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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (9291)	2/14/2012 3:58:42 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 85487

MI School Official: Parents ‘Don’t Know What’s Best’ For Their Children

To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (9291)	2/14/2012 4:17:27 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 85487

Toure: Drug Use More Common Among Black Singers Because ‘Fear Of Going Back To Poverty’

To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (9291)	2/14/2012 5:40:04 PM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Respond to of 85487

You Might Be a Racist If… Filed under: General — Patterico @ 8:58 pm Juan Williams: The language of GOP racial politics is heavy on euphemisms that allow the speaker to deny any responsibility for the racial content of his message. The code words in this game are “entitlement society” — as used by Mitt Romney — and “poor work ethic” and “food stamp president” — as used by Newt Gingrich. References to a lack of respect for the “Founding Fathers” and the “Constitution” also make certain ears perk up by demonizing anyone supposedly threatening core “old-fashioned American values.” Yeah, any time I hear someone talk about the “Constitution” I can tell they’re racists. The fact is, if you hear the n-word every time someone talks about our entitlement society, the person with the race problem is YOU. If you hear “American values” and think “bigot” then the person with the race problem is YOU. If talking about the Founding Fathers seems racist, the person with the race problem is YOU. If everything sounds like racism to you, Juan Williams, you might be a racist. patterico.com h/t timf

To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (9291)	2/14/2012 7:42:05 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	5 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

BUTW, Your second paragraph addresses the racism that I was referring to. My point had nothing to do with the black seat on the USSC, which is what koan focused on. It has to do with koan assuming that blacks are a monolithic group who all think the same way (about Clarence Thomas in this case). That view is racist. the view that conservative blacks are buffoons or unintelligent and are betraying their race is akin to KKK members accusing whites who marry blacks as race traitors.