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Troy
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Username: Troy
Post Number: 1225
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 04:00 pm: | 
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This is from
Roland S. Martin, CNN Contributor
www.rolandsmartin.com
Condi Rice on Race
Forget Rev. Wright: Condi talks tough about race in America
Sen. Barack Obama has called for a national discussion on race in America, and one of the folks who sure didn't hold back when asked was
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
In a discussion with the editorial board of the Washington Times on Thursday, Rice called racism a "birth defect" of America, and said that
black Americans have loved the nation even when it didn't love us.
The Times reported:
"Black Americans were a founding population," she said. "Africans and Europeans came here and founded this country together - Europeans by choice and Africans in chains. That's not a very pretty reality of our founding."
"As a result, Miss Rice told editors and reporters at The Washington Times, "descendants of slaves did not get much of a head start, and I
think you continue to see some of the effects of that."
"That particular birth defect makes it hard for us to confront it, hard for us to talk about it, and hard for us to realize that it has
continuing relevance for who we are today," she said.
Rice later said: "America doesn't have an easy time dealing with race," Miss Rice said, adding that members of her family have "endured
terrible humiliations."
"What I would like understood as a black American is that black Americans loved and had faith in this country even when this country didn't love and have faith in them - and that's our legacy," she said.
Wow, was all I could say to that.
What was even more stunning was the relative lack of coverage on this issue.
I was told CNN's "The Situation Room" did a piece on her comments Friday. But when I surfed the Net to see follow-up stories in other
papers, it has pretty much been ignored, except for some briefs.
Why would the mainstream media be so dismissive of Rice's comments? Imagine if Rev. Al Sharpton or Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. said such a thing.
Do you think they would have gotten ripped?
The fact of the matter is that Rice was right on the money with her comments, and should be commended. She spoke honestly and openly about the issue, and deserves credit for speaking the truth.
I just wish my colleagues in the media would do a better job at advancing the issue of race in America and our sordid history.
We went bonkers about the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, but when Rice, the nation's chief diplomat, spoke truthfully, it barely made a ripple.
- Roland S. Martin, CNN Contributor
www.rolandsmartin.com
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Nels
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Username: Nels
Post Number: 1144
Registered: 07-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 09:20 pm: |
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It's called selective attention. |
Troy
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Username: Troy
Post Number: 1229
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 10:12 pm: |
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Nels it would be more accurately described as bias. And that bias would not be in our favor. |
Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 6713
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, May 01, 2008 - 12:28 pm: |
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The right wing loves Condi. They are going to act like she didn't say it and work on her to come out with a "clarification" |
Ntfs_encryption
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Username: Ntfs_encryption
Post Number: 3105
Registered: 10-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, May 01, 2008 - 12:39 pm: |
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"The fact of the matter is that Rice was right on the money with her comments, and should be commended. She spoke honestly and openly about the issue, and deserves credit for speaking the truth."
Oh really? If this is the case, then why does she align herself with a party that is open with it's hostility and indifference to the issues of blacks? Why does she eagerly support a party that has a sustained track record of racial intolerance and openly panders to the fears and insecurities of racists?
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Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 6718
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 2 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, May 01, 2008 - 12:56 pm: |
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Oh really? If this is the case, then why does she align herself with a party that is open with it's hostility and indifference to the issues of blacks? Why does she eagerly support a party that has a sustained track record of racial intolerance and openly panders to the fears and insecurities of racists?
(They been good to her. They have set her up with all these good positions on boards of directors and at schools. They have pushed her out there. They have made her Secretary of State.
She don't give a damn about the rest of the Negroes--kind of like about 99% of all the rest of the Negroes in this country) |
Troy
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Username: Troy
Post Number: 1238
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, May 01, 2008 - 10:11 pm: |
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Ntfs_encryption, Condi is not aligned with the Democrats?!
Chris, try 99.99% |
Ntfs_encryption
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Username: Ntfs_encryption
Post Number: 3110
Registered: 10-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, May 02, 2008 - 02:43 pm: |
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"...try 99.99%."
Uhhhhhhh....from what I've seen, that's just about accurate. |
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