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To: Taro who wrote (563759)	4/29/2010 11:13:15 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1586779

the black caucus

To: Taro who wrote (563759)	4/29/2010 11:16:52 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1586779

"A new survey by the University of Washington Institute for the Study of Ethnicity, Race & Sexuality offers fresh insight into the racial attitudes of Tea Party sympathizers. "The data suggests that people who are Tea Party supporters have a higher probability" -- 25 percent, to be exact -- "of being racially resentful than those who are not Tea Party supporters," says Christopher Parker, who directed the study. "The Tea Party is not just about politics and size of government. The data suggests it may also be about race." Surveyers asked respondents in California and a half dozen battleground states (like Michigan and Ohio) a series of questions that political scientists typically use to measure racial hostility. On each one, Tea Party backers expressed more resentment than the rest of the population, even when controlling for partisanship and ideology. When read the statement that "if blacks would only try harder, they could be just as well off as whites," 73 percent of the movement's supporters agreed, while only 33 percent of people who disapproved of the Tea Party agreed. Asked if blacks should work their way up "without special favors," as the Irish, Italians, and other groups did, 88 percent of supporters agreed, compared to 56 percent of opponents. The study revealed that Tea Party enthusiasts were also more likely to have negative opinions of Latinos and immigrants." newsweek.com

To: Taro who wrote (563759)	4/29/2010 11:18:23 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1586779

'The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America. Try to have things like the United Caucasian College Fund, Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment Television, or Miss White America; and see what happens...Jesse Jackson will be knocking down your door.' Worth repeating and please note: The truth never is ugly. But its not true....and that's why its ugly. You are a smart man.....if you think about it long enough, you figure out why its not true......and why Rooney ended up apologizing.