Blog 9

After reading the article about the councilman in Cotati who posted his picture with a black face on his blog, I felt that this man is somehow racist. On Barich’s blog, he put several pictures of the President Obama as a woman, as a cowboy in front of the White House, and in one picture a man disguised as the President with the evil look. If saying that the councilman was not racist, it was absolutely not true at all. As a white person, or even as a councilman, Barich couldn’t just do anything that he felt pleased. He had to give some considerations to others, especially when the issue was the sensitive topic like this. According to his responses to NAACP racist comment, I feel that he was just trying to deny his initial motive of putting his picture in a black face on his own blog. Didn’t he know that people would see it and question his motive then? The reasons he gave to defense his motive were just nonsense. He was referring to the time he had volunteer at the Hurricane Katrina or his request for help at the Hurricane Rita as those examples that he was concerned about people of colors. These wouldn’t help at all, Barich. Even when he removed his picture, its results are still there. He already crossed the line and he thought that people would let him slip through this incident. I really appreciate his meaningful thoughts about color people and his volunteer services or request of help during those catastrophes. But Barich, please don’t use those excuses to cover up your own racism toward others.