Rep. Ron Paul and my comfort zone
Sometimes when you want to write something, you just have to start writing.
For a few days I have wanted to write something about Rep. Ron Paul but I could not find the words expressing my feelings regarding the so-called racist remarks he wrote over twenty years ago. I am fully aware when Mainstream Media wants to demonize a white man, they tag him a racist to stir up and box-in the Black community so we can not concentrate on nor discuss anything other then the racist remarks. In other words, covert attempts at voter suppression.
Further, I wanted to write the fact if we Blacks weld all our votes to issues of white racism, we would never vote for anyone. Fortunately, Counterpunch contributor *David Lindorff has come to my writing rescue and has said it for me:
And he adds this gem, “Being a racist is clearly no disqualifier for national political office. It’s just that you are not supposed to say overtly racist things, at least in public.”
Thank you, Mr. Lindorff.
Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-SPAN and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB
*Better Than Obama
Why the Establishment is Terrified of Ron Paul
by DAVE LINDORFF
Read more at:
http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/12/27/why-the-establishment-is-terrified-of-ron-paul/
For a few days I have wanted to write something about Rep. Ron Paul but I could not find the words expressing my feelings regarding the so-called racist remarks he wrote over twenty years ago. I am fully aware when Mainstream Media wants to demonize a white man, they tag him a racist to stir up and box-in the Black community so we can not concentrate on nor discuss anything other then the racist remarks. In other words, covert attempts at voter suppression.
Further, I wanted to write the fact if we Blacks weld all our votes to issues of white racism, we would never vote for anyone. Fortunately, Counterpunch contributor *David Lindorff has come to my writing rescue and has said it for me:
The racist bit is funny. After all, if we’re honest, the whole political infrastructure of the US is riven with racism. Just check out the public schools in any urban area, where you’ll find most of the students are non-white, or check out the schools in rural parts of the southeast in areas where most of the students are black — compare the condition of those schools and the class sizes to schools in the white neighborhoods. Check out the wildly different jobless figures for whites and for blacks. Check out the (very pale) complexion of the student bodies at just about any state university, check out the skin tones of the judges on the US Supreme Court, or for that matter, the whole federal bench. Check out the racial breakdown of the nation’s jails, and especially on the country’s many death rows, where you’ll find a wildly outsized percentage of people with black or brown skin waiting to be killed by the state.
And he adds this gem, “Being a racist is clearly no disqualifier for national political office. It’s just that you are not supposed to say overtly racist things, at least in public.”
Thank you, Mr. Lindorff.
Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-SPAN and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB
*Better Than Obama
Why the Establishment is Terrified of Ron Paul
by DAVE LINDORFF
Read more at:
http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/12/27/why-the-establishment-is-terrified-of-ron-paul/
posted by BB at 5:50 AM
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