[Rhodes22-list] food for thought

[Brad Haslett]

Joe,

Of course racism and bigotry exist in this country, no one is denying
that.  I live and work in a predominantly black city (Memphis). Our
former Congressman, Harold Ford, Sr., used to refer to us in the
mostly white suburbs as "blue eyed-devils".  One of his sons (not
Harold Ford, Jr. who I respect) said in the primaries this year that
"we can't have a Jew representing a black district".

The issue here is "are you a racist for asking questions about Barack
Obama's character"?  To suggest that you are is ridiculous on the
surface and dangerous.  I don't care what color crayon out of the box
of 64 he is.  I'm not a racist so there's no reason to give the matter
a second thought when choosing to ask questions.

I expect the same fair treatment of Bobby Jindal in 2012.

Brad

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 7:44 AM, Joe Babb <joe.babb at comcast.net> wrote:
> Brad,
> I rarely weigh in on the political debate on this forum.
> But racism and bigotry are sadly too much alive in this country.
> I know one staunchly republican couple who voted for Hillary in the
> primary.  Why?
>
> Because they were trying to prevent Obama from being the Democratic
> candidate.  Why?
>
> They explained that they didn't want a black AND a muslim to have a
> chance to be president.
> Nuff said.
> Joe
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