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'What if the Tea Party was Black?'
Now that the NAACP has us debating race and racism within the Tea Party movement, this is a perfect opportunity for everyone to do an honest read of an essay by Tim Wise. The official title of Wises piece is Imagine: Protest, Insurgency and the Workings of White Privilege. But its the more popular headline -- What if the Tea Party was Black -- that propelled it around the Internet back in April. Thats when I heard about it from my friend Scott Sanders, who had it forwarded to him by his pal, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison.
Matt Bai of the New York Times wrote a thought-provoking piece on Sunday about how when its about race, its probably about age, too. But race is front-and-center in the heated debate over the NAACPs justified resolution last week calling on the Tea Party to denounce the racist elements that have glommed onto it. When it comes to some of the signs and some of the actions at some Tea Party rallies and gatherings, race colors what were seeing, what were hearing and how were reacting. And the movements legitimate concerns about deficits, spending and the size of government are obscured.
African Americans are so used to the perception gap that its the stuff of comedy. Chris Rock delved into the issue in his 2004 HBO special, Never Scared. One memorable line goes, White people sell guns, that's all right. Black rapper *says*, "Guns," congressional hearing! This isnt exactly the right analogy, but remember when the rapper Ice T released the song Cop Killer in 1992?
You'd love them
I love Jonathan Capehart.
perhaps someone reading this will see the flip side of the argument... i doubt it, but you never know.
PostPartisan - 'What if the Tea Party was Black?'
what if obama were white?
the left couldn't try to shut down dissent by screaming racism....lol
I love Jonathan Capehart.
perhaps someone reading this will see the flip side of the argument... i doubt it, but you never know.
'What if the Tea Party was Black?'
Now that the NAACP has us debating race and racism within the Tea Party movement, this is a perfect opportunity for everyone to do an honest read of an essay by Tim Wise. The official title of Wises piece is Imagine: Protest, Insurgency and the Workings of White Privilege. But its the more popular headline -- What if the Tea Party was Black -- that propelled it around the Internet back in April. Thats when I heard about it from my friend Scott Sanders, who had it forwarded to him by his pal, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison.
Matt Bai of the New York Times wrote a thought-provoking piece on Sunday about how when its about race, its probably about age, too. But race is front-and-center in the heated debate over the NAACPs justified resolution last week calling on the Tea Party to denounce the racist elements that have glommed onto it. When it comes to some of the signs and some of the actions at some Tea Party rallies and gatherings, race colors what were seeing, what were hearing and how were reacting. And the movements legitimate concerns about deficits, spending and the size of government are obscured.
African Americans are so used to the perception gap that its the stuff of comedy. Chris Rock delved into the issue in his 2004 HBO special, Never Scared. One memorable line goes, White people sell guns, that's all right. Black rapper *says*, "Guns," congressional hearing! This isnt exactly the right analogy, but remember when the rapper Ice T released the song Cop Killer in 1992?
PostPartisan - 'What if the Tea Party was Black?'
what if obama were white?
the left couldn't try to shut down dissent by screaming racism....lol
Is anyone else mystified by the article linked? I didnt see anything about what if the tea party was black. I saw some bizarre comparisons to a song by Ice T about killing cops to tea party members. The point of the comparison was lost, however. To my knowledge tea party people have never advocated killing cops. Or anyone else for that matter.
I guess if you take the view that the tea party must be racist then if it were black it would be against white people. Or something like that.
The quotation I noted was "what if even one third of the vitriol aimed at Obama were aimed by blacks at a white president."
Hello? Anyone remember Pres Bush? Anyone remember Cognac West saying "George Bush doesnt care about black people"? and that was mild. Anyone remember ads insinuating Pres Bush was in favor of lynching?
What are these people smoking? Seriously.
what if obama were white?
the left couldn't try to shut down dissent by screaming racism....lol
Based on the things the "right" was slinging during the campaign (i.e., Muslim, terrorist, Kenyan, ******), I personally believe there would be a lot less dissent.
What unadulterated crap.
What unadulterated crap.
Only to you because you disagree with it. It makes good points whether you like to admit it or not.
It doesn't make any points at all. It's crap, based on crap.
