Black legislator accuses white colleague’s toddler of racism
A few things she said made me cringe:
“…I love his son, but he’s scared of me because of my color and that’s horrible.” Then she said, “It’s true.”
And, “The color of my skin, I get discriminated against. The color of your skin, you don’t.” This statement made me realize just how racism has turned around especially since this most recent administration. Can blacks be racist? Can a black be racist against another black? How about white racists against other whites? Or is only one definition allowed anymore?
Am I a racist because I’d be scared to death to walk down any street at night in a predominately black neighborhood, Ferguson as a perfect example? Or might anyone think that my fear might be because of reverse discrimination on someone else’s part?
Do blacks have a fear of walking in a predominately white neighborhood alone at night? Perhaps, but not in my neighborhood. In my neighborhood we’re asking anyone coming to our door for identification because many recently have proven to be casing the neighborhood looking for easy targets of break-ins. I ask everyone that comes to my door for identification, black or white, the bible people, magazine sales, everyone, and get license numbers, etc., just in case.
Too many subjects here, I was even confused as to where to put it, Politics, Culture, Education, History, Legislation, News, or Philosophy? Life just isn’t as simple as is used to be.
“…I love his son, but he’s scared of me because of my color and that’s horrible.” Then she said, “It’s true.”
And, “The color of my skin, I get discriminated against. The color of your skin, you don’t.” This statement made me realize just how racism has turned around especially since this most recent administration. Can blacks be racist? Can a black be racist against another black? How about white racists against other whites? Or is only one definition allowed anymore?
Am I a racist because I’d be scared to death to walk down any street at night in a predominately black neighborhood, Ferguson as a perfect example? Or might anyone think that my fear might be because of reverse discrimination on someone else’s part?
Do blacks have a fear of walking in a predominately white neighborhood alone at night? Perhaps, but not in my neighborhood. In my neighborhood we’re asking anyone coming to our door for identification because many recently have proven to be casing the neighborhood looking for easy targets of break-ins. I ask everyone that comes to my door for identification, black or white, the bible people, magazine sales, everyone, and get license numbers, etc., just in case.
Too many subjects here, I was even confused as to where to put it, Politics, Culture, Education, History, Legislation, News, or Philosophy? Life just isn’t as simple as is used to be.
The sad thing is, people who think everyone else does everything bad because they are racist, do not realize that that irrational belief reveals their own racism. Of course they deny reverse-racism is possible....
People like her see the world through a completely racist prism, so they assume everyone else does. In all honesty, if you take away these people's racism, what would they have left?
Only their own failure, and that's a reality that they just cannot face.
"Although state laws vary, current statutes permit federal prosecution of hate crimes committed on the basis of a person's protected characteristics of race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)/FBI, as well as campus security authorities, are required to collect and publish hate crime statistics."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_crime_...
Note that this points out this comes from a FEDERAL law. States and local governments might show some common sense, but it takes a central government to really meddle enough to wreck a society.
I agree with you. America is half way down the slippery slope and gaining speed toward the cliff.
Watch out, sheep! There's no cliff hanger or a happy ending in this reality show!
Enter the thought cops.
God help us.
But prosecutors have shown that they are not to be trusted with discretion, because they are absolutely immune from any consequences for abusing it.
If I kill you because of your race or gender or anything else and then rob you, you're dead. If I kill you just because I want to rob you, you're dead.
I have intentionally killed you in the commission of a crime; why should my motive change the punishment?
If I'm punished more if I kill you because of some hate crime qualification, are you saying your live is worth more, since my punishment is greater?
More to the point, if I'm punished less if "all" I wanted to do is rob you, why do you accept that your life is worth less?
Some dogs are afraid of me, because they understand I am dominant. This has nothing to do with my being a woman or with my being white.
I hypothesize that Vanessa Summers, having had the force of personality needed to gain her seat, scares the daylights out of the kid. I don't blame him for running for safety!
Jan
A scary encounter with a black person might make an infant more leery of other blacks. The same as being bitten by a dog would make a kid afraid of other dogs.
It is sad that a growing trend of black/white divisiveness portends a return to tribalism. Summers' aggressive attitude in seeking to put down a white person is symptomatic of a pursuit of dominance, not equality.
Jan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfPuxQty...
Last night, the wife and I watched Lethal Weapon 4...one of my favorite Mel Gibson shoot-em-ups. Aside from all the anti-gun and anti-NRA references...there was one thing Danny Glover said about his pregnant daughter (in the movie) that stuck with me. He said about the father..."Is he black?...Oh, please let him be black".
Now, if I said, about the father of my daughter's baby, "Is he white...oh, please let him be white!", I would be labeled a racist...sure as hell.
So...where exactly is the justice, here?
When faced with a question about race or any of the other isms simple write. ""This is a ***-ist question. You should be ashamed to ask."
A Big Bird costume is not black.
That woman sure looks "big," though.