way, and someone like that should be admonished for being a racist, dangerous tool bag.

It's just too bad that the summer Olympics have coincided with the American presidential political season. People get really stupid around election time. Even I find myself saying, wow the older biking lady, Armstrong, was really lucky to be able to cut down hospital hrs to 16hrs and her work place still allowed her to keep her insurance benefits... And that we should have real health care like single payer... Oh well.