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In answer to this question from a young Black American female:
For the past fou..for past years the educational opportunities for blacks and other minorities has not been.... there hasnt been a great deal of them and I want to know during this term in office what have you done to improve educational those opportunities for us?
Reagan: Well, we have vastly increased the amount of federal money that has gone into education, although remember that education is...has always been ...the province of the states and the local communities, so the share of costs for the federal government is not as great for the federal government but we have increased it. We have increased the money available scholarships, and for workfare programs for students who have to work their way through .... as I did ... and uh, uh, and also for loan funds the students find; we have, I can assure you that with regards to any hint of discrimination that we have done more than any generation...uh or administration I should say, to uh, to punish those who attempt to discriminate and to make sure the opportunities are equal for all. And one of the great things that our administration did when we came in here was immediately turn on to helping, something that I think is historically wonderful in our country, and that is Negro private colleges and universities
For people of Reagan's historical age who grew up before the 60's Negro was a neutral and respectful term used to describe people of black skin. His sin, apparently, was that he wasn't in vogue with the latest preferred term of use and did the best he could to remain neutral and respectful
What is the appropriate term to use when referencing one of color's race?
The NEGRO wishes he were white hence his distaste at being refered to as a NEGRO.
He BASED his endorsement on SKIN TONE???
Provide a link or retract, please.
Retract my ass...he was explaining WHY he beleived his enodrsement was a good one.
Nice try.
Did he SAY THAT, NO, what he said was that Obama was potentially electable, because... "etc", which means that a certain percentage of WHITE VOTERS could be counted on to find him "acceptable" because he did not fit a particular STEREOTYPE that many WHITES take as "written in stone fact" regarding Black people! Since it only takes a small percentage of people to turn an election, sometimes, that bunch had to be taken into consideration!
What Lott said, on various occasions, was that his family were segregationists, they liked it that way, and they would have liked things better in the US if a segregationist president had been running things and had kept it segregated!
The NEGRO wishes he were white hence his distaste at being refered to as a NEGRO.
Negro, pronounced neh-gro, is the Spanish/Portuguese word for the color black. Since many of the original European traders were of that group, that is where it came from.
As for "wishes," humans generally "wish" to be whatever is most to their benefit, economically, socially, and so on.....
Which is quite normal....
Like so many women torture their hair to be "blonde."
But perhaps its time for the old white men to stop telling black people what they should be offended by.
But perhaps its time for the old white men to stop telling black people what they should be offended by.
Ya think?
But perhaps its time for the old white men to stop telling black people what they should be offended by.
Ya think?
Well, actually, this comment by Reid was not an attack towrd the African American population. It was an attack on the thinking of the white electorate.
Ya think?
Well, actually, this comment by Reid was not an attack towrd the African American population. It was an attack on the thinking of the white electorate.
You're right, in a way. I think he meant it more as a comment on rather than an "attack," but it was definitely more towards the public than President Obama.
Well, actually, this comment by Reid was not an attack towrd the African American population. It was an attack on the thinking of the white electorate.
You're right, in a way. I think he meant it more as a comment on rather than an "attack," but it was definitely more towards the public than President Obama.
It was 100% toward the public.
He did not say "being lighter skinned will make him a better president"
He said, and I am paraphrasing for effect:
'the lighter his skin the more likely a white person would consider him a viable candidate worthy of his or her vote"
I found that to be very offensive. I voted for Obama becuase I believed he was the best choice. But during the primaries, I was leaning toward Clinton. And many asked me if it were becuase I would not vote for a black man. I find the whole thing offensive.
Negro is an acceptable description for a dark skinned person with African ancestry. United Negro College fund has no problem with the word "negro", why should you?
What Reid said was in fact racist, he implied that dark-skinned negroes with a "negro dialect" would not be as viable as a candidate than a negro with light skin and no negro dialect.
No. What Reid said was outdated and out of fashion. But the content was an assessment that EVERYONE was making about whether a black man could be president... and if so, what type of black man. That isn't racist. It's realistic. I don't know anyone in the political world who wasn't making that determination before jumping into the race and deciding who they were going to support. It was also said in the context of Reid giving his full support to Obama... which he has continued to do. So why should Obama not give some slack to someone who did that for him?
But perhaps its time for the old white men to stop telling black people what they should be offended by.
Maybe its just that when your frends screw up, you shrug your shoulders. But when someone who worked against you at every turn screws up, you don't.
You're right, in a way. I think he meant it more as a comment on rather than an "attack," but it was definitely more towards the public than President Obama.
It was 100% toward the public.
He did not say "being lighter skinned will make him a better president"
He said, and I am paraphrasing for effect:
'the lighter his skin the more likely a white person would consider him a viable candidate worthy of his or her vote"
I found that to be very offensive. I voted for Obama becuase I believed he was the best choice. But during the primaries, I was leaning toward Clinton. And many asked me if it were becuase I would not vote for a black man. I find the whole thing offensive.
and what you just described is EXACTLY why i take such offense to his comments.
It was 100% toward the public.
He did not say "being lighter skinned will make him a better president"
He said, and I am paraphrasing for effect:
'the lighter his skin the more likely a white person would consider him a viable candidate worthy of his or her vote"
I found that to be very offensive. I voted for Obama becuase I believed he was the best choice. But during the primaries, I was leaning toward Clinton. And many asked me if it were becuase I would not vote for a black man. I find the whole thing offensive.
and what you just described is EXACTLY why i take such offense to his comments.
What people dont realize is that Obama, Sharpton and the NAACP all made it a black thing and said it was not offensive so lets all move on.
Well, they were right. It was not offensive to the african americans.
It was offensive to white americans as our majority leader implied we do not see past color.
Where was Reids apology to the people he was knocking; the white people?
I think barb and jarhead might enjoy my thread
http://www.usmessageboard.com/race-...nts-were-racist-racist-against-americans.html
But perhaps its time for the old white men to stop telling black people what they should be offended by.
Ya think?
Well, actually, this comment by Reid was not an attack towrd the African American population. It was an attack on the thinking of the white electorate.
Ron is dead. Let him rest in peace.
Sen. Byrd is alive and he said "White *******" and that's O....K!!!!
Ya think?
Well, actually, this comment by Reid was not an attack towrd the African American population. It was an attack on the thinking of the white electorate.
wow...impressive spin...
If that were true, then why did he apologize to Obama?