Comments on: Using Race to Press Political Agenda

By: elderj

elderj — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:29:23 +0000

@Jared Both Support for slavery, segregation, abortion rights (which has devastated Black communities and made a fortune for Planned Parenthood), massive disincentives for family integrity (via welfare policies that disincentivize marriage) and social and economic engineering that continues to penalize entrepreneurship are some areas.

By: Jared Both

Jared Both — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:36:07 +0000

What is this terrible track record from the Democrats compared the Republicans that you speak of?

By: elderj

elderj — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:41:50 +0000

There is a double standard and Dems track record on race is lamentably, actually much much worse than Republicans, though that is not the currently received wisdom. Harry Reid said what he actually thinks, and which is in many ways, largely true. Fair skin and a “white” tone of voice goes a long way in making a Black person palatable to White America.

By: Cameron

Cameron — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:13:51 +0000

My issue is this: politics aside…what Reid said is beyond out of line. Referencing “negro” dialect is blatantly racist. Regardless of his track record this is not accidentally racist. One does not reference a “negro” dialect unless you think it exists. What exactly is a “negro” dialect? Did he mean urban? Certainly this is not unique to African-Americans. Basically he said Obama was a good fit because he wasn’t a dark skinned African-American and because he didn’t “talk” like an African-American.

Personally, I don’t believe the issue is Reid’s choice of words (what he apologized for) I think its what Reid really thinks about African-Americans. You can’t substitute any other words (that I can think of) to make it right.

That’s my two sense…