Reid apologizes for 'Negro dialect' comment

awesome

 

That's hilarious.

 

Regrettable and probably worth the scrutiny, but also pretty true. There's a reason Jackson, Sharpton and even Shirley Chisolm were never realistic Presidential bids.

 

LOL, you think Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton would have a chance of being elected if they were "light skinned" and spoke without a "negro dialect"? There's much more than that keeping them from being accepted amongst the masses.

 

Maybe in part. . . I would have to agree with The Pouhe on this one.
Add to that the fact that Obama lacks a direct lineage to slavery
. . .at least not on the 'wrong' side of it.
In the backs of some folx's minds. . that means he is not one of 'those'
who would want a lil PAY BACK *grin*
[though various cartoonist would disagree]

More Substantive - Articles have been written on how
Black men have to smile more . . . make extra effort to not seem threatening

Maybe this is yet another . . more 'presidential' level of the same concept.

Rocket River
. . . at this point it is all moot. . . . He won!

 

Reid with his foot in his mouth, up to the elbow. Why am I not surprised.

 

Oh that's so cool. Har Har.

 

That does not invalidate the truth of the statement.

 

When did it become a sin to speak of political realities?

 

It's disappointing that a leader of the supposed progressive party in America would prefer that empowered blacks act, sound, and even look white. Same as the old boss.

 

If this was a Republican, we'd flay him on the pulpits of political correctness now.

 

At the minimum Reid needs to be stripped of his leadership position.

 

Where did you see any indication that this was his preference?

 

Clinton = a white black man
Obama= a black white man

Baby steps.

When considering a national candidacy it would be stupid not to calculate the
general national self-identity and the acceptance of cultural differences.If there hadn't been a massive transformation from a rural/small town culture to a more urban culture we couldn't even conceive of an Obama-ish type candidate; though I still believe Colin Powell could have been the Republican candidate in 2000 if he had chosen that life.

But multiculturalism is creeping ever so slowly, I think Anise Parker is a small sign of that. When we ever elect an agnostic to a national office I'll consider that a step into the future.

 

where reid messes up is comparing slang to "negro dialect", and then there's still using the term "negro". i think we've moved past the point of being less scared of "dark skinned" blacks. I mean Bill Cosby did that 25 years ago.

of course a guy can't get in front of a mike yelling "what it do american people"

edit: should be more scared

 

Bingo.

An old white guy with a "(D)" behind his name says this and all is forgiven.
An old white guy with an "(R)" behind his name says this and it is a scandal.

There is something very wrong with this. It should be ok for both or for neither.

 

I would say that Reid's comments have without a doubt elicited a scandal.

Whether or not this scandal should result in consequences for Reid is another question. Personally, I'm not sure, but my desire to have him out of a leadership position in the first place does bias me towards a desire for consequences.

 

I don't even see what was wrong about what he said. I've said basically the same thing myself.