Comments on: The Democratic Double-Standard on Race: I’ve Lived It

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By: Flabbergasted

Flabbergasted — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:44:28 +0000

Pithy AND Astute! Oh good sir you have cut me to the QUICK!
Please relent, I yield under your blistering assault!

/Sarcasm

By: Andrej Lah

Andrej Lah — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:20:37 +0000

I am 47 years old and I grew up in a home without racism. I recently asked my father why that was, and he explained to me that in Yugoslavia he new several Africans that lived in Ljubljana. They were students and quickly became part of the fabric of their society. Some stayed and married and had families. Has anyone ever wondered why so many black soldiers stayed in Europe after the war? My father told me that when he came here and joined the US Army, his sergeant and captain were both black and taught him a great deal about America. His sergeant once commented that until my father spoke no one knew he is different while for them their skin color was hard to hide. My father made certain that we never treated others in that way.

By: Andrej Lah

Andrej Lah — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:18:54 +0000

Harry Reid is a racist, because if he was not those words would not have been spoken. He may be one that fights it within in himself, and that is understandable. This notwithstanding, to be the leader of the Senate one must be beyond that internal battle and truly believe that we should be judged by the "content of our character".

By: ARichter

ARichter — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:00:34 +0000

The day is soon coming when minorities will realize what, exactly, the Progressives have done to them. Any minority that "goes off the plantation" of voting for the Dems because of welfare and affirmative action and special gimmes, will wake up and see that they are warehoused in public housing, kept in poverty and ignorance because it's easier to get their vote that way. Bring in a few minor, inexpensive pork projects, give them a little money before an election and Dems are a shoo-in.

By telling minorities that they aren't smart enough to get into good schools because they can't make the grades, by telling entrepreneurs that they cannot make their business successful without government handouts and special programs to give them business, whether they deserve it or not, has kept most of them grazing in their fields for too long. The minorities who have worked hard to get where they are quickly see the lie of the "Great Society". And they are labeled Uncle Toms for it.

By: The Logistician

The Logistician — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:58:42 +0000

Every country deals with race differently. The two biggest mistakes in American history once one gets beyond slavery: (1) forced integration by court rulings – you can’t force people to want to associate with, get along with, or respect you; and (2) affirmative action – no matter how one looks at it, it smacks of unfairness and does not make people respect you.

What we have today are simply the long-term ramifications of bad racial policies. What is perhaps more fascinating is that many think that 50 years of legal integration has somehow negated or counterbalanced the treatment afforded blacks prior thereto.

The reason that society is incapable of addressing the racial issue is because we view it from a perspective which is not conducive to real analysis. We talk all around the fundamental, underlying reasons for racism, and make it an emotional issue. How does one expect to cure the cancer without focusing on the cancerous cells and the biological reasons for cancer? Focusing on the symptoms is an ineffective mechanism to employ. Racism serves a far more complex pragmatic function than we are generally willing to acknowledge.

Far more disturbing than Reid's comment itself is that elected officials, paid with taxpayer dollars, would spend valuable time criticizing Reid, or any other politician who just happened to say something offensive, inappropriate, or stupid, instead of tending to the important business of the nation. And this applies to members of ALL political parties.

And why do they do it? To advance the long-term positive and material interests of the nation? No. They're grandstanding for their political purposes, which are not necessarily in the interests of the nation.

They ALL should arguably be voted out at the next available opportunity. As for we citizens, we should never underestimate the power of laughter, and ignoring people.