Friday, May 25, 2012


How does stating facts make someone racist?

We read:
"Assuming that it's true that "roving mobs of black youth" terrorize Baltimore, why should Del. Pat McDonough apologize for saying so ("Baltimore and bigotry," May 18)?

If anyone should apologize, I think it should be the Rev. Cortly C.D. Witherspoon, who according to the article in The Sun "said that McDonough's remarks were 'below the belt,' culturally insensitive and intended to exploit Baltimore's challenges for his own political gain." ("Delegate says focus shouldn't be on his 'black youth mobs' comment, but on city violence," May 18.)

According to the article, the reverend also plans to have a rally at City Hall and said that he wants radio station WCBM and the station's sponsors to "pull the plug" on Delegate McDonough's talk show.

Way to go, reverend! That ought to solve the problem of violence in Baltimore.

Source

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

You KNOW that if it had been gangs of skinheads, it would be reported as such. If there's a clear problem with black gangs. it needs to be identified and addressed. Problems don't get better by pretending they don't exist.

Anonymous said...

What is not stated in this summary is that there was a group that beat up, stripped and robbed a tourist in front of the City Courthouse on Howard Street. As they were assaulting the man, they made racial comments to the point where the perpetrators have been charged with a hate crime.

The local rag, the Baltimore Sun, has said they did not report the racial make-up the mob (estimated at upwards of 500 people) unless the race of the people involved mattered. The police said the same thing.

Yet in this incident, where people from the mod beat up this tourist while others stood by encouraging and watching the assault, the race of the mob was not published by the paper or mentioned by the police.

How that reconciles with a racial based hate crime is beyond anyone's guess. If race is an element of the charges, then the race matters.

There is a fine line between mentioning the race of someone and citing the race of a person because it matters within the context of the crime.

Eric Holder and the president said they wanted to have "open and frank talks" on the issue of race. That is impossible when we cannot talk about race without being labeled a racist no matter what the context.

Anonymous said...

If a tourist can be so badly assaulted in a central location of a major US city by a maurauding gang of whatever ethnic makeup makes the US as a country a no-go area for foreign tourists, and so what an image to give the world!

Bird of Paradise said...

If the facts go against what the NEA and NAACP is telling us

FuzzyRider said...

In the US, historically speaking, the rise of a 'white identity' has boded ill for minorities. At present there really does not seem to be anything more than a nascent movement among white folks for any kind of racial identity, but consistent, obvious and not-to-be-discussed violent attacks will make such racial identification inevitable. When this occurs, it will not be a pretty thing...

Anonymous said...

Overt expression of racial or ethnic identity (other than mere cultural activities) is self-admission of minority status and associated paranoia, so I hope such a vague thing as "white identity" never comes to that.