Gingrich says he shouldn’t have called Sotomayor a racist
Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich this morning backed away from calling U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor a “racist,” saying his own language was perhaps “too strong and too direct.”
Gingrich helped set off a stir of Republican protest with a series of Twitter messages from Europe last week, including this one: “White man racist nominee would be forced to withdraw. Latina woman racist should also withdraw.”
The former Georgia congressman was reacting to this quote from Sotomayor, made during a 2001 speech: “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.”
Gingrich posted the following today on the web site for Human Events, a conservative publication:
My initial reaction was strong and direct — perhaps too strong and too direct. The sentiment struck me as racist and I said so. Since then, some who want to have an open and honest consideration of Judge Sotomayor’s fitness to serve on the nation’s highest court have been critical of my word choice.
With these critics who want to have an honest conversation, I agree. The word “racist” should not have been applied to Judge Sotomayor as a person, even if her words themselves are unacceptable (a fact which both President Obama and his Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs, have since admitted).
So it is to her words — the ones quoted above and others — to which we should turn, for they show that the issue here is not racial identity politics. Sotomayor’s words reveal a betrayal of a fundamental principle of the American system — that everyone is equal before the law.
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DW
June 3rd, 2009
10:17 am
“With these critics who want to have an honest conversation, I agree. The word “racist” should not have been applied to Judge Sotomayor as a person…”
Where’s the apology?
They always say CRAP and then RETRACT
June 3rd, 2009
10:24 am
People like Newt always say stuff to stir up confusion and racial tension then come back to apologize. HE SAID IT HE MEANT IT, why is he still even in the news? why are people even following him up on issues? This man is going to say stuff like this because it’s in him.
JD
June 3rd, 2009
10:26 am
Do you really think everyone is equal before the law? Looking at stats on court decision- whites vs. blacks, males vs. females, corporations vs. citizens.
Turd Ferguson
June 3rd, 2009
10:26 am
As usual honest conversation cant be tolerated by the left.
gene
June 3rd, 2009
10:28 am
Why should he apologize? She made racists remarks, she is a racist judge, she has made is plainly clear that she will rule as an activist and not as a lawyer. Oh wait, lets forget about everything she has said in the past and just believe her lies she tells the congress just to get on the court. Really people if a white american had made the same statement saying a white man would rule differently than an illegal latino, we would not even be having this hearing. She is just another of socialist obamas flunkies he is trying to force upon us. Wake up before you have no country to wake up to.
This is no honest conversation
June 3rd, 2009
10:29 am
Newt is just showing he’s old, white and racist, get real Turd. Newt is in that age bracket where it was birth and taught in them to be racist.
Copyleft
June 3rd, 2009
10:34 am
As long as he’s getting media attention, Newt is happy.
Howard
June 3rd, 2009
10:34 am
I see no reason for everyone to get in such a snit over this nomination. Obama is just replacing a far left twit in David Souter with another far left appointee. Personally I think she could do no worse than Souter…one of the worst judges in memory. And remember who appointed him?? The elder Bush. It really depresses me when I scan the history of this country and conclude…this country has had no effective political leadership since 1988. The Bush family, the Clinton’s and now Obama…and this was the best this country could produce??
Turd Ferguson
June 3rd, 2009
10:35 am
So…Newt is racist yet you deny Soto is a racist…typical lefty.
gene
June 3rd, 2009
10:37 am
Unfortunately with an individual like Muhammed Obama in the White House, this country, which is already in the toilet, is now being flushed out the sewer pipes. I guess Muhammed Obama will once again (figuratively) bow to the muslims. After all he was the first president to bow..What an embarassment he is to all who once were proud Americans…….
The Snark
June 3rd, 2009
10:40 am
Let me see if I’ve got this right: if Newt Gingrich misspeaks or uses a poor choice of words, it’s OK, but if Judge Sotomayor misspeaks or uses a poor choice of words, it’s … what now?
Gingrich reminds me of what one historian said about Vladimir Lenin: “An inexhaustible font of bad ideas.”
OIFVet
June 3rd, 2009
10:41 am
I guess Democrats have forgotten how the treated Miguel Estrada.
gene
June 3rd, 2009
10:42 am
Court decisions on Whites Vs Blacks..Could that be the results of blacks committing more crimes than whites. Just look at the projects, ie; free housing for the black community…those places are some of the highest crime areas in the country. In Atlanta the post office won’t even deliver the mail to the projects. Nothing wrong with being poor or being black, neither gives a person the right to commit crimes. Hell, blacks can’t stop shooting each other long enough to finish school.
Mike Reynolds
June 3rd, 2009
10:43 am
It’s time that “recovering racists” like Gingrich get over the idea of “reverse racism” — now that they are in “recovery mode” from their years of active racism that the playing field is suddenly level. I like to use an analogy that goes something like: A bully is holding a helpless kid down, sitting on top of him and punching and choking him for a long time before someone comes along, thinks this looks very unfair and pulls the bully off. Then the bully says, “Well, OK, let’s make it fair. Stand up and fight me fairly now!” (The kid is bleeding, stumbling and coughing.) The passerby says, “No, you have to get down on the ground with the kid on top of YOU to make it fair.” The bully says, “Hey! No! That’s not fair. That’s reverse bullying!” The reasonable person, of course, would say that the fighting should stop all together and the two should try to get over it. Easier said than done, but, in any case the kid was hurt and mistreated and won’t easily be able to trust the bully again. There is no “reverse” trauma. The bully was not traumatized. He must have some psychological problem he’ll have to deal with, but he did the traumatizing, not the other way around. The bully has to continue to prove he as changed forever if he wants to live peacefully with is former prey. At any point if he tries to redirect blame toward th victim, the recovery suffers a setback.
gene
June 3rd, 2009
10:46 am
It doesn’t matter what Newt says or doesn’t say, He has not been nominated for one of the most powerful positions in the country, His views, thoughts and actions matter not, while this racist sotomayors’ will effect everyone for years to come. I would rather have someone who has a proven record of ruling directly on the law and not someone who rules from her feelings as her records prove.
To the Right We Go
June 3rd, 2009
10:49 am
As long as Newt and Rush are the faces and spokesmen for the Republican party, Democrats have nothing to worry about. The Republican Party is now officially the party of the Angry White Man. Unfortunately for them, there aren’t enough Angry White Men to outvote the rest of the country. Republicans are now isolated to the Southern States, and will not regain their national stature until they realize that a move back to the center is required. Until then, it’s Hail to Newt and Rush – and more lost elections.
gene
June 3rd, 2009
10:50 am
Mike you analogy is pretty good. The only problem I see is this country is run just like the jungle under the laws of survival of the fittest. Just like before the government was controlled by a stronger GOP. Now the GOP is weaker and the government is controlled by the DEMs. It goes back and forth. Regardless of what is said bipartisianship does not exist on anything that actually means something.
CDW
June 3rd, 2009
10:52 am
We are all the sum of our experiences, whether those experiences are defined by our skin color, education, gender, religion…and so on. It is self evident that each of us would expect to be able to make good decisions, and those decisions will be influenced by our experiences. Duh.
That one person believes a particular set of experiences make for better decision-making…also not surprising. Not even news worthy.
Move on.
Whipkey
June 3rd, 2009
10:52 am
This isn’t an apology. He’s just saying that he wished he hadn’t said it the way he did. That’s fine if you believe it, but you need to stand by it.
Gene, I grew up around a bunch of PWT and the projects is no different that the trailor park. You just want to feel superior, but there’s plenty of meth dealers, drop outs, and couches on the front porch where you’re at too. Maybe they should put that on the news every day to remind you…
TRUTH
June 3rd, 2009
10:53 am
I think the right has more of a fear that a latina woman, appointed by a Progressive President who is wildly popular, will infringe on their perceived right to say, do, and dictate as they please and how they’ve pleased for years. They feel the last of their power slipping away and like children, throw temper tantrums at anyone who’ll listen. Frankly, the GOP as a whole has revealed themselves to be narrow minded, non forward thinking, bigoted representatives of the worst history and predictament this country has been in in years. Newt, like Rush, Hannity, Levine, Savage and FIX news continue to offer statements and other utterances that clearly show a refusal to accept the will of the people as opposed to the intent of a few. That few being the remnants of the Republican Party. Who cares what Newt thinks? Rush, Hannity and the cast of other clowns that spout this rhetoric DO NOT HOLD OFFICE NOR WILL EVER RUN FOR OFFICE. So why does the media continue to amplify these morons is beyond me. Yeah, Sontamayor is racist…., I guess none of them has EVER said a racist or bigoted word. It’s laughable.
gene
June 3rd, 2009
10:53 am
Yes the Dems are in charge..That won’t last forever. The working class will very soon get tired of being taxed to death..( cigarette Tax and liquor tax) Both were initiated June 1st and made retroactive back to April 1st. I have several clients that are very angry due to having to pay 5 to 10 thousand dollars in back taxes…Thank You Dems…keep it up and you will be out a lot quicker than you got in.
Edward
June 3rd, 2009
10:55 am
When your heroes are Cheney, Gingrich, and Limbaugh, you have already lost any credibility you may have had. The GOP is nothing but a joke now, a terrible unfunny joke.
Mrs G
June 3rd, 2009
10:56 am
Unfortunately “Gene” you are as “ignorant as Newt”. I am a woman and I do not see anything racist about what Sotomayor said. I can’t begin to tell you I sufferecd and understand the holocaust, can you tell me about slavery and the suffering? No, because we didn’t live through it, we can only tell what we were told, not what we lived through. When you know better, you do better. And obviously you nor Newt knows better.
gene
June 3rd, 2009
10:58 am
Well Whipkey, I grew up around trailor parks and such. I just decided I wanted a bette life. I really don’t ever remember the post office refusing to deliver mail to a PWT trailor park because they feared for their lives…nor does the stats show that white people on the whole shoot each other as the stats show that black people in the projects do. So when the stats do indicate this then I guess you can compare the two. I can assure you that for the most part a pwt trailor park is a helluva lot safer that a black project.
Really Gene??
June 3rd, 2009
10:59 am
As I recall Gene, President Obama cut taxes. Strange isn’t it? The truth gets in the way of a good story.
Puhleez
June 3rd, 2009
10:59 am
What a stupid analogy! That has nothing to do with being fair, it has to do with revenge.
Get Real
June 3rd, 2009
11:00 am
As long as people like Gene are alive, racism will be alive and well. Some people can sit behind their keyboards and make foul statements, but don’t have the guts to actually say it to someones face. If Gene and his type had actually done their own research, they would know that she has ruled 80% of the time against plaintiffs in discrimination cases. Gene you can come to me talking that jungle crap and someone can tell you what happened after you wake up.
Jake
June 3rd, 2009
11:01 am
Newt forgot to add ’sexist’. She clearly has a high opinion of herself (no crime there), and at least gave the appearance of having pro-female and pro-Hispanic biases. It’s that potential bias that is a problem on the SC where, as Newt pointed out, everyone should be equal before the law.
BravesFan
June 3rd, 2009
11:06 am
I love you gene. typical left comments here as usual, what else should i expect from the AJC and the typical reader. ignorance is apparently bliss with these people, i guess i will never be blissful. maybe someday they will learn to form their own opinions and complete a thought without watching the liberal media for direction. the fact is, if a white man says it, he would be crucified! the white man is now the most segregrated against person in the country. we cannot do anything without being judged or crucified and it is time people recognize that. I do not want to hear one more thing about the black man and being put down! you have a president now that apparently finally gave you hope that for some reason you didn’t have. you have no more excuses for yourselves. This country is now ALL about the minority being able to succeed and making it harder for a white person. congratulations, now open your eyes and stop making excuses. it is up to you to run this country now and you can’t do it blindly.
gene
June 3rd, 2009
11:06 am
Hey Mrs. G I can’t think of any place in this country where slavery is legal nor do I know of anyone who was a slave when this country aloud slavery. Slavery was legal and a big part of the early years of this country. Not something you can change. Slavery has been illegal for over 130 years. It really gets old everytime someone says something a black person doesn’t like they revert back to the ” well we were mistreated slaves” really now are you actually over 150 years old? I can look around and see white areas that are clean and relatively crime free..I also see black areas that are nasty with trash and hold the highest crime rates around. I see white schools where the parents are all involved in the childs education where as black schools haven’t seen a parent in years. Balcks have as much if not more opportunity to advance in life as whites doe. Blacks for the most part choose not to. They would rather live off welfare, pop out babies, and complain about how THEY were wronged by the whiteman making them slaves…Look to What Bill Cosby says…At least he is intelligent enough to see the troubles of the black man have bee brought on by the black man.
RetLTC
June 3rd, 2009
11:07 am
Go away Newt.
TRUTH
June 3rd, 2009
11:07 am
Gene, you do realize that you’re just making the point even more about how out of touch you are. It’s one thing being a cheerleader for the ReThuglican Party, its another to just be ignorant of the facts that are in your face.
As to your blatant remark about Blacks and the projects, if you place 100s of people in a small environment with no economic out, what the heck do you expect…GENE-ious? I work solcial services in Tennessee, I’ve been to trailer parks where the same thing exists and it was predominatly White Americans who were perpretating the lawlessness. The fact is GENE-ious, is that a large majority of Americans, both Dem and Repub, are tired of that way of thinking. WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER. Jobs should be available to everyone. As well as Healthcare, Education, and the right to pursue happiness. What’s left of the GOP only stands for the return to the Status Quo. And all of US citizens get the chance to go back to the demise of our country under a party that has no ideas that appeal the electorate (Refer to November 3, 2009). You got voted out. You got voted out because of the state the country is in. Yet you have the nerve to say that its what is right for this country. Whatever you’re smoking, taking or injecting, keep that to you and your clique of friends. It’s making you psychotic.
Get Real
June 3rd, 2009
11:07 am
Jake, we know everyone is equal before the law. Barbie bandits come to mind. The robbed a bank and two guys who weren’t even there got more time than they did. Drug sentencing among blacks and whites also has a huge disparity. We all would hope that the law is equal, but we know it isn’t.
Bob
June 3rd, 2009
11:08 am
If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck. When she speaks like a racist and acts like a racist, she must be a racist. Newt, you do not need apologize.
SaveOurRepublic
June 3rd, 2009
11:09 am
“Neocon” Newt is a Globalist shill (as evidenced by his CFR membership), however he owed no “apology” IMO. Addressing cultural Marxist hypocrisy should be applauded, BUT falling into the fallacious “racist”/”racism” vacuum should be avoided. As I’ve previously stated the “racist”/”racism” accusation is (often) grossly misapplied. It’s lost some effectiveness (via the “PC police”) due to being overly utilized. The issue with Sotomayor’s statements is the cultural Marxist double standard & hypocrisy. In other words, she should be able to express “Latina Pride”, and others should be able to express pride in their ethnicity/race. However, the more pressing concern on Sotomayor should be her (full) Constitutional adherence!
gene
June 3rd, 2009
11:12 am
To Really Gene, Obama you are as misinformed as you statement. Yes Obama cut taxes for 6 months this year and you got on average $25.00 more per paycheck…Obviously thats as far as you read because next year the taxes are going back up and you will have to pay back an additional $38.00 per paycheck…so where is the tax cut now. On the same note Muhammed Obama is raising corporate taxes to almost 48%, could that be why all the american corporations are moving out of the country… Its really sad that the only good thing a dem can say about Muhammed Obama is that he cut taxes for six months and hes black which is actually on half true as his mother was alledgedly white.
RetLTC
June 3rd, 2009
11:12 am
Still swirling around the bowl Turd? Truth, you’re spot on. The fear coming from the right is that suddenly political power is being acquired and wielded by those they seek to marginalize. They see the handwriting on the wall. There aren’t enough of them left to reverse the changes occurring demographically in this country. Fortunately for the rest of the country, the radical right is gone. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
sd
June 3rd, 2009
11:15 am
I really don’t believe that Newt, Rush, Hannity, or any of the posters here that say she is racist, really believe it. I can’t believe that Sean Hannity looks himself in the mirror at night and beleives the crap he spews.
That goes for the pundits on the other side too.
This statement, that a Hispanic woman will come to a diffferent conclusion than a white male is probably factual.
Its not about how the law looks at individuals, its how society looks at individuals. Whether its right or wrong, each judge brings their own personal experiences to the bench they serve.
Its probably a good thing to get a diversity of people that have experienced different lives.
Regardless, even if you hated this opinion, its one statement one person with a long career has made. If you were judged by the worst statement you’ve ever made and not on the totality of your lives, how would you be judged?
Get Real
June 3rd, 2009
11:15 am
SOR, Confederate day in Gawga isn’t expressing ethnic pride? It only becomes an issue when minorities express their ‘pride’. I guess we’re supposed to assimilate to Confederate Day.
Jake
June 3rd, 2009
11:17 am
GetReal – I have no problem with her being seated on the SC amd I’m pretty sure she will be. This is part media frenzy (there are so many of them they have to make a big story or ciris out of every little thing) and partly her own fault because she did say a few things that at least gave the impression of racism and impropriety.
Donnybrook
June 3rd, 2009
11:18 am
‘Gene’ if you have all these big time clients, then you know corporations leaving this country because of taxes is a farce. They’re leaving because of labor costs. With all the tax breaks and write offs corporations pay very little in taxes, which is still fairly low. As a ‘businessman’ you should know this. As a racist I wouldn’t expect you too. I hope your ‘clients’ know the true you. Very professional of you on this blog.
gatorman770
June 3rd, 2009
11:18 am
Hopefully she won’t sodomayor “the rule of law” in her decisions, but due to her past history, I wouldn’t bet on “the rule of law” winning over “feelings”.
Get Real
June 3rd, 2009
11:20 am
Jake, I respect your opinion. Nice to have an honest, adult debate on the merits.
Jim Callihan
June 3rd, 2009
11:20 am
Didn’t we already see the comedy skit about a “witch and a newt”?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr8DIg3oHFI
Enough already.
gene
June 3rd, 2009
11:22 am
Truth obviously you are really the one who is out of touch. You say you work for social services. I think everyone would agree social services stand goverment freebies. We are really one of the few if not the only country that will pay a person to not work. WE are not talking about placing 100’s people in a small economic enviorment. We are talking about people living in projects on the governments dime that are too lazy to do anything but rob rape and kill to get what they want. Your excuse that blacks don’t have the same opportunities as white is just as bogus as your beliefs. All a person has to do to go to school is get up off their lazy ass apply for and receive what ever scholarships are available and study. The excuse that schools are not available is just that a lame excuse…Its because these people do not want to go, their idea of getting ahead is to sell more dope rape more people or rob a bigger store. Oh lets not forget the shootings that occur because “he called me a name, he dissed me, he stepped for on my turf” that has nothing to do with the status quo. That has to do with being too damn lazy to get an education to get ahead.
William
June 3rd, 2009
11:23 am
sd
You are 100% correct!! I heard Hannity say on air once, if Obama gets elected “it will be good for radio”..it’s all a production.
Mrs G
June 3rd, 2009
11:24 am
Gene… All I can say is ignorance is bliss. And you just ASS-umed that I was black… Gene, I am human… please get in touch with reality… Living near a trailer park begets trailer trash mentality…so you saying, “I am better that everyone in my tin on bricks”… Let me explain something I never lived in a trailer park or the projects or have I even lived close to either. Do you even understand analogies? Or do you know what that mean?
?
TRUTH
June 3rd, 2009
11:29 am
Thanks for the comment ReTLTC, Huah. Yes, say goodby to the rubbish. The GOP has relegated themselves to a handful of extremists. As they continue to disintegrate, their failed ideas and stratgies fade with them. Now take Cheney, Boehner, McConnell, Cantor and the rest of the talking points with you. This country is for everyone, not a few. Gingrich’s statement was made with the intent of the words he uttered. Him backpedaling now is due to the fallout he did NOT expect. Rush and Hannity say this crap regularly, we turn them off. (Or listen for laughs). There is a commercial that says Brains is Back in the White House…GOD, you were right on time!!
sd
June 3rd, 2009
11:31 am
Gene, you don’t know anything about the projects. I don’t write that to be mean, but to point out a fact.
In fact you keep referring to Atlanta Projects and if you did know anything about that, you’d know that the last Atlanta housing project is being closed. There will be no more housing projects in atlanta.
You don’t know what its like to be a black person. You don’t know what its like to be anyone other than who you are. You make harsh judgements of people without knowing them. You are trying to remove specks from people’s eyes while you are blinded by the stick in your own.
gene
June 3rd, 2009
11:31 am
Hey Donnybrook, you are obviously as dumb as your statement. First I never said I had big time clients, I think the term I used was “client” get your terms correct and stop tring to spin what I said. Yes corporations in the past have left because of labor costs. That slowed almost to a stop several years ago..Now other countries have realized just how much can be made tax wise from have factories in their countries and have set tax bases to attract them. I’m sure even you can do the math, 12% or 48% tax on profits. Now the Muhammed Obama admisitration want to tax the not only what profit is made in this country but the profit that is made outside its borders on money that is brought back to the home office. If you do your research, which I doubt you are capable of you will find that corporate ceos, owners and stock holders favor moving the companies completely out of US control soley to avoid giving the government half its profits. If my little business was even close to falling under this tax structure I would be gone in a new york second.
Matilda
June 3rd, 2009
11:34 am
Sotomayor’s statement was pulled out of context and attacked as if it were a stand-alone sentiment. I think it was a mistake for her, the President, or Mr. Gibbs to back-pedal one inch, but they did so because GOP “royalty” Newt and Rush (dang, that’s the best you got? sad…) immediately started screaming “Racist!” with no meaningful context whatsoever. If the vocal, partisan, party-first crowd actually had something tangible to use against her, do you think they’d be picking cherries out of a speech and calling them sour apples?
gene
June 3rd, 2009
11:35 am
Obviously Mrs G If you have never lived in or near a trailer park (I have) you don’t have a clue about what you are talking about. You are just talking out your ass spouting the Democratic party line which in turn makes you inconsequential. Go spend a night in a project or a trailer, one you haven’t the guts and two you might break a finger nail.
Millard
June 3rd, 2009
11:35 am
Where is it said that to be “old” and white and reared in the South makes you a racist. I was brought up in GA in the 50s but I was not taught to be racist. Neither were many of my friends.
SaveOurRepublic
June 3rd, 2009
11:35 am
Get Real @ 11:15 am – There should be no issue(s) with ANY individual’s expression of pride in their ethnicity, race or heritage.
ProgressivePeach.com
June 3rd, 2009
11:35 am
Please add to the list of “Gingrich shouldn’t have cheated on his first wife,” “Gingrich shouldn’t have cheated on his second wife with an aide,” “Gingrich shouldn’t have shut down the government,” “Gingrich shouldn’t have dodged the draft,” “Gingrich shouldn’t….” aw heck, there’s just too damn many of them. How low has the GOP sunk that this loser is one of their key mouthpieces and the frontrunner for their nomination!
CJ Max
June 3rd, 2009
11:36 am
Truth@11:07am-just curious,who put those 100’s of people in an envirement that they cannot escape from?
Clark
June 3rd, 2009
11:40 am
Remember when Newt divorced his wife when she was on her death bed. Real classy guy. Republican Family Values at play. Some white conSServative male from Ga. calling someone else a racist. Is this POS Newt serious?
gene
June 3rd, 2009
11:43 am
sd I am not black nor have I ever lived in a project. I do have experience with projects in a capacity I have not mentioned nor will I. I have friends who are black ( I do not distinguish a friend by my black friends or white friends) they are my friends, who grew up in the project worked hard got an education and bettered himself and his family. We have often had discussions about this same subject. His opinion and I don’t care whether you believe me or not, is blacks have the same opportunities as whites. Whites just take advantage of the opportunites more often. I think that is a statement that rings true in any area of the country. The American dream is for everyone, I guess with the Dems in office, the american dream should not be worked for and should be given to everyone. I also thinks its a great event that all the projects will soon be gone, it was really entertaining watching people that were healthy and literate complaining about sueing the state because the free housing was being taken away. Opportunities are there all you have to do is quit complaining because your great great great great grandfather was a slave..I really find it hard to believe what bering that has on today.
Flo-Ri-Duh!
June 3rd, 2009
11:44 am
Maybe she is a racist but the left doesn’t think a “person of color” can br racist and Jessie Jackson has said so…. there are racists of all color and non-racists of all color and that is common sense.
lwa
June 3rd, 2009
11:44 am
Gene: after reading your comments, I can determine that you are ignorant of the actual facts about the black community.
1. Your comment at 10:42 states “Could that be the results of blacks committing more crimes than whites. ” No, blacks aren’t committing more crimes than whites. We have to 1st look at the definition of the word crime. Many cops have a different interpretation. 5 kids sitting in a parking lot at Kroger at 1am just talking. In my white area, they are just hanging out. In a black area, they are loitering and must be taken in. IMHO, if one group is loitering, so is the other. Take them all in.
Most crimes in white areas are not reported. Shoplifting problem at North Point Mall – hmmm… mainly whites shop there. My list could go on an on. Large college towns – most crimes are committed by white kids. Remember, the white population is greater than the black population.
We won’t discuss crack vs. cocaine. The sentencing is very, very, discriminating.
2. Your comment at 11:06 am “They would rather live off welfare, pop out babies, and complain about how THEY were wronged by the white man making them slaves” Once again, you are wrong. Let’s look at the whites that are on welfare. No one in this country talks about this and yet, I studied this problem. MORE WHITE PEOPLE ARE ON WELFARE THAN BLACKS AND LATINO’S. I would agree the percentage of minorities is higher but the actual # of individuals is lower. All 50 states have welfare. Now, N. Dakota, S. Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Arkansas, W. VA, Minn. etc. are states where the pop. of minorities are small but the welfare roles were quite large. Blacks were not receiving the bulk of the money.
All troubles of the black man are not the fault of the black man. A lot of it is perception.
A black man driving a BMW will get pulled over every time and not a while one. Believe me, in my area, the white kids ride with very, very loud music attracting attention to themselves.
My husband and I moved to an affluent neighborhood in the Kansas City area 10 years ago. The first question at the day care from most everyone white was does he play football b/c we live in the area. NO !!!! We worked hard and went to school just like everyone else. Stop he perception.
It is people like you who talked about Obama so bad and tried to bring race into the picture. Michelle and Barack did everything that all kids, especially minorities are told to do. Go to school, get an education and you can be whatever you want to be. That is the American dream and it seems that once it is achieved, it just isn’t enough for the far right.
BravesFan
June 3rd, 2009
11:45 am
sd, you are exactly what i am talking about. what it’s like to be black? are you kidding me? how long do the excuses continue? by being black, do you mean having a country bow down to you so that every opportunity and chance is given to you. you have private schools, private scholarships, private organizations to advance your race, a black president, every opportunity to succeed imaginable and yet you are still going to say that????? Im sorry man, you don’t get to use the excuses anymore!!!!! do you know what it’s like to be white? obviously not. you actually have to make it on your own! with no goverment assistance and nothing to fall back on and if you even mention the word race or racist or question why white people don’t have their own TV station (BET!are u kidding me!) then you are called a racist! Think about that for a second….trust me, you have it made. and for the record, i don’t want it any other way, i want nothing from this government except protection. the rest, i will take care of on my own as i have my entire life.
TO THE LEFT-TO THE LEFT
June 3rd, 2009
11:47 am
ProgressivePeach-”How Low has the GOP sunk”-The same can be said for decades with the DEMS and “Squeaky Clean” Teddie K,”Troop Hater” Murtha,& “Back Door Financial Guru” Barney Frank just to name a few.
lwa
June 3rd, 2009
11:50 am
Don’t most judges rule on cases b/c of their own experiences in life? Don’t they all interpret the law to some degree based on what they know and have lived?
I am not saying it is right, just posing the question. Like in the case of the Barbie Bandits. How did the black guy get so much time and the two white girls get light sentences?
gene
June 3rd, 2009
11:54 am
IWA, if you look at the FBI crime reports, and they are accesible even to some like you..you will see that when a black man is pulled over in an expensive car late at night it is proven that he is 30 times more likely to be involved in a crime than a white man in the same situation. Did you see the news the other night where approximately 30 black kids ran into a store in the midwest just to steal and ransack. Waht about the the black high school graduation party where three teens were killed by another black teen in a drive by shooting. I could go on and on. Sure white kids commit crimes but statitics show that murder and other violent crimes are committed by blacks on blacks many times more often that whites. As for you statement on welfare yes statistically blacks are on wellfare more often than whites. Real numbers have more whites..average that into a ratio of the number of blacks on welfare in relation to the number of whites you will see that blacks are 100s times more likely to be on welfare.
jdee
June 3rd, 2009
11:56 am
There isn’t a white person living or dead that can comment on anything about race when it comes to being Black or Latino. You all don’t have a clue what it means to be a minority in this country. The fact of the matter is the Republicans and the idiotic radio dummies or stirring up race because they have no other avenue to tread with the Dems at this point. Since Jan 20th everything has been no, no, no without any other solution to fix anything. The American people don’t expect them to agree with everything but at least have another solution in place when you step up to the mic and say no to the Dems. The Reps just want to say “no” for as long as they can and hope that all the policies and changes put in place to try and help this country get back on it’s feet and be a leader again like we should fail. How stupid is that? People are tired of this devisiveness and selfish leadership and the Republicans just don’t get it. Bottom line, they opened mouth and inserted a lot of toes and now they realize that they are in danger of losing more Latino votes. If you truly care about this country and all of it’s people comments like Newt’s and Rush’s will not just role off your tongue. Comments like the one from Newt and the others just fly out of their mouth, which leads me to believe that at some point if you live long enough the truth will sound off loud and clear. Just ask Trent Lott.
lwa
June 3rd, 2009
11:58 am
@ Gene at 11:43: “His opinion and I don’t care whether you believe me or not, is blacks have the same opportunities as whites. ”
Yes, blacks have the same opportunits, but a more difficult time walking that path b/c of obstacles.
Education funding comes to mind. There are still poor school districts (black and white) that are not fully funded at the rate of schools in an affluent area. So, the black kids have to share vs. taking the books home. The libraries in the poor areas don’t have the same books available so now I have to wait for the library to transfer the book to me. The list could go on an on, but it can be discouraging.
TO THE LEFT-TO THE LEFT
June 3rd, 2009
12:02 pm
IWA-Very interesting post. I don’t agree with much of it,but it was interesting. Your statement of number of whites in comparison to minorities on welfare is a sham. While your numbers are correct,the percentage of white population to total minority population is 70-30. The percentage rate of welfare is almost the exact reversal between these same groups-HMMMMMM. Crime rate stats support the same. The statement about whites/blacks in BMW’ers is almost laughable, My child was ticketed in the Johns Creek area for loitering/noise violations while hanging out at the Mcdonalds parking lot with friends. He paid his own fine for his actions. Excuses as to why one can’t succeed are just that in today’s world. With so many government grants,hope scholarships,etc, there is no reason one who wants to apply themselves can’t better themselves one or another.
Because It Matters
June 3rd, 2009
12:02 pm
Y’all don’t argue with Gene, pray for him. The election of President Obama has rocked his world in such a way he was lead to believe wasn’t possible. After you pray for him, be comforted to know that the reality is that he will enjoy his tax cut and it will be for longer than 6 months. He will also, eventually, use and enjoy his socialized medicine too.
Yes friends, when all is said and done, it seems Republicans like “socialism” too. Whens the last time one of them gave back their’s or their moma’s monthly stipend? Never. That’s when. It will be the same with all the things the President signs into law that help the common good.
Yeah, they’ll talk about “entitlements” and spout their usually talking points, but when all is said and done, they be right there to get all they can get..and they’ll love it! Don’t believe me? Say it can’t be for these are fiscally responsible people with a strong sense of individualism? Well take a map. Now color in the Red States and there, with the exception of Texas, you’ll find the states most dependent on govurmint! Doesn’t make a difference if it’s Red State West, Red State South, they love them some of that government money.Why do you think talk of succession has died down? Without the government money and the free labor they use to enjoy, how’s a traitorous state to survive? Heck, they could even be taken over by Mexico or something!
So we must tolerate those like Gene. The 21st Century looks scary to them. What with African-American Presidents winning states below the Mason-Dixon line, and minorities eventually becoming the majority first in states like California, Texas, and Georgia, the the country… oh my my my!Oh, and don’t forget them homosexuals actually calling themselves married in some states.Scary scary stuff!
Well Gene we know it’s tough. The world is a scary, brown people place. But we promise you you’re going to enjoy a longer happier life with Democrats in charge. Now if we could just get y’all to stop killing folk in church…please?
Atlanta is a JOKE
June 3rd, 2009
12:03 pm
Gene—you do come accross as a little angry with your comments. I agree with most of the things you say but maybe you could find a better way to communicate it. As for the rest of the folks on this blog, most of you seem to forget Obama did not carry this state and did not even come close to doing so. It is only in the Atlanta metro area where we have the Obama fanatics. Seems everyone is looking for free everthing (education, health care, housing, etc.) NOTHING in this world is FREE. Somebody has to pay. Most people on this blog are truly uniformed. As for the RetLTC, how in the world can you subscribe to a DEM mentality. The DEM’s ALWAYS cut from the military whick makes that all volunteer force have to work that much harder. The first thing the DEM’s what to cut is always DEFENSE spending. If we had to depend on the majority on this blog for the protection and defense of our constitutional liberties we would be in a sad state.
OneChris
June 3rd, 2009
12:04 pm
Newt keep speaking your mind! Wish that more ppl said what they thought.
+ As for the blacks in Atlanta you have it made because of MLK you can go to the moon. If I was black in this town I would be Governor by now…. Stop living in the past and take it all!!!!
Sparky
June 3rd, 2009
12:06 pm
That Big Tint the GOP keeps talking about is getting smaller and smaller.
lwa
June 3rd, 2009
12:06 pm
@Gene:
IWA, if you look at the FBI crime reports, and they are accesible even to some like you..you will see that when a black man is pulled over in an expensive car late at night it is proven that he is 30 times more likely to be involved in a crime than a white man in the same situation
I am not sure what “some like you” means (I am not sure if we have met), but yes, I have seen the reports.
Let’s question why they are pulling someone over in the first place who hasn’t committed a crime. I don’t want the cops to pull anyone over, black or white, who hasn’t done anything wrong. Equality is what most people want and expect. That is all.
Yes, I saw the tv about the 30 kids. Gene, there is a lot of crime that goes unreported b/c “the kids are just having fun.” I am not making excuses, I just think that it is ignorant to think that blacks are doing most of the crimes.
Yes, I did state that the percentage of minorities on welfare is higher than whites, however, whites are greater in total number.
gene
June 3rd, 2009
12:07 pm
Iwa, once again you are making excuses. “more difficult time walking that path b/c of obstacles.” That really does nothing for you cause. I have read where poorer schools get less money. I know here where I live what the schools get is based on population density. If a school needs books they ask the parents to contribute. I have seen studies where the schools you are talking about the parents never get invovled. I am sorry for the kids but this is just another example of the woe me attitude. If blacks would lose this attitude and just try to succeed then a lot of this discussion would be mute. I will give you an example of overcoming obstacles, Russian girl adopted by american family, girl age 11 gets here and the family doesn’t want her. A church family of 8 children takes her in and adopts her. She is in a loving atmosphere but the family has money only to help their own children, she studies hard, scores 2300 on the SAT and has been excepted to Ga Tech under scholarship. Did I tell you she is a black Russian without the preconceptions that the white man is putting her down. True story I know this as she is the best friend of my daughter.
Richard
June 3rd, 2009
12:07 pm
Looks like a lot of the pot calling the kettle black from the article all the way through the comments. From all sides of the issue even. This from an old fat white guy that grew up in a trailer park. Life is a 4 letter word for everybody. Maybe effective leadership and a common sense judiciary will make a difference, maybe it won’t.
BravesFan
June 3rd, 2009
12:07 pm
Jdee, again, the ignorance of the left wing! I just DID! FACT! I just talked all about it and I am white! And I am 110% correct! Look at the facts! This country is all about helping the minority and bending over backwards for you! Take all of our gifts, take all of my tax dollars…go ahead, you know you wanna….you just go right ahead Jdee. I like knowing my money goes to idiots like you…it’s comforting
Mrs G
June 3rd, 2009
12:08 pm
Gene@11:35 am: All I can say is that you are IGNORANT and when you continue to open your mouth, you spew IGNORANCE and continue to see how out of touch you are with reality. I am never scared NOR will I ever fear “man”…. why do you have to clarify or quantify the people you know or who are your friends…everyone bleed the same blood. Why is it I have black friends.. who cares what color they are if, “THEY ARE TRULY YOUR FRIEND”…..
Sparky
June 3rd, 2009
12:08 pm
OneChris
Ugh Dude has GA ever had a black governor? Stay white your odds are much greater to become Governor.
gene
June 3rd, 2009
12:10 pm
IWA without retracting my statement I will retract some like you. The intent was to infer your thinking but I can see where it could be mistrued
TO THE LEFT-TO THE LEFT
June 3rd, 2009
12:11 pm
ATL is a joke- I agree with you,Gene you make some valid points in your own way. You also ruffle a few feathers with your approach. But none the less you spaek many truths.
Concerned American
June 3rd, 2009
12:12 pm
Too bad racism will forever exist in this great Country because people and yes, government officials, will always perpetuate the argument to further their agenda. We have always been a melting pot of people from different backgrounds. I am a white male and went through many struggles while growing up coming from a divorced family but I overcame everything because there are so many opportunites to succeed. My personal view is that most Americans no longer have pride to go out and do things on their own. They would rather sit and wait for the government to bail them out of their mortgage that they knew deep down inside was above their income, pay for healthcare, give them a job or pay them for not working, etc, etc.
We are about to lose what makes America special, our freedom. Everytime the government takes over the banks, auto industry, healthcare, etc, we lose our freedom! The govenment wouldn’t even allow the banks to repay the loans so they could force the banks’ hand to do the government’s bidding, taken over the car industry to build “green” tin boxes that we don’t want to purchase (I didn’t see people at the car show gathered around Prius’), and soon it will be decided whether or not we will be wait listed for years on getting an MRI or CAT scan to detect cancer or ailments in the early stages so we can get the care we need or told which doctors we will choose. When is America going to wake up??!!
gene
June 3rd, 2009
12:12 pm
Mrs G obviously your education is as lacking as your thought process what I said was I do not quantify my friends as black or white, they are just my friends. Read, comprehend and think before you type
Hotlanta
June 3rd, 2009
12:14 pm
Timothy McVeigh/Charles Manson/Ted Bundy/ Erick Robert Rudolph/Phil Spector/Oliver Norton/Boston Stangler/Son of Sam/Barbie Bandits/Bear Sterns/AIG/Citigroup/Countrywide/Anna Niciole Smith/Mel Gibson/Newt Gingrich/John Edwards/ Bristol Palin/Angelina & Brad Pitt/Runaway Bride need I go on. I will be here all day.
lwa
June 3rd, 2009
12:15 pm
@ TO THE LEFT-TO THE LEFT – good for the johns creek police. They need to come to acworth and charge the kids that hang out in my area.
“Crime rate stats support the same” What determine’s the crime rate numbers? It is arrests? convictions? Does it include probations? I just don’t believe that accross this entire country, blacks account for more crimes than whites…. It is laughable to think that one group is causing most of the crime.
I will never make up an excuse at to why someone can’t make it. It is just not that easy for everyone.
Truth2009
June 3rd, 2009
12:18 pm
Blacks are behind because their hip hop culture sucks. Anyone who stands up against it and speaks the truth is either labeled a “uncle tom” or a “racist”
All the liberals gotta stop with all this white-guilt BS thats overtaking Europe right now. And here in the US the white-guilt propaganda is only fueling blacks laziness and sense of entitlement. Ive known several families from Africa that didnt let excuses get in their way and they were teachers, accountants, doctors… etc…..
As someone that WORKED the projects before they were torn down (Capital homes, Jonesboro North/South, Abner Terrace, etc…. ) Alot of blacks were there because of BAD CHOICES! Bad choices in men, and TERRIBLE financial decisions.
As someone that did cable tv….. i was amazed how many demanded ALL the movie channels instead of going the cheap route. It was as if the concept of actually saving up $$ for something better was lost to them.
There certainly were people there that were just stuck in bad situations…. especially all the grandparents i met trying to live off of Social Security while raising their grandkids because the kids mom was strung out on Hard(crack) and their dad was no where to be found.
But you know what…. the ones raised by their grandparents were the BEST KIDS! I noticed a BIG difference in the househoulds where 107.9 was blaring in the background brainwashing little girls to grow up to like looser thugs, and brainwashing little boys into thinking slinging was the way to go.
You cant tell me music dosent affect society… because ive seen it myself… Thousands of times! There was a BIG difference in the kids that were raised with Jazz/Blues/Gospel playing around the house, and the kids with V-103, 107.9 playing constantly.
H OBAMA
June 3rd, 2009
12:22 pm
REPUBLICANS ARE MY FEARED ENEMY BECAUSE THEY ARE SMARTER THAN THE AVERAGE I NDIVIDUAL AND I CAN NOT PULL THE WOOL OVER THEIR EYES. HOWEVER, MY LOYAL DEMOCRATS ARE EASY BECAUSE WHAT THEY LACK IN INTELLIGENCE THEY MAKE UP IN BEING GULLIBLE. ANYTHING I SAY THEY BELIEVE AND PASS ON MY TELEPROMPTER WORDS. WE USE WORDS SUCH AS RACIST AND BIGOT TO DESCRIBE ANYONE THAT DISAGREES WITH OUR POLICIES AND NOMINEES. PEOPLE THAT WATCH ME MAKING SPEECHES NOTICE THAT I NEVER LOOK STRAIGHT AT THE CAMERA BUT MUST READ THE WORDS BECAUSE I CAN NOT THINK FAST ENOUGH TO TALK WITHOUT READING. YOU GOT ME I AM NOT AS SMART AS YOU ARE LED TO BELIEVE BUT EVEN ME ADMITTING IT WILL NOT INFLUENCE YOUR LLEMING MINDS. THANK YOU BLOGGERS FOR DEFENDING ME. I WONDER IF I CAN CREATE A BLOGGING TAX. SINCE I AM GOING TO TAX EVERYTHING ELSE WHY NOT TAX YOUR WASTE OF TIME WRITING THIS TRASH. BY THE WAY, GINGRICH DID NOT SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT IT WAS BILL CLINTON WHEN HE REFUSED TO SIGN THE BUDGET BILL. WE DEMOCRATS LIKE TO BLAME EVERYONE ELSE FOR OUR MISTAKES SO KEEP IT UP MY STOOGES BECAUSE THERE ARE ENOUGH IDIOTS LIKE YOURSELVES THAT WILL BELIEVE IT. WELL GOT TO RUN I HAVE TO SUCK UP TO MY MUSLIM COHORTS WHILE ON MY NEXT APOLOGY TOUR. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK WE ARE KILLING AMERICA WITHOUT FIRING A SHOT.
gene
June 3rd, 2009
12:22 pm
IWA it is not easy for anyone be they black white hispanic or any of the other numberous races we have in this country. The one item that stands out in everyone that succeeds is the drive to move forward and not blame set backs or failures on what is happening around you. If you fail its because of something you did or didn’t do, the same can be said of a setback, only those who want to succeed will succeed…those on welfare who want to stay on welfare will stay on welfare…regarless of race. If you think that your lot in life has been dictated because you are black then obviously you are not going to succeed. whereas if you think you lot in life is dictated by what you want to become and what you do to accomplish this then you will succeed. Okay crime stats have a lot of vagaries except for one, Murder. Statistics should blacks committed murder 22% more often than whites. No varagries in the stats here unless you want to say the FBI stats is wrong or prejudiced against blacks.
PokeUINURI
June 3rd, 2009
12:23 pm
For you Gene:
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/northfulton/stories/2009/06/03/sandy_springs_slaying_son_charged.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab&imw=Y
I guess he was just one of the few “crazy nutjobs” (always the label attached when not a minority)
gene
June 3rd, 2009
12:25 pm
H Obama that was great but sadly very true
gene
June 3rd, 2009
12:26 pm
pokeUINURI nevr said that white people didn’t commit crimes but I understand this is just you way to make yourself feel good.
Gene is what is wrong with the right
June 3rd, 2009
12:26 pm
Gene,
Your logic is very flat out wrong. I don’t have enough time to point out everything, but lets just start the stale “slavery was so long ago” bit.
By and large black people were not given access to equal education in this country until the 60’s. Even after the major universities in the south started admitting blacks (early 60’s) there were several that didn’t feel comfortable going to schools where they were not wanted and would be ridiculed. It is impossible to gauge exactly when blacks by and large finally felt comfortable enough to go to major universities and integrated schools, but for the sake of this discussion lets assume that by 1970 everything was peachy and all schools for all people were 100% the same. (Even though it is a statistical fact that the $ value of education for suburban children is still MUCH higher than it is in urban environments.)
So anyway…… Lets say there is a black man born in (pick any southern state) in 1950. He would have almost definitely received an inferior education when compared to those who attended white or predominately white schools. THIS IS A FACT. 25 years later this man has a child. Will this man’s child be as smart (in an academic sense) as a white child whose dad received a superior education? Does this black person THAT WAS BORN IN 1975 have an equal chance at success as his white counter part? MOST LIKELY NOT. With each generation more and more minorities are breaking through and changing their families socio-economic class, but to ASSume that all things should be equal FOURTY YERS LATER is pretty stupid.
As far as popping out babies and broken homes are concerned did it ever occur to you that for 200 years black people were bred like animals in this country? That a strong fit male was told to spread his seed and create as many strong fit children as possible. I dont have all the answers but I think it is a lot more likely that this might be the root cause of some of the issues you brought up. I don’t assume that blacks are morally inferior as you seem to. Just like education and success the family unit is getting better with every generation. But to ASSume that you can tell a culture of people to make children with no commitment or responsibility for 200 years and then flip a switch and not have the same issues exist for a few generations is STUPID and IGNORANT.
Both sides have some things right. We are getting to the point where there are virtually no excuses. BUT WE JUST GOT HERE. If you are black and over the age of 15 institutionalized racism absolutely had an effect on your life-even it is via your parents (the greatest influence any child can have).
It is a sad but true fact of life in our great country.
shunda
June 3rd, 2009
12:27 pm
Gene, obviously you have been mistreated by someone or a victim of violence. Get a therapist. Sadly as media is owned by rich,old white men, guess what? no minority will ever be seen in any other light than the one you have equated as the only truth about minorities. Speaking of minorities, whie men are in Kansas.
You refer to Obama as Mohammed Obama, why? he is still a practicing Christian, but extremist on the Right continue to use this rhetoric to inflame political, racial, and religious flames of hate. Under you, the country has been burned and slashed just as in Sherman’s march.
People complain about the taxes, but if we look at the finances of the US since Carter, these were not Democratic presidents the majority of the time dumbing down America and selling all of out to the highest bidder for profit sakes. All politicians have done wrong, now we have to pay for the luxury of a few making billions in profit, then throwing a few jobs to Americans to deliver on the politicians promises. If you continue to spew what is being said as the truth, and living your life in fear of hope or rational independent thinking based on media reports,you are as guilty of the faultering of the once proud good ol’USA.
Now America may not be perfect, could be better in some way, worse in others, but know that we (citizens with the least amount of power) will not get maximum gain out of what we invest because we ( black/white, muslim/christian, pro-life/pro choice,etc) fall for the divide and conquer techiques used by those few who are in power and control of the economic, social, and political structures in America. They make money only when neighbors are distrusting of each other.
gene
June 3rd, 2009
12:33 pm
Shunda I am calling Mohammed Obama by his name..That would be the one that he wants the American people to ignore, Doesn’t it offend you that he vilified anyone of the press and refused interview to anyone who used his middle name…
TO THE LEFT-TO THE LEFT
June 3rd, 2009
12:36 pm
IWA-The crime stats are there for all to see.Yes life is easier for some than others,but thats true for all races. My life was a struggle until one day the a mystical light bulb went off and I somehow got it. I worked my way through school,paid some heavy dues. But now I’m in good place in my life. My wife who is black,had a child young in her life. She has worked hard and is also finishing school and I’m extremely proud of her and my stepchild!!!! I as she also have siblings that no matter what they do everything turns to gold,go figure. My point is Black/White/Purple/or Green, we all have the same doors to open.With or without help it is up to us to find our own way. Some will succeed some won’t-human nature. Excuses are for the weak looking for sympathy.
blady
June 3rd, 2009
12:37 pm
Gene@10:37, try to keep your eye on the ball–stay focused … we’re discussing Newt-I’ll-do-anything-for-some-press and his comments regarding Sotomayor. Barack Hussein Obama is the President of the United States of America–deal with it!
Mrs G
June 3rd, 2009
12:37 pm
Gene @ 12:12pm, CONTRADICTORY… INGNORANT, like I said if thay are “Your Friends” you do not have to qualify or quantify them… We all bleed the same blood… If you don’t distinguish, the why did you on this post???? IGNORANT.. CAN’T SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES.
This what you actually said: I have friends who are black ( I do not distinguish a friend by my black friends or white friends) they are my friends, who grew up in the project worked hard got an education and bettered himself and his family
gene
June 3rd, 2009
12:39 pm
TO THE LEFT-TO THE LEFT You said it so much better than I could have and I completely agree with you..I hope you continue to have all the success you have in the past.
gene
June 3rd, 2009
12:41 pm
Mrs G you are obviously so racist against anything that doesn’t fit your neat little world…Hoefully that world doesn’t fall on your ignorant little head
Truth2009
June 3rd, 2009
12:42 pm
Iwa: wow your living in denial! Just imagine how bad crime would be in the states if it were majority Black instead of majority white!
It would be like Africa part 2. Where in some countries beatings and rapes of women are considered “normal”. In fact in some African countries a girl has a better chance of being raped than learning how to read. Ever heard of a white man raping a baby to cure his AIDS? How about the group of african men that went IN a church on Christmas Eve and slaughtered hundreds of women and children with Machettes?
Is there not a difference between Decatur and Douglasville? Between Clayton and Fayette? If what you say is true… then how come even the most violent parts of Canada and England are the black areas!?
Funny… i see in the paper now that New Orleans is back to being the #1 murder capital.
I guess the stupid major got his wish of it being a “chocolate city” again.
Gene is what is wrong with the right
June 3rd, 2009
12:47 pm
Truth 2009,
These areas in England and Canada… Are the poor areas? Is the crime rate higher just for minorities in these areas or is the incidence of crime in whites also higher that it normaly is?
What about violent crime in South America, Mexico, South East Asia and island nations. There are horribly violent areas in these places too. Is it all about black people in those areas too? Why is it I am betting you dont have the same level of knowledge of these areas as you do Africa?
gene
June 3rd, 2009
12:48 pm
Okay Everyone thank you for participating and your comments, I was in reality doing research for an anthropology paper on how to direct online discussions from original topics by making a few statements about a hot topic. As you can see it was very easy to direct this blog from the topic of newts comments to one about race education and crime. It really only took one statement to completely change the dialogue. thank you again for you commentsn and your assistance.