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The Truth: Gates racially profiled the white cop
by: Clyde Middleton posted: 2009-07-26 09:33:00
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Imagine just one change of fact: The responding officer was black. Would Gates still have said:
"I'll see your mama outside."
Probably not. I suspect he would have asked the cop why he was there, and eventually assured him that the suspicious activity observed at his front door was because of the pre-existing damage resulting from a previous break-in attempt. He would have thanked him, perhaps, for his concern and service to the community, and the interaction would have faded into the fabric of America never to rise to a Presidential presser.
But the cop was white. And Gates did say those things. And there is no defense to treating a police officer with such disrespect. "I'll see your mama outside?" This is the faculty at Harvard that beautiful people mortgage their homes from whom to learn? Glad I'm poor and white - my kids will never have the pleasure of being in his classroom.
Let's add another piece:
Late one night, a black woman living in a predominately white neighborhood was startled awake by the sound of breaking glass. Inside her 4-year-old son's room, she found a brick. Attached to it was a note: "Keep Eastside White. Keep Eastside Strong."
Yes, a clear-cut case of racism. A hate crime. Yet incredibly, the police decided otherwise. Why? Police said the note did not constitute "hate speech." Accordingly, the crime "probably would be criminal mischief and deadly conduct, both misdemeanors," according to police.
"Eastside" is a mid-sized city in Texas. Figures, eh? Bush country. Ain't no justice down there unless you're white as flour. Black man just better stay away. Truth, however, gets in the way again. The writer of the article relayed a true story - the brick was thrown with note attached - but he took the liberty to change one central fact. He switched the races. It was a white woman in an otherwise all-black community. I'll leave it to the Eastside Police Department to explain their determination that the incident was not a crime motivated by the victim's race, and how "deadly conduct" directed at a four year old is a misdemeanor.
We are a racist country. But if anyone thinks for even a moment that racist attitudes are somehow present only in a white epidermis, well, then - you, too, are a racist!
Attorney General Eric Holder told us a while back that we are afraid to discuss race in America. We are "cowards," he said.
Well, Eric, Skippy, and the EPD, we are not afraid to discuss race, and it's about time we called it out for what it is. You all - the elite blacks and the liberal whites (and the societal structures that you have made afraid to be honest about racially driven behavior unless the "victim" is a minority) - are so wrapped up in skin color that you view everything said and done as a reflection of it. Read this:
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, OCD, is an anxiety disorder and is characterized by recurrent, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and/or repetitive behaviors (compulsions). Repetitive behaviors such as handwashing, counting, checking, or cleaning are often performed with the hope of preventing obsessive thoughts or making them go away. Performing these so-called "rituals," however, provides only temporary relief, and not performing them markedly increases anxiety
You can read the two forgoing paragraphs and add to that list of repetitive behaviors as you see fit.
Do us all a favor: Shut up. Stop playing or even mentioning the "race card." You want to tell me about white racists? OK, I'll listen, then I'll write off those individuals as fringe elements. Then you can listen as I discuss those black Americans that are equally offensive.
I believe, worst of all, that we have a racist president. Yep, sure do. How do I know? OCD. Without facts, he piped off with a conclusion based purely upon the race of the parties involved. That is racist. That is hate speech. And I am deeply embarrassed for our country that the President of the United States spoke in such a manner. People have said that he should say clearly that he is sorry - no, he should say clearly that he was wrong.
Skippy is now saying that this "isn't about me." Skippy and Obama want to sneak out for a presidential beer with Sgt. Crowley and let bygones be bygones. No, this is about you, Skippy. No, we aren't sweeping this under the rug to recidivate another day.
It is time for you all to stop wearing the victim's clothes either directly or on behalf of (through guilt or otherwise) for another. We're all tired of being told we're bad people. We're not. We're just one big family living in the same country. Like all big families, we have folks with whom we are embarrassed by their conduct, and associate with only because of blood. There are true racists out there - and each and every one of them should be cast out. It's beyond wrong to assume anything about a person because of an immutable condition - skin color, hair color, birth mark, flat feet ... get it?
Two-thirds of the poor in this country are white. There are no colleges that proudly proclaim themselves as "white colleges." There are no scholarship funds open to only "white" applicants. It's time to be real about this topic. It's time to admit that we all - every one of us except the fringes - want to row in the same direction of peace and prosperity.
I watched a video that taught me a new term - "racial pimping." Stop it. Now. You're just embarrassing yourself.
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You are right on the money. We're tired of all this insanity. It's time for correct-thinking people of intelligence and moral values, and the 9-12project principles and values to retake control of this country and right this sinking ship. I'm tired of hearing about race and all the other PC tactics that divide our country and cause people to think we're all against each other. Punish the evil people and save the good ones. We are ripe for God's judgment, we are on borrowed time...