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Good morning, John.
By access, I meant that people automatically assume that republicans are racist so they will be more suspicious of them and their motives; they assume that democrats are not and that's just not true. There is a difference between blacks making statements like that about the unfortunate reality of life as a black person and whites making statements like that; whites making those statements reinforces the information in their minds and is one more brick in the institution of racism, unconscious, silent or otherwise. We have to be constantly vigilant about such things; we can't always do anything about it, but we need the intel so as not to be surprised by anything they do.
Racially insensitive. Don't believe the hype, John, that it's not about race. It is. They want us to minimize the effects of their racial insensitivity and lack of racial awareness because then they don't have to do anything about it and can't be held accountable. We can not let that happen, if just for our children's sake. Some young college students today (and not just the republicans) feel that blacks are only on campus because of affirmative action and that they don't belong there.
If these issues are not addressed, what will happen to them? They don't go away, they get worse and persist even longer. I am as tired as the next person of having to turn things into 'teaching moments.' They're not paying me to teach them, but if that helps increase awareness, then that's what I'll do.
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"In the days before volcanoes were invented, lava had to be hand carried down from the mountains and poured on the sleeping villagers.
This took a great deal of time."
----- Original Message -----
From: John Stafford Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 8:24 am
Subject: Re: G.O.P. Attacks Reid Over Comments
To: [log in to unmask]
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> HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!
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> Like I said, insensitive, but not racist. What do you call black
> people who make the same statements? As I said, the light/dark issue
> needs addressing.
>
> I wonder why we don't allow republicans "access to us," whatever that
> means?
>
> John
>
>
> On Jan 12, 2010, at 8:46 PM, VERA R CROWELL wrote:
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> > HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!
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> > Horrible stuff that is 'truly' racist? What he said was racist. Just
> more subtly racist. If you don't like the term, how about racially
> unaware. What Reid said reinforced the notion that 'lighter' is better
> and that the more blacks resemble whites then the easier they are
> accepted by white people. That gets pretty old, you know what I mean?
> Unconscious and silent racism is still racism and it is actually far
> more damaging because it comes in beneath the radar and people
> discount it thereby allowing it to continue unabated.
> >
> > I keep trying to tell y'all, but y'all don't believe me, there are
> just as many if not more racist dems, liberal or otherwise as
> republicans. It's easier for the dems because we allow them access to
> us and we as black people overlook and explain away dems
> racist/racially unaware actions and words.
> >
> > This is not good for us as a people and not good for our children to
> watch and absorb. How do you think Obama's daughters felt about what
> Reid said about their father? How is that supposed to make them feel
> as younng black women? What Reid said legitimizes the view that goal
> attainment of American blacks is dependent upon their skin color or
> lack thereof.
> >
> > House nigras always did have the better jobs cause they were lighter
> skinned. Us darkies had to work out in the fields, doing the hard
> labor.
> >
> > Isn't it time we got past that? Reid's comments are not helping and
> it disgusts me to see so many black people excuse away what he said.
> Get some backbone. Even if nothing is done about it, at least
> acknowledge the wrongness of what he said. I promise they won't take
> away your 'ginuwine' liberal card.
> >
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> > "In the days before volcanoes were invented, lava had to be hand
> carried down from the mountains and poured on the sleeping villagers.
> > This took a great deal of time."
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: John Stafford Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 7:11 pm
> > Subject: Re: G.O.P. Attacks Reid Over Comments
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
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> >>
> >> HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!
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> >> It is a cold, sad fact of nature: Barack Obama would not have been
>
> >> elected were he darker, and always spoke "in a Negro dialect," not
>
> >> just when he wanted to. The most constructive way to confront that
>
> >> American "condition" of race aesthetics is head on than executing
> the
> >> messenger. I understand, and agree with, the verbal part, but why
>
> >> would people not elect a darker candidate than Barack Obama?
> >> Attacking Biden and Reid for expressing conventional American race
>
> >> aesthetics with the racist hammer only serves to diminish the
> horrible
> >> stuff that is truly racist. Their comments may have been
> insensitive,
> >> but each man thought he was being complimentary. You may not know
>
> >> this, but many African Americans would voice the same thing.
> >>
> >> The mainstreaming of ghetto blackness has tragically taken its
> toll.
> >> But on the other side of the coin, who will vote to elect a
> >> gum-poppin', g-droppin', trailer park fabulous, white woman as
> >> President? Call me racist, but I would never vote for Palin. Not
>
> >> even if she were a liberal.
> >>
> >> John
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jan 12, 2010, at 8:38 AM, VERA R CROWELL wrote:
> >>
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> >>> HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!
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> >>> Hmm. How is what Harry Reid said any different from Joe Biden's
> >> 'clean and articulate' comment? Saying that Obama wouldn't have
> been
> >> elected if he were darker and spoke differently practically begs
> for
> >> the days of the house n*** & the field n***. Oh, wait a minute...
> >>>
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> >>> "In the days before volcanoes were invented, lava had to be hand
> >> carried down from the mountains and poured on the sleeping villagers.
> >>> This took a great deal of time."
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: John Stafford Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
> >>> Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 8:18 am
> >>> Subject: Re: G.O.P. Attacks Reid Over Comments
> >>> To: [log in to unmask]
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>>>
> >>>> HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!
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> >>>>
> >>>> To be blunt about it, Michael Steele is an ass. He is the
> >> proverbial
> >>>> Uncle Tom: an [N-word] functionary and enabler of Southern
> >>>> Dixie-crats. He is continually and willingly thrust front and
> >> center
> >>>> by redneck politicians to do their biding in reconstructing what
>
> >>>> constitutes racism.
> >>>>
> >>>> Anyone who compares what Harry Reid said to Trent Lott's longing
>
> >> for
> >>>> the days of segregation (and of Strom Thurmond clandestinely
> >>>> impregnating black women) is mentally deficient.
> >>>>
> >>>> John
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Jan 11, 2010, at 8:53 AM, VERA R CROWELL wrote:
> >>>>
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> >>>>> HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!
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> >>>>> G.O.P. Attacks Reid Over Comments
> >>>>>
> >>>>> By MARK LEIBOVICH
> >>>>> Published: January 10, 2010
> >>>>>
> >>>>> WASHINGTON — Republicans on Sunday sought to portray racially
> >>>> insensitive remarks attributed to Harry Reid, the Senate majority
>
> >>>> leader, in a new book as similar to comments made in 2002 by
> Trent
> >>
> >>>> Lott, the Republican leader who was forced to step down.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/us/politics/11reid.html?th&emc=th
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