Friday, June 13, 2014



Suburban NY lawmaker under fire for racial remarks

Democrat unwisely spoke the truth. She probably thought she was among friends.  But Leftists are great back-stabbers so that was unwise too

A Long Island county legislator is rejecting calls from her fellow Democrats to resign after making comments about a predominantly black neighborhood that critics say were racially derogatory.

Critics took issue with comments Birnbaum made last month during a meeting to discuss a community center in the predominantly black neighborhood of New Cassel.

“She said, ‘Why would anyone want to go there?’ Then … she added, ‘It’s a bad neighborhood,’ and ‘It’s a ghetto’ and … ‘It’s full of those black people,’” Troiano said.

He added: “She then … whispered, ‘Come on, who from the rest of the town is going to go there? After all, mostly black people live there.’”

“She later added, ‘All they want to do is play basketball.’”

Birnbaum disputed the account of her remarks, saying, “Those are not my words” and then clarifying, “I did not use ‘ghetto.’”

She said Monday in a statement read to The Associated Press that she was “heartsick” about the pain her insensitive remarks had caused but would not resign.

SOURCE

Birnbaum is Yiddish for "pear tree" so she would appear to be Jewish.


5 comments:

Anonymous said...

"appear to be Jewish"? - who's the racist here ???

Anonymous said...

She should challenge all those calling for her to resign to go spend a couple of days and nights in the area so they can demonstrate how wrong she was.

Brian from Rochester, NY said...

Anonymous 2:05,

Precisely what is racist about a statement that simply attempts to identify the background of the speaker?

He did not follow the assumption with any kind of statement that was either insult or praise. Further, since when is "Jew" a race? Here I thought it was a religious affiliation.

Lastly, you point to an inconsequential piece of fluff instead of commenting on the fact that she belittled the people living in the area. Until now, one would surmise that, based on the MSM cherry-picked and/or questionably edited stories, only Republicans are anti-blacks. This shows that the Democrat party has its share of those who look down on the blacks.

Bird of Paradise said...

Tell those other liberal DemacRATS to GO POUND SAND

Anonymous said...

Reagan helped blacks more than any democrat ever did by creating booming economy which provided loads of good jobs.