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No, No, Don't Worry. Racism is Pretty Much Over.

Posted: 14 Jul 2010, 1:02pm
by matedog
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/07/14/ ... 1&iref=NS1

It seems a bit tenuous to be honest, but I enjoyed this quote:

"I am disinclined to take lectures on racial sensitivity from a group that insists on calling black people, 'Colored,' " Mark Williams, national spokesman of the Tea Party Express, told CNN.
*facepalm*

Re: No, No, Don't Worry. Racism is Pretty Much Over.

Posted: 14 Jul 2010, 1:08pm
by Flex
I caught a little Olbermann the other night (I know, I know), and he head a spokesperson from the NAACP on who I thought did an excellent job discussing the issue and explaining what they're talking about.

The clip is here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/ns/ ... /#38215166

Re: No, No, Don't Worry. Racism is Pretty Much Over.

Posted: 14 Jul 2010, 1:10pm
by matedog
Flex wrote:I caught a little Olbermann the other night (I know, I know), and he head a spokesperson from the NAACP on who I thought did an excellent job discussing the issue and explaining what they're talking about.

The clip is here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/ns/ ... /#38215166
I'll have to give that a watch later. And don't get me wrong, I'm quite certain most tea party members are racist even if not overtly so. Just the reasons given in the article are not as strong as I would like.

How reputable is the NAACP these days? I've always revered it for its history, but I'm not sure how important it is these days.

Re: No, No, Don't Worry. Racism is Pretty Much Over.

Posted: 14 Jul 2010, 1:18pm
by Flex
matedog wrote:I'll have to give that a watch later. And don't get me wrong, I'm quite certain most tea party members are racist even if not overtly so. Just the reasons given in the article are not as strong as I would like.
I'm actually surprised that the article portrays the NAACP's argument as basically resting on a few particular instances/signs/etc. In the Olbermann interview, the NAACP spokesperson kind of makes a special point about how those are just some overt examples and really the issue is that the Tea Party is about maintaining and expanding white privilege, and that as a nation we need to start having open discussions about how our society and insitutions can be structurally racist without folks actually going around saying "I hate black people".

This looks like a bit of a hack job from CNN to me.
How reputable is the NAACP these days? I've always revered it for its history, but I'm not sure how important it is these days.
They're still pretty respected as a fairly mainstream institution, I think. They're not generally "radical" enough or whatever for a lot of the circles I read, but that's not necessarily and negative or anything.

Re: No, No, Don't Worry. Racism is Pretty Much Over.

Posted: 14 Jul 2010, 1:33pm
by matedog
Flex wrote:
matedog wrote:I'll have to give that a watch later. And don't get me wrong, I'm quite certain most tea party members are racist even if not overtly so. Just the reasons given in the article are not as strong as I would like.
I'm actually surprised that the article portrays the NAACP's argument as basically resting on a few particular instances/signs/etc. In the Olbermann interview, the NAACP spokesperson kind of makes a special point about how those are just some overt examples and really the issue is that the Tea Party is about maintaining and expanding white privilege, and that as a nation we need to start having open discussions about how our society and insitutions can be structurally racist without folks actually going around saying "I hate black people".

This looks like a bit of a hack job from CNN to me.
Well that makes sense.
Flex wrote:
How reputable is the NAACP these days? I've always revered it for its history, but I'm not sure how important it is these days.
They're still pretty respected as a fairly mainstream institution, I think. They're not generally "radical" enough or whatever for a lot of the circles I read, but that's not necessarily and negative or anything.
That's kind of what I assumed.

Re: No, No, Don't Worry. Racism is Pretty Much Over.

Posted: 14 Jul 2010, 1:53pm
by JennyB
The teabaggers certainly aren't helping their cause when they sponsor a billboard like this one in Iowa:

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Re: No, No, Don't Worry. Racism is Pretty Much Over.

Posted: 14 Jul 2010, 1:54pm
by Dr. Medulla
JennyB wrote:The teabaggers certainly aren't helping their cause when they sponsor a billboard like this one in Iowa:

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I wonder what neo-Nazis think when they see their guy compared to Obama …

Re: No, No, Don't Worry. Racism is Pretty Much Over.

Posted: 14 Jul 2010, 1:58pm
by eumaas
JennyB wrote:The teabaggers certainly aren't helping their cause when they sponsor a billboard like this one in Iowa:

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I can't take anyone seriously who didn't raise the same concerns about Bush.

Re: No, No, Don't Worry. Racism is Pretty Much Over.

Posted: 14 Jul 2010, 3:37pm
by Flex
Article about Louis C.K. and race: http://theloop21.com/society/why-louis-ck-matters

Re: No, No, Don't Worry. Racism is Pretty Much Over.

Posted: 14 Jul 2010, 5:05pm
by SteveSatch
Racism isn't over, but white people are no more racist than the next ethnic group.

Re: No, No, Don't Worry. Racism is Pretty Much Over.

Posted: 14 Jul 2010, 5:08pm
by matedog
SteveSatch wrote:Racism isn't over, but white people are no more racist than the next ethnic group.
That's probably true. What's different is that white people are the ones with the real power.

Re: No, No, Don't Worry. Racism is Pretty Much Over.

Posted: 14 Jul 2010, 5:09pm
by Wolter
matedog wrote:
SteveSatch wrote:Racism isn't over, but white people are no more racist than the next ethnic group.
That's probably true. What's different is that white people are the ones with the real power.
And the institutional racism built into thousands of aspects of our lives has never really been addressed in any adult and substantive manner.

Re: No, No, Don't Worry. Racism is Pretty Much Over.

Posted: 14 Jul 2010, 5:11pm
by Dr. Medulla
Wolter wrote:
matedog wrote:
SteveSatch wrote:Racism isn't over, but white people are no more racist than the next ethnic group.
That's probably true. What's different is that white people are the ones with the real power.
And the institutional racism built into thousands of aspects of our lives has never really been addressed in any adult and substantive manner.
All I know is that those nigger kids who look at me when I go to the ATM scare me. Accordingly, any reaction I have is legitimate.

Re: No, No, Don't Worry. Racism is Pretty Much Over.

Posted: 03 Aug 2010, 4:29pm
by Flex
A wretched hive of scum and villainy: http://ludickid.livejournal.com/956987.html

Re: No, No, Don't Worry. Racism is Pretty Much Over.

Posted: 04 Aug 2010, 10:38am
by Still216
I'm sure a few of the folks in this article referring to the children of immigrants as "anchor babies" are the usual pro-war right-to-lifers, to understate the case.

http://www.cleveland.com/schultz/index. ... abies.html
Conservative, self-declared patriots insist that carrying a pregnancy to term is a woman's God-given obligation, but then attempt to defile an entire population of innocent newborns as tools of trickery.

Deport these newborns! they say. Banish these babies!

What God are these people praying to? What version of Jesus have they conjured up to demonize innocent children?