It's Getting Worse as We Get Closer To History Being Made-Dead Bear With Obama Signs Attached

We really do try to steer away from wholesale racial issues here at Afronerd as it is our belief that people of color may be able to wrestle greater control over Black pathology as opposed to institutional racism. But as this election season comes to a close, it is becoming extremely difficult to ignore stories such as the one depicted in the above Youtube clip. For more on this reprehensible act (which now has been deemed a prank-not) , check out this piece from the Associated Press:

Police in NC: Dead bear under Obama signs a prank
3 hours ago

CULLOWHEE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities said Tuesday that a student prank, not a political statement, was the motivation for dumping a dead bear cub draped in Barack Obama signs on a North Carolina campus earlier this week.

Seven Western Carolina University students were involved, and possible charges were being discussed with the local prosecutor, said Campus Police Chief Tom Johnson. Police did not release the students' names.

The students told authorities they took political signs at random to cover the bear's wound and prevent blood from spilling into the bed of the truck they were driving.

They discovered a carcass of the cub, which had been shot in the head, while camping over the weekend and brought it back to a gathering at an apartment near campus Sunday night, according to a statement from the school.

It was during that gathering, officials said, that a student suggested placing the bear at the base of a statue at the main entrance to the campus.

Maintenance workers found the bear cub's body early Monday morning near the school's entrance.

"I am pleased to hear that this situation appears to be a stupid prank," Western Carolina chancellor John W. Bardo said.

Again, I'm not comfortable in accepting that the aformentioned matter was an innocent college prank. I suspect that as Senator Obama gets closer to retrieving the keys to the mansion at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, more anecdotal incidents will be forthcoming. It is even hitting closer to home based on an email I received from Nikia Phoenix of the Model Liberation blog. Ms. Phoenix who is an established fashion model by trade, recently found herself embroiled in an online racial altercation with another blogger who is undoubtedly a White supremacist. Not only is this blogger a racist but he is also blind as he intimated that Phoenix and Black women in general are not attractive. Mr. Starks has stated many times (as has our mentor, Dr. Alvin Poussaint-check our past Afronerd Radio interview) that racial prejudice is a mental disorder-and should be treated as such. In the interim, let's follow Mr. Obama's lead-remain calm, professional and collected. Excellence (and success) is the best strategem against ignorance.

Oh and lest I forget, check out my latest Bloggers Roundtable appearance on NPR's News & Notes, hosted by Farai Chideya:

Roundtable: Campaign Imagery In Focus