If you're like me, you cannot wait for April 29th to roll around. April 29, you ask? Well, of course, it's the Royal Wedding!!! If you are like me, you are loving every detail of the upcoming nuptials between Prince William and his bride-to-be Kate Middleton. I love reading the details about the engagement, the ceremony, and of course, the speculation surrounding every detail of the ceremony. I love everything. Heck, I even got excited today when I saw that there is a limited edition "Will and Kate" stamp... seriously, I think I need some! But, as much as I love everything about the upcoming nuptials, there is something that is confusing me... my President Barack Obama was NOT invited!
WTF?!?! Like, seriously Royal Fam. We Americans are your friends! We love you and want the best for your famous young couple. But, what gives. I really thought we were friends, but now you forget us during this time of great joy and celebration. Now, I know that you can't invite everyone and I know that loads of people are dying to be invited to this spectacular event. Have you watched "Ellen" lately? She's literally running a campaign on her show to get an invite.
I know, I know. You can't invite everyone. But, you didn't invite the President of the United States? Maybe it was just an oversight. Or maybe this is just a misunderstanding. But, what if this "snub" has nothing to do with politics or numbers, and everything to do with the color of my President's skin. What if President Obama wasn't invited simply because of his race and why isn't anyone talking about this!?!? I mean, it's not even a talking point. Ok. You probably think I've lost it, but hear me out.
Why is it that if you didn't vote for Obama in 2008, it's assumed you must be a racist? Or every time someone disagrees with Obama's Healthcare Reform bill, they're racist. Or if someone disagrees with the Obama's on their "get fit" policies and eat a hamburger... they're racist. Maybe I just like a big mac every once and a while, ok? And maybe I don't want Government making me spend my hard-earned dollars on things that I don't agree with! Why is it that in every other single situation where someone "snubs" Obama they're called a racist, but in the case of the Royal Family... no one cares.
There are reports that the Obama's were not invited because the Royal Family would then need extra security and thus would incur an extra expense. That's obviously not true. It's the Royal Family... money is not the issue. Or you might say I'm wrong because there are reports surfacing that Kanye West was invited, so then it couldn't be a race issue if he was invited. Seriously? You believe that. If anything, Kanye West has to be the charity invite... they probably feel bad for West and how he's been snubbed by the public since he "crashed" Taylor Swift's speech at the VMA's in 2009. And maybe it's just a cover-up for their actual racism... they didn't invite Obama because he's black, but:
"Oh wait, what if someone catches wind of our plan. Eeek! Quick... what other black American do we know that won't be busy?"
"How about Kanye West?"
"Random.. but, ok, Kanye. Of course! I'm sure he's available and as long as he doesn't interrupt the wedding, we should be fine. Hopefully he got enough backlash from the last time he pulled a stunt like that, that he won't try it at the Royal Wedding."
The thing is... we're not even talking about policy here, people. We're talking about the Obama's not being invited to the party of the year (or century... depending on who you ask). If race is at the heart of every other snub or disagreement with Obama, then it must be the case here to. Why is it that when a person questions his policies, they're racist... but, if they decide not to invite him to "sit at their table" (wedding), it's different?
And I'll end on a quote from the infamous Greg Gutfeld, "And if you disagree with me, sir, you are a racist!"
