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Crimson1967

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I guess it was 30 years of living in Arkansas that made Hillary Clinton joke that all blacks look alike.


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No I don’t that was racist at all. I wish we could have public executions.
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People interpret things in different ways. If you are looking for something hard enough, and are sensitive enough to it, chances are you can find it.

I interpreted it like you did, but others may have interpreted differently. What sucks is that in today's environment, the racist label is used as a political weapon, which divides...which is exactly what the pols want
 
Crimson1967

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I honestly don’t think she meant anything racist by saying that.


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Whites are not the only ones who are racist.
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Of course not. But the racism comes from different places, and is caused by different things. I'd be willing to bet money that 99% of black people who are supposedly "racist", or happen to say or do something racist toward white people, are not doing it because they believe themselves to be superior or white people to be inferior to them.

Not to mention that non-whites (specifically males) aren't the ones with the power in this country (nor does our country have a history of black people oppressing/enslaving/etc. white people). So it's generally not really the same thing.
 
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Landonio said:
Of course not. But the racism comes from different places, and is caused by different things. I'd be willing to bet money that 99% of black people who are supposedly "racist", or happen to say or do something racist toward white people, are not doing it because they believe themselves to be superior or white people to be inferior to them.

Not to mention that non-whites (specifically males) aren't the ones with the power in this country (nor does our country have a history of black people oppressing/enslaving/etc. white people). So it's generally not really the same thing.
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Power is not exclusive to the highest levels, nor is it limited to slavery. Power exists at many levels - in government, in the work place, in academia. People of every racial group exist in all these places. Some - not most - can't wait to abuse their authority for the benefit/detriment of a specific group. I see it all the time in government where there are countless fiefdoms. My wife has experienced it in academia and in her career, and the damage to her financially was substantial.
 
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Landonio said:
Of course not. But the racism comes from different places, and is caused by different things. I'd be willing to bet money that 99% of black people who are supposedly "racist", or happen to say or do something racist toward white people, are not doing it because they believe themselves to be superior or white people to be inferior to them.

Not to mention that non-whites (specifically males) aren't the ones with the power in this country (nor does our country have a history of black people oppressing/enslaving/etc. white people). So it's generally not really the same thing.
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That assumes African American racism is always directed at white people. The people who beat the [edit] out of Rodolfo Rodriguez directing the racism against a Hispanic person. Same with the people who threaten to call ICE on us. They are not doing so because I am white. Or the women who make it impossible to mail letters to Brasil from the Roswell Rd post office. Or the psycho who threatened to kill my ex-wife...
 
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If anyone doubts the racial sensitivity of her statement they should visit the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery which honors the names of each of the over 4,000 African Americans lynched in the twelve states of the South from 1877 to 1950. Source Wikipedia.
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I grew up in MS. I know that my grandfather was present at a lynching in S. Mississppi during the early 20th century.

For one thing I know to be true: You don't make light or joke about the subject, nor do you dog whistle anything close to it. This was deliberate on her part.....to bring out the bigot vote in full force.
 
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Its On A Slab said:
I grew up in MS. I know that my grandfather was present at a lynching in S. Mississppi during the early 20th century.

For one thing I know to be true: You don't make light or joke about the subject, nor do you dog whistle anything close to it. This was deliberate on her part.....to bring out the bigot vote in full force.
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it brought out support for her for sure (e.g. what she did is totally not racist ...). we'll see how that translates electorally
 
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92tide said:
it brought out support for her for sure (e.g. what she did is totally not racist ...). we'll see how that translates electorally
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In fact, it's racist to even suggest that lynchings in Mississippi have racial undertones.
 
Crimson1967

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Wait, Hillary is running for Senate again?
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If Mitt Romney had said that, it would have been front page news.

I don’t think Smith had racist intent with her comment. I think it was in poor taste, but it didn’t have anything to do with Espy.

I also don’t think Hillary was being racist.


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Crimson1967 said:
If Mitt Romney had said that, it would have been front page news.

I don’t think Smith had racist intent with her comment. I think it was in poor taste, but it didn’t have anything to do with Espy.

I also don’t think Hillary was being racist.


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What do you think about Smith wearing the Confederate hat? Or saying (jokingly, she claims) that it would be great to suppress the youth vote?
It’s easy to see who and what she is, if one just looks.


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Crimson1967

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What do you think about Smith wearing the Confederate hat? Or saying (jokingly, she claims) that it would be great to suppress the youth vote?
It’s easy to see who and what she is, if one just looks.


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I have not seen her wearing a Confederate hat or read anything else she said other than the hanging comment.


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