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As The Resident African American here, let me discuss Sen Harry Reid's comments....

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Posted Sunday, January 10, 2010 04:13 PM

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Personal Stats: Black Male, 30 years of age, Gambling Specialist, Political Expert & Student of History

On the substance, there is really no problem with the "point" of what Sen Reid said. What he is REALLY saying is that "In general, most Black guys remain intimidating to many white people. But, this guy, Sen. Obama, is a guy with NO "easily identifiable" black attributes, "like ebonics or slang" or whatever one wants to associate with black folks. Therefore, he is "passable" to white society at large & I support his candidacy.

OK. Now here's the problem: The word NEGRO. The word NEGRO on it's surface is just a word. However, the term comes was used and it comes out of a time where "bigotry, racism, apartheid, Jim Crow, Civil War etc. etc" were common place. So by using the word NEGRO in 2010, it makes you wonder like "Who the FUCK says THAT anymore" and then your mind wonders to someone's real motives...

As you guys know, I always try to add to the forum & I hope my comments were clear & understood.

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RJSmith says:

01/10/10 04:41PM

1. He's an idiot
2. He's old
3. He's an idiot
4. He's a Mormon
5. He's an idiot

Must be his Mormon upbringing though - blacks were descendants of an angel who was too lazy to

fight Satan.Which was the "traditional" Mormon theology explanation

of where the Black race came from.

KOAJ says:

01/10/10 05:17PM

bigkat - Lott was run out of the Senate for something similar

scum on both sides

dont need to worry about reid next year as he'll be out of the senate. maybe the Klansman Byrd will be as well

rick3117 says:

01/10/10 08:46PM

Absolutely insane how fast Lott was pretty much forced to resign, and let's be honest there is really no threat of Reid resigning over what he said. There is precedence for statements such as his ruining careers. If I were black I would be about fed up with the double standard, and how racism has become a new political tool.

Luckily we get the chance to vote these no talent ass clowns out of office.

Kid_Rio says:

01/10/10 09:05PM

Negro is old school. Jesse Jackson is more upto date with his n-bomb during the campaign trail.

I personally prefer Choc.

Kid_Rio says:

01/10/10 09:08PM

By the way, "African-American" is a dumb term. Because my cousins are "African-American" & they are white. They were actually born in South Africa, while Obama was born in Hawaii.

SarasotaSlim says:

01/10/10 10:26PM

Bigkat, what we have here in Sen.Harry Reids statement is a window into the thinking of someone,who at the time was the highest raking Democrat in America......the leader of the Senate Democrat Majoirty ..someone who's job it is to sway peoples' thinking and their decisions..

What he is saying isn't " Therefore, he is "passable" to white society at large & I support his candidacy".,,what he is really saying is-- I look at him and (think of him ) as a Negro and because he is light-skinned and dosen't speak Black colloquialism he should be accepted ...

So in his mind it's still the separation between the field and the house.......Black's need to realize,that is the way liberal Democrats really think of them (lighter the brighter /field- house. Democrats have not really done anything for Black people,but use them......and if you are a Student of History Bigkat... I'am not telling you something you don't already know ..

In Harry the "Magic Gringo's" apology he said,that he "was sorry for a poor choice of words"......can someone tell me, what is the correct choice of words for what he said ? I know Harry never said what they were ........

I know if I were Black( and I' am not ) I would prefer to look like Wesley Snipes than the Big "O"..but that's just me.....

What it comes down to me, is this ..it's not what you are called, that counts ,but what you answer to .......

Kid_Rio says:

01/10/10 10:28PM

Wesley Snipes is a felon tax cheat.

SarasotaSlim says:

01/10/10 11:03PM

"Wesley Snipes is a felon tax cheat.'

I don't see why that would hold someone back ........

An ex-felon ( guilty of one count of bank fraud and one count of not witholding payroll taxes ) was invited to Obama's first state dinner..Robert Creamer ...he’s married to Jan Schakowsky Democratic Representative representing the great state of Illinois—and the North Side of Chicago.

..and an admitted tax cheat is Obama's United States Treasury Secretary ..

SarasotaSlim says:

01/10/10 11:27PM

Bigkat, lets remember at the time Sen.Reid made that comment about Barack Obama it was during the 2008 Democrat party's nomination bids ...so he was not speaking about the American people, he was talking during the Dem primaries and was accounting for the real racism in his own party.

Reid was convinced, in fact, that Obama's race would help him more than hurt him in a bid for the Democratic nomination..at this point in time Obama had not won the Democrat nomination ....Reid was talking about how he precieved his party's thinking and feeling's would be toward, the then candidate Obama ....

Kid_Rio says:

01/10/10 11:32PM

I never said he couldn't make a politician. Of course many politicians are felons, theives and scum.

Killer_B says:

01/11/10 12:02AM

SarasotaSlim says:

01/11/10 01:16AM

Killer_B, What up !

You keepin' it real ?

I hear Reid has already apologized to Rev.AL Sharpton and he would like to also apologized to Rev.Jesse Jackson, except he can’t understand his dialect...and tuneful cadence...

I think Sen.Reid feels a little aprehensive since Rev.Jackson accused Obama of talking down to the black community, and then saying that he would like to cut his cajunes off.

I’m gonna act like a punk, and cut off his junk.

I don’t mean to brag, but I’m gonna cut off his bag.

wizardofroz says:

01/12/10 03:38AM

Blacks need to get rid of the United NEGRO College Fund and National Association for the Advancement of COLORED People. Both terms are outdated and offensive. Racism is so overblown nowadays. Black and white dialogue has finally become more open and civil.

And leave it to the media or politicians to play the race card at any opportunity.

rick3117 says:

01/12/10 10:38AM

Good article on the Democrats' Missing History

maybe someday people will realize that both parties do not give a shit about you, your race , your religion, or your economic standing. Maybe someday people will realize we are only given the illusion of choice.

CHITOWNODAWG says:

01/12/10 11:35AM

This mess is all political, it should be no surprise rev sharpton sides with reid as him and his race baiting ilk are aligned with the democrat party. What reid said isn't so much racist but more how he really views blacks as if to say all blacks talk a certain language then with the color reference is even more telling cause he views a light skinned black man as less intimidating compared to a darker skinned black man who he obviously would be scared of from his comments on Obama getting over politically cause of his ability not to sound like a typical black person and still not scare any white person cause he's so light skinned.

lordspoint says:

01/12/10 12:30PM

I would be curious myself.

If you are referring to goverment subsidies so the poor stay poor and have no desire to improve their situation then yes, by all means the Dems have done better.

The Dems have done better but the poor (whatever race) have not.

They stay poor but get free shit from Uncle Sam and in turn vote democratic so they can stay poor, get more free shit and think they are improving....it's a vicious circle, its sad but it's true.

lordspoint says:

01/12/10 12:33PM

and yes, the taxes for the rest of us, white(honkey), black (negro), yellow etc go up so we can be for the aforementioned "free shit"

lordspoint says:

01/12/10 12:38PM

*should read*

go up so we can PAY for the aforementioned free shit

rocky2278 says:

01/13/10 10:49PM

Let's be honest here. Like lords said the only thing the Dems have been successful with in the African American community is keeping them dependant on the govt. for handouts. Yet they keep voting democrat thinking that things will change. Until the African American community can get men to step up and act like fathers and role models, they will be stuck in this cycle of 50% dropping out, dependancy on the govt., 70% children born out of wedlock, prison, drugs, and higher unemployment than any other ethnicity.

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