Closing Arguments: Are We a ‘Nation of Cowards’?

yes we are. we cannot admit that some black politicians use race as a tool to make money and promote themselves, we can’t admit that white on black racism exists, and that black on white racism also exists, we cannot admit that our criminal justice system is racist against poor blacks primarily, we cannot admit that affirmative action is unfair and does little to promote equality, we cannot admit that we all like to segregate ourselves and maybe thats ok, we do not admit that “invisible” minorities suffer from racism as well (with Mexican immigrants the new target group), and we cannot admit that institutional white guilt is a lame attempt to guilt people into political philosophy..
yes Mr. Holder, you’re right. We are cowards.

Mr. Holder’s comments are a bit rough, but I think we as individuals know if it is true or not on a personal basis. It does not offend me, but I think that he does use a broad brush when he expects that brush not be used in reverse. I grew up in a southern state. I’m in my mid 60′s. I had very little contact with any racial issues until after I got out of high school. All white schools, except for a few Mexicans. My parents never spoke negatively about racial issues and I never deveoped any hatred for the people whom I had little contact. This changed gradually in my work life, but not to the extreme. Me and my wife have raised our kids to be respectful of everyone, but mostly they learned about that on their own, we just reinforced it with our attitudes at home. I think that racial issues will be solved gradually thru the generations and not by calling people names such as “cowards”. From my parents generation (early 1900′s Texas) thru to my kids generation there has been a world of attitude change in my family history. I think that I may be a “typical” American. Be “cool” Mr. Holder. I think we all want to go where you want to go, but it takes time.

He’s wrong. He’s also an idiot.

easy on the words, Mr. Holder..
have you forgotten Jeremiah Wright?
some words hurt, and others definitely take you in a different direction than which you’d like to go.

yes he is dead on it! im a white male in the military and see it everyday. but im not a coward and we always joke between the whites and blacks from a middleman prespective. all the blacks on one bench and all the whites on the other. me and my friend stand in the middle and just tell them there all trash for being so segregated. to me its usually white trash and black trash to make it simple. good ol america i guess,,,,NOBODY HAS A BRAIN

I am 53 and nothing has changed, except the fact that the segregation is not spoken on but it is still there.
yes Mr. Holder, you’re right. We are cowards.

I agree with Mr. Holder. Blacks and whites are both guilty of that assessment.
How can we as a nation possibly move forwared when it comes to race when there is a double standard in America? There are colleges in Georgia that are all black and want to stay that way. That is wrong.
62 million Americans voted for President Obama, and guess what? Most of them are white!
I guess it will continue to take time to right the wrongs of the past.

I think Eric Holder should keep comments like this to himself. He should have never been confirmed as Attorney General since he lied to Congress. Now he wants to accuse the country of being racist. He needs to resign since he obviously cannot uphold the Constitution since it was written by white men.

Most people don’t mean to be racist. They want to think of themselves as judging people as they see them, but all to frequently we see according to race. Where you see the most break throughs are in small communities when minorities integrate themselves into church or community groups. Given a chance to see someone within a context that is familiar and comfortable, most people drop their preconceived notions and accept people as they find them.

I spent a year in Memphis in 1967-68, and I saw how mean, nasty, vile and downright rotten an entire society can be to a whole people–and for no reason whatsoever.
I’ll never get over it–and I’m white. I can’t imagine how I’d feel were I subjected to it as a black. I saw the young jump for joy at Obama’s election and inauguration. And I saw the old, those who had actually experienced the depths of racism, cry. You never get over that stuff.
To me, Race is _the_ issue of the 20th Century.
So, since then, I’ve been uncomfortably race-conscious. I know how much we all would like to avoid the subject, and just slowly, quietly inch forward.
Yet turning up that rock can unfetter all sorts of slimy, skittering, poisonous critters. So in some ways, I understand our reticence.
But all in all: Hear, hear, Mr. Holder!

I think the Attorney General should be removed from office. I don’t need any public official calling me or anyone else a coward. President Obamo, get rid of him.

I disagree, and continue to wonder in amazement that race is confused with culture, in the anthropological sense. Why can we not recognize and respect different cultures without wanting to remove all traces of the many cultures of the world that came to this country? Cultures naturally segregate themselves for preservation and preference. Why has the media never approached the subject of culture versus race, is it taboo, or is it racism that wants cultural differences to go away?

I AGREE WITH REMOVING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. WE CANNOT HAVE AN ATTORNEY GENERAL THAT IS GOING TO MAKE COMMENTS LIKE THAT. HE IS DEFINITELY A RACIST, THAT SHOULD NOT HOLD ANY POSITION OF AUTHORITY. SCORE ONE MORE FOR OBAMA!

I think we are cowards. Just because we have a black president doesn’t mean we have overcome the racism that is still in so many people hearts. Black History Month for example: Black History should be taught all year long, not just in one month out of the year. Everything that happened to African-American people is a MAJOR part of history. If it weren’t for blacks there wouldn’t be a White House (it was built from the sweat of slaves)!

In my work I deal with many minorities. I have sold to tailors and seamstresses for many years–many of us hug when we meet–I sell to people of all color: black, white, brown, yellow, red. I find little or no racism on the level of the little people of which I am one. It is my opinion that many politicians and nationally known figures use racism as a tool. I think people like our president Obama, Mr. Holder, Rev. Jackson, Rev. Sharpton keep racism alive with their use of racism for their agendas. It’s in their words but does NOT exist in many venues in the United States. Jesplainbil

Yes, We are!! American’s Lov- 2 say one thing,….& Hope it’s “NEVER-REALLY”is put 2 the test;Even more so when it comes 2 Race. They will say “Everyone deserves an opportunity 2 Be Edu. & work qualified jobs;…..But, will ONLY employ “certain groups of people for certain jobs”& based on Look,or comfort-(-& Not qualified)even though there is a Qualified Black/Latino/Asian….applying.-Then claim there are non-applying!(or They can’t see[ a Black/Latino/Asian]in that position.-Still have a long way 2go on perception. JEM

Really? Reee-aaaa-llllyyy? What a dumb A!@#$ss!!! It seems he is so typical of the ‘ brought up under Jeremiah Right’ school of raising “African Americans”.
He is a victim , looking to be victimized, like that idiot on city counsel Dallas, when the term black hole was brought up, the guy got all offended at the term black hole!!! We just publicly elected a black man in this country, a bunch of whities did that, the richest people in this country; tv, movies, sports, you name it , are black, and guess what, we don’t care!!!! yes we self segregate, it is natural, natural among humans, natural in the wild. I guess we should be ashamed if we don’t hang out with people, that speak a different language, and who have different customs; you know, like a Christian hanging out with the Muslim TV station owner, up in New York. I hang out with computer geeks, who are not nerds, who rock out, who were maybe ex military, and who like to hunt. Oh oh, wait a minute, my last hunt I went on, was on a German dude’s ranch, and the guys I went with? Lets see; one Polish/Irish dude, a Greek dude who lived in S. Africa for a while, a black dude. And lets not forget me; I generally look white, but am mistaken sometimes for Italian, Spanish, American Indian or Mid Eastern. My Heritage is Dutch and French Cajun, which is an amalgam of american indian, spanish, mulatto, french, black, and even a little Dominican and Mexican. So tell me, If I am rascist, just what races am I supposed to be biased against?

Is there really anything wrong with people living near people they feel they have a common interest in? I guess the AG doesn’t like going to “Little Italy” in NYC for dinner, or “Chinatown” for authentic Chinese food, we are a melting pot, we just don’t have to always live next door to be one. If we are all next door to each other we lose the uniqueness of other culture’s gifts to society; we shouldn’t build special museums for ethnic groups either then, it’s just separating us more. Look at the National Mall and all the “ethnic coupled” museums? It’s okay to have some diversity, or we’ll loose our unique talents and gifts. The AG should think again about what he is suggesting. Just think about it sir. It’s okay to change our mind. :-)

While we are in my opinion, the greatest nation, we are also a nation of hypocrites. We stand for everything fair, equal and just but only stand up for that which gives the appearance of fairness and equality when it comes to race.

Do zebras run with lions? Do seals swim with killer whales? No.
It’s nature’s plan.
Natural segregation.
The US is a free country. We have a choice and our choice to voluntarily remain apart is natural.
Studies prove a people feel comfortable with their own race. This is natural.
Discrimination is one thing, to remain segregated by choice is another.
A choice that should be respected.
Enough of the media pushing guilt for wanting to peacefully remain apart from those we choose, and those who choose to do the same from us.
Agree to peacefully remain separated.

Unfortunately Holder is right…depending on how he’s viewing this of course. Not so sure about the coward part, but we choose to be socially segregated. It has nothing to do with whose in jail, it has to do with how we choose. I don’t understand why we have a black history month since we have a nation of people who come from all sorts of backgrounds and there is no month for them. We put Japanese people in camps during WWII, where’s their month? Seriously though, we create social racism by Promoting “Diversity.” We are diverse, we’re the most diverse country in the world. Go to Korea, go to a classroom there, and you know what, every kid is korean, and that’s the same way around the world. We always want “diverse” work forces. We are diverse. To emphasize we’re not, or need to be more, or add the “women and minorities are encouraged to apply” at the bottom of applications basically says we’re trying to be politically correct rather than just be people. I suppose he is right about the coward part. We don’t talk about the issues that need to be talked about… such as too much emphasis on race differences, and instead we talk about stupid race topics that actually divide us more. Stop emphasizing, stop calling it the “black community,” You’re Americans! Blacks are segregating themselves by doing this. Stop making it an issue, and guess what, it won’t be.

I agree with Mr. Holder but I don’t necessarily think it is a bad thing. I am open to ANYONE who wants to act, speak and live like a civilized human – no matter their color, race, creed or sexual orientation, etc. In a realistic statement, I don’t think that is possible in a lot cases of mixed company.
This election made me realize how rasist I still am although over the years I have tried to portray and be open to all people being equal. I would hope eventually that would occur but there would have to be many ‘chips” removed and grudges given up by the black people.
I fought many years with my family growning up in the 70′s with me sticking up for the “poor black people”. On a daily basis, there is an opportunity for them to rise and instead they choose to confirm their place in our society. I obviously have given up the fight.
And to Earl Potts, who shook me down every day in 9th grade science class for gum. The only black kid in the class sat in front of me. If I didnt have gun for him, I had to give him money. He disrupted the class constantly and although he had a wonderful opportunity to get a great education in a highly ranked school in a wealthy town in New Jersey, he chose to be a detriment to everyone around him eventually amounting to nothing.
God helps those who help themselves – stop whining and help yourselves…stop being a drain on society and make yourselves worthy of all the money that is spent to make you feel equal.
Yes, we are very far from equality even with a very intelligent, worthy, black President.

Who did “AMERICANS VOTE INTO OFFICE” Time for a NEW excuse!

Racism permeates every aspect of our country: our prison systems are unevenly African Americans; the failures that reflect our educational system affects African American disproportionately more than any other race, and communities, in most major city in the United States, incorporate the concept of gentrification: Segregation! Mr. Holder is correct; it take courage to not see race.

I am in my late 60′s and feel Mr. Holder’s comments are too broad. If Mr. Holder thinks that we humans are different because of skin color he is an under-educated man. People with “little” minds have and will always exist on this earth. We are not cowards, but heroes for overcoming most of those small thinking people in our nation.

The cowardly people involved here are the ones who think it is their duty to brainwash the public every night on this program. Why is Nightline always, always presenting any and all officials of the democratic party in a negative light? Are they afraid to just offer the days news and topics and let us assess for ourselves? They do everything possible to make Obama look bad, the democrats in Congress look terrrible. C’mon ABC, show some courage!

I agree with Attorney General Holder’s comments on Americans are Racial Cowards. At a time when we have just elected the first true African American President, race relations are still as extreme as the 1960′s Civil Rights Era. I work in a Washington D.C. NGO which prides it’s self on Diversity, when in fact racial tolerance and respect is non-existent. We consistently hear blacks should get over being ultra sensative in regards to the residuals of slavery, however when there continues to be the blantant sterotypical negative JIM CROW behavior directed at various ethnic groups, how can blacks or other populations move forward. In addition the workplace maybe diverse, however the behavior of people towards the non-white group results in people moving towards the area of comfortability, segregational environments and or similar groupings. The negative sterotypes provided by media fuels people attitudes and behaviors towards co-workers, when in fact all ethnic groups have differences of which we should be able to embrace. I am a Black female, 50years old, US citizen and yet I continue to feel like an outsider here in the US. I hope someday we can re-write history to reflect growth in tolerance and respect of difference ethnic groups.

Absolutely. I agree 100%. America HAS exhibited some growth, in its willingness to elect an African-American as its leader/president. With that said, we still have a looooong way to go.
I am disappointed in ABC News’ handling of this story and poll. ABC News didn’t even present a “sound bite”. They barely presented us with a “sound SNIFF” of Holder’s comments. They took the most provocative SENTENCE, and ended the story with that. Very inflammatory, very cheap, and very poor journalism.
I do not believe for one moment that “racism goes both ways”. It does not. Prejudice does. Hate does. Bigotry does. But Racism is a system of control. And despite us having a Black president, the reality of America is that 99.99% of those people in control of this nation are White, and not Black, Latino, Asian, Native-American, Arab, etc..
But are we really talking about Racism, or are we talking about racial habits, attitudes, and “comfort”? I think we may be crawling our way toward healthier racial attitudes and habits, but it may be “with glacial slowness”, as Dr. King said.
I think the cowardice is in part due to the stereotyping and demonizing of most “minorities”. Who WOULDN’T be afraid to socialize with the terrifying racial caricatures that litter our tv airwaves [NEWSCASTS in particular...] and movie theater screens?
Garbage in, Garbage out. When we change how we’re taught to see each other, think of each other, and feel about each other, we’ll move forward on our behaviors toward each other much much faster.

I think Obama made a mistake by appointing a man who doesn’t feel okay with his color.Why is bringing up this subject right now?We need people in the white house to start doing business very serious not grabing stupid subjects about race and sex and put them on the table for an endless debate.People are losing their houses, jobs, and are not sure about the future.We need people to help Americans through this difficult time, we do not need right now another DECLARATION OF EMANCIPATION!!!

At the end of the day, people like to spend their free time with others like themselves. It’s natural. In this fast paced world, we need to reboot with friends and family. Usually our loved ones are of the same race, culture and skin color. We eat lunch with acquaintances at work and they may be of any color, culture or race. It’s all good. At home we live and pass our individual cultures on to family members. At work, we have the chance to be in the mix of other cultures. When did it become counter culture to focus on ourselves as individuals? Appointed government officials need to attend to their appointed government tasks and stay out of American families and friendships.

YES! We are a nation of cowards. I don’t know about you folks in the rest of the country, but in Chicagoland, there is a little section of town carved out for every ethnicity/ orientation there is. There’s Greek Town, Boys’Town (for Gays), …used to have Jew Town, Little Village (I can’t remember what nationality)…, “New City” for Latinos, Blacks on the South Side, Whites on the North Side, areas carved out for the Asians, Polish, Ukranians, and the list goes on and on. But, Let’s be real. Many of us have been cowards relative to changing/moving outside the invisible lines of racial barriers within our communities and social circles. It is a “herd” mentality that has been generational. Seems cowardly to me…

Eric Holder is wrong and should not have presented himself in this light. He is trying to create a racial problem by making false and irresponsible statements.

Mr. Holder should not be in a position where he has access to speak to the masses. His statements are not clear enough to get his message out. His demeanor puts everyone on the defensive, no-one wants to be a coward, instead of getting everyone on board.
I believe he is speaking to Blacks in this case more than Whites. I think Obama also spoke directly to the Blacks at times in his speeches. They are both trying to speak directly to their community to help them move forward. I believe some of the ‘segregation’ Mr. Holder is referring to is groups like the NAACP and other race specific groups. I also believe that people naturally surround themselves with people like themselves, and there is nothing racist about that. I want to live near people who share my values and that does not mean that I have any malice to others. Mr. Holder’s remarks make it seem like we are all at fault for wanting to be with people that we relate to. If he is going to talk, he should motivate and educate, not instigate!

Yes, Mr. Holder is right, and I’m stunned that someone in a high position finally came out and said it.
As a white woman, I have been amongst groups of white people who have said things amongst each other that were extremely racist and extremely ignorant about people of other races and ethnicities. I have spoken up (I always do) and said that I found such things deeply offensive, and also said I was insulted that they would assume that just because I was white, I would agree with the horrible things they said.
Almost invariably they immediately stumble over themselves to assure me that they’re not racist, not prejudiced,
etc. (I assume there would be a somewhat different reaction if I lived further south, instead of in Upstate NY, where people tend to want to APPEAR to be unbiased.)
I see racism everywhere, not because I’m obsessed with it but because it IS everywhere. My husband was African-American, and we had 4 children, all grown now, and the oldest a grandmother herself. I’ve seen my daughter and her husband pulled over for DWB (driving while black), had a gun pointed at me by a policeman when I (in the back seat)protested that they had done nothing wrong.
I know that I get up privileged in the morning, go out privileged every day, and return home privileged at night.
I’ve attended churches that got up donations for cute little hungry children in Africa, but had only white people in the congregations.
When my daughter was a little child, “friends” assured me that she wasn’t “too dark,” looked “almost white,” etc., as if I should be grateful and relieved by their comments…And clearly thought that in being so “accepting” of her, they were demonstrating that they weren’t bigots!Yet when she was older, they asked me whether she resented, very much, being born “part black.” It had never occured to me, but I asked her (when she was in college.) She said that she sometimes wished she were darker, so people wouldn’t ask her “stupid questions.” She thought it amazing that anyone would think a black person in America would admire white people enough to wish to be more like them.
Mr. Holder must have an incredible amount of courage, to confront America with the shameful truth about racism in our nation.

I think he is absolutely right on. I see it everyday. I watch as both blacks and whites tip toe around the conversation of what is happening in our community because both sides are afraid. Cowards? Yes We Are!

The comment made by AG Holder in the context of a speech about race relations at a Black History Month event is understandable and worthy of discussion in a public forum. However if this is an indication that he would like the government to further intrude into our lives and dictate how we should think and/or to somehow use his office to this end, then I have a real problem with him as AG or any kind of government official!!!!

It takes a very strong individual to stay true to words like: Integrity, Duty, Honor, Country, Trustworthy, Truthful, Honest. I believe our country as a whole is strong. The majority of our citizens hold these values close to our hearts and discriminate agains individuals based on these characteristics and not skin color. If a man will lie to you, he will steal from you, and if he will steal from you, he will kill you to keep from getting caught. It’s our governments that cannot adhere to the above standards. Citizens can no longer trust anything coming from our leader’s mouths. Yes, that includes you Mr. Holder. You had the opportunity to be strong during the Clinton administration and failed by looking the other way. It’s ashame, hundreds of thousands have died and all our leaders (Rep and Dem) can do is break their oaths of office and lie to the american public. I will end with this Mr. Holder, start speaking the truth of your past and your bosses past to all americans and stop occupying minds with racial rhetoric that tears our citizens down. GOD ALMIGHTY will hold you accountable.

yes he’s totally correct. I’m from the south and it’s totally still racist here. it’s just not played out as much because it’s the law.some whites are coming along because they don’t have a choice when it’s forced into their family,(such as a grandchild). i just don’t know why they hold so much anger toward blacks when we didn’t ask to come here. but for the record it’s still alive and kicking!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think that Mr Holder has a good point that the nation voluntarily remains socially segregated. As seen in schools and other social situations, people tend to socialize with those that they can identify with. Does this make us cowards, NO. As with all social situations you tend to acclimate to the situation in order to fit in. As for public situations I have seen that people of all races can get along as long as there is mutual respect.

Mr. Holder spoke the truth at a time when a lot of Americans would like to assume that race, segregation, and racism are nonissues in our post-civil rights era society. The truth is that this country still suffers from the effects of slavery and post-slavery discrimination. There is truth to the saying that when white America gets a cold, black people get pneumonia. It is more than coincidence that the unemployment rate for Blacks is twice the rate for whites. All across America we live in segregated neighborhoods. Even where we have some integration in neighborhoods, we have school districts that suffer from de facto segregation because whites choose to take their children out of the public schools and send them to private school. We worship the same God, but most churches are almost always one race. Certainly we have advanced from the violent, institutionalized oppression that plagued this country and allowed lynchings, created color complexes, and left us the legacy of a White House and Capitol built with black slave labor. Nonetheless, if we truly want to move forward as a nation, we have to embrace a level of tolerance that allows integration without complete assimilation. We have to be aggressive about addressing the economic and educational deficiencies that disproportionately affect blacks, Latinos, and other minority groups. We have to acknowledge the contributions and sacrifices of members of every racial/ethic group in building this great nation. We should do this in our history books, our conversations, our award programs, and our memorials. Most importantly, we have to maintain a realistic outlook on race, understanding that affirmative action, a short-lived socio-political policy, is little more than a legal fiction or an anachronism in our modern society. Most blacks and other minorities are working hard to pull themselves up by the boot straps in an economy and job market that shows them no preference. We are all Americans worthy of the respect and compassion of our fellow citizens.

It is interesting that “we” are so racist we can’t even be honest and open about a true comment (perhaps it is because it was spoken by a minority; and we can’t seem to grant them the same respect others are due).
There is so much intolerance, suspicion and lack of knowledge across races and we will never dispel the myths because we are too busy being judgmental cowards, trying to preserve and hold onto our the divisions and comfort zones that are fading away.
How absurd to be offended by the truth!

I think he’s exactly right. Part of the cowardice around race is the inability to face your own – or even realize – the subtle and not so subtle prejudices within yourself. Am I guilty of that? Of course I have been, and probably will continue to be – but hopefully can catch myself. And especially catch myself when I’m guilty of the VERY subtle stuff. What’s the very subtle stuff? I remember once seeing the picture of a young black girl in a ballerina dress. I became aware some emotional ripple passed through me. I backtracked, asked myself “what was that, that little ripple?” And I realized a part of me was trained to see this little dancer as an anomaly – like she didn’t belong in that ballerina dress. Unconsciously she looked wrong in it. I realized I was making a judgement. That was a ripple. A racist ripple. A prejudiced ripple. Subtle stuff. I saw a picture of a beautiful woman in a wedding dress. She was black. The same ripple. I realized again that too was a subtle clue. A clue to an unconscious belief that black women don’t get married. Wow! I grew up in the 60′s and the “Fathers days jokes in the ghetto” were all alive and well. So there was some kind of support for that kind of thought deep off in childhood inculcation – as wrong as it was. I worked in Watts and South Central Los Angeles for almost 10 years (but grew up a large chunk of time in the Midwest). And everyday I realized these subtle, unconscious, so unfair kinds of beliefs were always lurking “just under the water”. I now know that in that instant of hesitation when you’re adjusting your public self when meeting or encountering someone who’s different, and probably most often black – betray so much of what you think you have all worked out. At least you consciously think you have it all worked out. I know now how fast that’s spotted by the other person – the way you might feel when your boss rounds a corner and spends that split second changing his composure. “Uh, uh, mornin’ there Jeff”. And you leave the encounter thinking “I know he was talking about me, and not in a good way”. And how much that must hurt to be received that way over and over and over again and again, day after day, year after year. Like when the cashier leers at you in the pharmacy. And I think now how many inner city ballerinas never got to dance. Or how that beautiful bride never had her wedding. And it is truly heart breaking. Yes, it’s way too easy be white and fool yourself into thinking “yep, I’m pretty hip, I know about the black world, I listen to rap, I voted for Barack, I couldn’t be a racist. Me a racist? Me prejudiced? No way. But how much slack did you cut Bernie Madoff? Or Scooter Libby? I’ll bet at least some. And then how much slack did you cut the black kid with the head rag and the low rider pants the cops pulled over? How sure were you already he did something wrong? Any more slack than you might cut Senator Burris? How quick were you (or I) to judge the black athlete who was accused of a crime – with no proof? “He had it coming”. Faster I’ll bet than if he was white. Even if you squelch that stuff before it gets conscious. Can you acknowledge it? It’s how well you’ve come to grips with that subtle stuff that makes friends for you or keeps “them” living on the other side of town, so you can feel safer. So those problems stay “their” problems. I’m not getting righteous. I did sweat through large chunks of my own “stuff” though. I’m asking you to be honest. And have the courage to “rope the smoke” of some very subtle stuff.

First of all, I’m very disappointed in Terry Moran for taking the question out of context; the question should have been, ‘Do you think we are cowards WHEN IT COMES TO DISCUSSING RACE?’, which is what Attorney General Holder actually said. Nevertheless, I believe Mr. Holder was absolutely right – we ARE a nation of cowards when it comes to discussing the issue of race on a person-person basis. As an African-American man, I grew up in a predominantly white neighborhood, attended predominantly white schools, and have worked in predominantly white companies. It has been my experience, that once people have the courage to cross the perceived ‘barriers’ that exist as far as the discussion of race is concerned and openly talk about stereotypes and misconceptions about each other, they generally find they have much more in common than they originally may have thought, which brings people closer together. Until we stop getting defensive when the subject of race comes up – whites getting “offended” and blacks crying “racist” – we’re never going to be able to have a good, open dialogue about race in this country and put our painful pasts behind us.

For the record, we don’t have an African American President… We have a President of the United States who happens to be of a biracial background based on the US classification. This is stated because, when he is walking down the street you would not know that unless he told you. 99.9% of African Americans or People of African descent in the American should be classified as bi-racial, tri-racial or plain multi-racial because of the history and heritage of the regions — North, Central and South America. Come on people get to know your history already. Once you do that you will realize that there are no Africans, but people of African, European (Countries unknown), possibly indigenous mixtures in the heritage all coming out of slavery and the historical backgrounds of the peoples that make up the Americas.
Also, people of the Caribbean have another unique issue, especially Jamaicans who are a mixture of the following peoples:
- Spaniards (Not to be confused with Jews, which speaks to a religiuos practice, not a race)
- Various people from the continent of
Africa — based on when they were brought over — Nigerians, Ghanains, etc. we will never know due to the cruelty and inhumaness of slavery).
- Syrians
- Chinese
- Lebanese
- Germans
- Japanese
- Irish
- Scottish
- English
- East Indian
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Jamaicans are people of various hues and racial features, sometimes in the same family the whole world is represented, but these people find blood ties; a sense of family and love. It is only of late that the US separateness and ignorance has spilt over and everyone is trying to be African instead of celebrating the richness of the heritage, even if it came out of slavery, cruelty, British dominance in the world for over 400 years.

Constance, above, wrote – - “At the end of the day, people like to spend their free time with others like themselves. It’s natural. In this fast paced world, we need to reboot with friends and family. Usually our loved ones are of the same race, culture and skin color. We eat lunch with acquaintances at work and they may be of any color, culture or race. It’s all good.” I think that Constance is exactly the sort of “coward” to which Mr. Holder refers. And, no Constance, it’s not “all good,” where considering the cumulative impact of your perspective: embrace diversity . . .during lunchtime. This is exactly the mindset that will keep otherwise diverse areas of the U.S. in voluntary segregation ad infinitum. Constance would appear to be one of those Americans who have ample opportunity to surround themselves with friends and neighbors of different races and cultures, but who simply chooses not to do so because she just cannot be bothered. Pursuant to what she has written, she also appears to be the sort of American who is entirely complacent with her status quo, and who does little, if anything, to branch out of her zone of familiarity, save rubbing elbows with people of different races at work, or, perhaps, in the street. Constance and Americans similar to Constance should really ask why it is that some of us who also have the benefit of living and working in a multi-cultural and diverse community, have actually managed to build a strong network of friends over the years, who, as in my case, for example, identify as black, white, Asian, Latina, and Near and Middle Eastern, whereas others, such as Constance, would appear to live a life of voluntary, or rather “cowardly” segregation.

Mr. Holders comments are severely lacking in content, only a real coward will take a political position that does nothing more than promote racism and revive a conflict among those of different views. We know that he was not speaking about workplace issues, but thats all we know! It would seem that he has forgotten that alot of other people who were not black marched, protested,voted, or otherwise assisted in trying to correct that which was so clearly wrong. If he can be no more specfic than this, he should just be quiet!
fc.

Can someone explain the “financial racism” which we experience all over the US. If we live in a certain upscale neighborhood, then we are looked upon with awe and the reverse is true if we happen to live in a poor side of town–never mind if you are black, white, asian, etc…People of different cultures and same financial situations tend to congregate in one neighborhood until they ascend in status financially. Some folks can be very racist toward their own people on the basis of financial standing, education and family background. Racism is not only a nationality/color issue…it’s a broad spectrum disease to elevate oneself. I don’t think we’re cowards, just have not evolved into full human beings yet to know that we all need each other as a specie.

I believe Holder is right! I live in a multi-ethnic neighborhood and know black Americans who are chastised by other blacks (primarily fellow church members) for not living in a black area of town. I feel that most black Americans continue to segregate themselves in the workplace and in their homes and social lives. If you refuse to mingle or socialize with other racial groups you can’t get to know them. I can’t understand fighting for integration yet continuing to segregate themselves on a daily basis. The victim mentality continues. Whites can’t converse with blacks because comments are interpreted as racist. After learning about Reverend Wright’s sermons I can see where this mentality continues to be reinforced and fueled as there are probably many more black ministers out there spewing the same ridiculous rhetoric. I believe alot of progress has been made but there is a long way to go and I think that black Americans need to reexamine their racial biases as well. Even when it comes to professional organizations, blacks create their own organizations instead of participating with other professionals in their fields further segregating themselves from mainstream America. We are all Americans we need to work together and quit dwelling so much on the past. We don’t need to forget the past but move forward.

The ignorant slang, the stupid pants lowered_to_the_crotch, the filthy gansta so called music, is just hands down ignorant.And please keep your neighborhoods clean, your hero Martin L. King would have liked to see you behaving like decent human beings, not living like animals. Death to all gangbangers of any color, is the reason society is in the dump.

I’m sick and tired of having to have to cowtow to the black people. It is not my fault nor many whites. We are called cowards by this moron? He really needs to look at what he is trying to say and then reiterate his diatribe. Talk about out of touch. I’m tired of having black/white shoved down my throat and having to make nice. I was car-jacked twice by blacks and raped in college by 5 black men. I’m a man don’t think that is not going to stick with me for the rest of my life!!!!! They can all go to hell, they are the racists deal with it!!! Dale in Denver (the one city that Osama bin Obama came to)

I have traveled widely during my almost 69 years and I have also lived abroad.Frankly, althouogh I believe this is a great country in many ways, I was shocked when I moved to NC. The social cleavage between the races is so deep that it would seem unbelievable to anyone who has not experienced it. What about the churches in the South?
Unfortunately, this country is the most racist and violent that I have ever seen. We seem to discriminate against and shoot each other with glee!
Come on. It is time for each of us to take the bull by the horns and make an individual effort to discuss these matters openly, critically and respectfully. Holder is right and I have frequently expressed his point of view. However, I have mostly met with diffidence and hostility.

The attorney general makes a valid point. These are appropriate remarks for a speech on Black History Month. When studying American history we learn that African Americans’ quest for simple equality and justice has been an over 200 + year long journey that is still on going. African Americans are a group of people that have been trying to overcome so much oppression and injustice, and we must acknowledge this fact if we are ever going to be more open with each other. Sure we have a black president and a black attorney general but the truth is that a vast majority of African Americans are caught up in a vicious cycle of poverty, limited educational opportunities, injustice, discrimination, and still being a second class citizen. I think Holder is saying during black history month we need to take a moment and think about the perspectives of other people who are different from us. We have to remember that when American was founded 232 years ago, African Americans were not even people–they were property and because of this, hampered race relations is the social watershed event of all American History, and we must all understand this and talk about it. So for Black History Month go read some W.E.B Du Bois, Frederick Douglas, Langston Hughes, Booker T. Washington, Thurgood Marshall, and then start some dialogue. Then that Eureka moment of enlightenment will come.

He is absolutely right. The students on the plaground at my very racially diverse school self-segregate even in kindergarten. If the principal didn’t show them differently, they wold always do it because even though the parents send their kids to the same school, they won’t have interracial playdates at eachothers’ homes, housing projects or not. (which is what really changes things) They are cowards and so are many. Even athletes don’t really get to know eachother. Military comes close but still….

RACE = PROBLEMS
So… It had come to this? The facts of mattered forwardness in life is… time… it breaks all molded bounded burdens. Nonetheless until civilize people chooses to communicate with the intent of better betterment. Solidarity therefore comes out of unification linked in banded scars of tyrant-pain molding our universe within that theory state of complete unity… SO, PEACE & LOVE is JUSTICE that will wither away without Tyranny Hatered emotions because of our compassionate but lethal-yet-loving hearts… Over & Out… Blessings with things to come…
Liberation
Start
Beginning
Finish
Battle won.
Go
Redeem
Done
Rights through redemption
Forgiveness
Complete
Bounty
Vertically
Horizontally
Battle won…
Redeemed
We are monsters,
knowingly,
knowing that we are capable
of transcending
beyond
the depth of a horrific path.
We are designs
to be intellectually respectable,
compassionate BEINGS…
Therefore
this is our master plan
for we are champions of our own crusades…
Everlasting legacies.
Complete
Defiance defense
Liberation of the body
while
transcending the soul
through erudition of sensual idiom.
Salty
Comments from defenseless crowds
quotations
deaf candor
sophistry
malicious eyes
Complete
Assemblies of lawfulness
through
provocation with an atempt to unmask our lethal moribund hearts.
Prospectives
Beauty
Grace
sustains us
Luxurious liberty
Presage…
The facts of law
that
we are not stoic philosophers.
Nonetheless
They are more intelligent than us.
Our demeanor are always on trial.
Our sense of color is a terrifing prospect.
Prejudiced because of earthly fundamental truths
languages
cultures
education
location
Intellectual power of new age dynasties forged within mix
magnum opuses
To arms
Despised
Malicious swords
Abused
Indignation
So,
where are those ample opportunity,
to observe our rights
to work
live
free security…
Complete
Fatal ambitions
Innocent humans strive for freedom
because
we are mobs in poverty.
Condemned mobs to poverty-slums
with reputations of impartiality
in a world where aspiration are scorched by exclusion oppression
tied
to a yester years of an impoverish slavery,
connected
to resentment counsel inclusion.
Done
No occasion to protest our humble desires to survive,
just
accusation of a pigment of unwilling guiltiness
Futile
Vanity
Overburden their gardens of wealth.
As for our purpose
we are an eternal bound
and
all principles are basic options.
We are noble and brilliant,
by love,
in choice chance of letting our magnum opuses
take
flight.
Internal self reflection is a path for improvement for all humanity.
Do you,
here?
Our thoughts of indictment with aforethought in malice.
We do not commit voluntary manslaughter
but
an act caused by instigation from our own wicked hearts, which perpetrates us to murder opportunity
by
ensuring our inclusion theory.
Conscienceness shipwrech our deeds,
fear over powers…
No apathy
Inclusion for conscience milky-way prevarication for an elite society.
No apathy
Integrity
Chain-links ambitions shackles our potentials of limitless possibility.
Universe enslave working social class
Lamentations
Universal luxury
Unfortunately the agony of death is masked
by
contempt of a prejudicial wealthy state
Tumultuous passion
Hope
Prediction
Representation acknowledge.
Nonetheless
impatience persuaded by ostentation merits within dissension.
Dictums
Lest
inclination of the law, justic, facts,
this justify the reasons to engage our businesses of liberty
that merited exclusion of a malicious fatal luxurious life.
Victims of an authoritarin rule.
Lions of liberty
Nonetheless
sufficient consolation omen for mankind.
A master plan that will
with stand
the ages of time…
Bounty
Finish
End
Complete
Done
Revelation.
Poem bY Ismael Contreras.
Lets enjoy our time here together,
life is short and its’ a small world today…
Bless…
Blessings…
ONE…

Yes I do beleive every thing he is saying. When you have to get down to name calling who is the IDIOT. Your EX President was the biggest racist in the world, He did not like WHITE OR BLACK, Only him self. You see the condition he left us in. whites are lossing homes as well as blacks. Whites loosing jobs as well as blacks. he did a job on every one of us American. You whites need to learn how to get along with other races. You all think just bacause you are white every thing you say is right. NOT SO.

I just cannot believe some of the stuff being posted here. Sorry if I ramble a bit but I take medications that sometimes scramble my thoughts so bare with me. I’m a bi-racial man. As such and have been raised by parents who lived through the civil rights era, this is what they have instilled in me. Never accept being classified as either black or white. It only means that your skin is lighter or darker then the next person. I have been shun by both during my youth. I got over it! I learned that when anyone uses the excuse that they are being unfairly treated because of their skin color that something else is usually going on. Now I have experienced true racism perhaps twice in my 40+ years. My point is I only think about racism when some loud mouth gets on TV or when the media tries to blow something out of proportion. I was too young to grasp the civil rights era. I was raised to be intolerant of racist behaviour. My mother (who is white) threw a fit when Obama defended that Rev. White guy. In my mind he perpetuated racist sentiment for purely political gain. A no no to my way of thinking. Let me say it now. As Americans we all have the right to speak our minds. As Americans we should never accept any type of racist drivel. Yes slavery was a disgusting blemish on this nations history. That has been corrected. Many men died correcting the error of those times. What grieves me is that some people cannot move on. History has taught me that my family had nothing to do with it. Heck, my entire generation had nothing to do with it. Perhaps this is why I cannot really get my head around the whole racist thing. My in-laws at the time were not thrilled their daugher marrying me. Before he died my father-in-law confided that his daughter made a good choice. I think in general the last vestiges of racism are dying with his generation. What do you call it when nobody cares what the color of a persons skin is? I call it more time to think and dream about other things that are important. Now the questions is what do you call it when someone who perceives that the world is racist and uses that perception of the world to gain influence in the world? What do you call it when a person does something wrong and tries to use racism as an excuse for their actions? We Americans are a free thinking bunch. I just do not understand why we waste so much time thinking about something we cannot change, our race! It’s time to move on and by doing so deprive the racist of any influence they may have. Just my two cents.

I think Holder is trying to DIVIDE US! Making it them against us! He is the coward for not speaking up against the racists like Jeremiah Wright, and
Louis Farrakhan http://www.adl.org/special_reports/farrakhan_own_words2/farrakhan_own_words.asp
http://bsimmons.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/louis-farrakhan-supports-obama-read-this-it-will-frighten-you/
New Black Panther Party Endorses Obama
March, 19, 2008 — On his own website.
“The racist NBPP is led by notorious extremist, Malik Zulu Shabazz, and is a registered team member and blogger on Obama’s campaign website.”
Black history month should be about Hope and Love and Accomplishments! How Blacks are Awesome and have over come obstacles! Everyone felt United when Barack Obama became our President. How dare Eric Holder call Americans Cowards! He is the biggest coward for catering to someone that wrote his speech. He couldn’t possible believe in his heart that Americans are cowards! Someone paid him to say that! Someone owns him, just like ACORN and Soros owns Obama. In late 2006, George Soros, the British empire/Wall Street gatekeeper of the Left, vetted Senator Barack Obama’s potential Presidential candidacy on behalf of financier oligarchs.
Please Mr. Holder take back your words and bring us together do not tear us apart!!

Mr. Holder is right-In the African American community it’s called “Hidden Racism”. We have lived with it for so long, it’s been accepted as normal. It’s hard for most people, other than the people affected by it to admit that it exists. Racism is like cancer, it can mutate from one type to another, as the times change it changes it’s form.

When blacks learn to behave like normal human beings, will be the day racial relations improve.
Posted by: Mr. Dumass | Feb 19, 2009 1:48:04 AM
________________________________________
I know those rowdy blacks at your office in human resource can be a rowdy bunch.*SIGH*
My head hurts with the ignorance, Once again proving that mentality that AG Holder is pointing out.

I have read the transcripts of his speech and the comments from fellow Americans, and sadly what I find most astonishing is that all that anyone could comment on was on Black and White. We are not a nations of just whites and blacks, but rather of browns, yellows and myriad of shades. If blacks and whites feel frustration can you imagine what other races feel here in the US? I believe Mr. Holder is correct, we are cowards, we do not see, and this is just another contributing factor to the horrible predicament that the US presently is in.

This one is for jazztap. It’s obvious that you don’t realize that President Bush had the most diverse cabinet in history. You are also unaware that the mess that we are in now all started with the Clinton administration.
I’m a white man. A highschool dropout. I have a G.E.D.. When I tested for a job at General Motors, I was told that I was OVERQUALIFIED !!
My brother tried to get into the local police department. They just told him flat out that he was too white!!!
This is what affirmative action is all about. No, not only trying to benefit the black man, but to keep racism alive. Our government itself wants to keep us separated.
I believe that if one person can do a job better than another, hire them. Not because of their skin color, but by their qualifications.
Cowards? Some are, some aren’t. Personally, I hang out with anyone that is a decent human being. There are jerks in all races.

Perception is reality. I have no problem looking AG Holder directly in his eyes and calling him pompous, arrogant and bumptious. I also don’t have any problem whatsoever personally pinning a tie tack on his tie similar to the one that the very daughter of one of my former superiors had given to him configured in the form of a horse’s ass! If the proverbial shoe fits wear it! AG Holder owes each and every American a sincere apology for unjustifiably calling all of us cowards.

Are you kidding me? Cowards? Who is he referring to? Easy to say, hey, let’s all talk more frequently about race. Very easy. The real problem is that whenever white people attempt to speak about the matter with as much tact as possible, it always comes off as racially insensitive and even blatantly racist. There is no winning on the white side, only grave risk at losing their jobs, friends, and social standings. Black people can say whatever they want, so long as it is not intended to be hurtful. Black people are all but exempt of racist slips of tongue. As the FBI wrongly tallies, there are a great many white-on-black “hate crimes.” Yet, there are a far greater number of Black-on-white violent assaults that somehow do not fall under the classification of a hate crime. Go figure.

Whew, America has responded in all its hues. I’m Mexican-American. I strive to be called American. However, upon entering High School in South Texas, the Anglos and the Mexicans would not hang out on campus nor date. It was taboo to do that. Even during Pep-Rallies for our football games….We’d sit separately in the gym to cheer for our players. I’ve served in the military. There, only a very few, considered me an American. Most called me a foreigner. Afterwards, in a South Texas Jr.College, the Gov. class professor would lecture in favor of sagregation, because after all, the bees do not hang out with birds. It was nature and that’s the way God in Heaven intended it to be. After graduating from the Univ. of Texas, I got a job. The workplace Anglos with lesser education got all the promotions. We did not even have a “token” Mex-American in a supervisory position. For instance, an Anglo female who had bragged about just barely making through high school was promoted as a supervior while a Mex-Amer male with an MBA who applied for the position was not! The pecking order in South Texas: Anglo Male, Anglo female (regardless of educational achievement), Black female, Black male, Mexican-American female, and finally Mexican-American male. We’re only good as grunts in the military. Yes, we were called “whiners” whenever we’d discussed this disparity. “Oh, if you feel that you’re being picked on, why don’t you go elsewhere where you won’t feel this way”. Ans: “I’ve got a wife, kids, pay taxes, a mortgage, bills, etc.” Once they laughed at the Mex-Amers for not knowing what we’d liked to be called: Latinos, Hispanics, Chicanos, Latin Americans, or just plain Tex-Mexicans. When we asked the Anglos the same question, their response: “MR !”. Not white, nor Anglos. They of course, were the real Americans. There is a huge insurance company in Texas that keeps Mex-Americans from reaching the top by promoting Mex-Amers with no college degrees to supervisory positions. This way, they will not reach the top either where college degrees are a prerequisite. The unpenetrable ceiling. Yes, this insurance company knows how to achieve diversity! My kids do not speak Spanish because my wife and I were to busy earning a living and spoke to them in the language that was taught in the schools. My son, who worked in a supermarket was berated by an really old Anglo female when he bagged her groceries in plastic instead of paper. She said to my teenage son, “That’s what happens when this store hires Mexicans”. I told my son that only time will change her attitude…when she dies. In time . . . . . . culture and hues may be acceptable. I was born and raised in Texas and I’ve served my country well. There will always be racists regardless of hue. Thank my Christian God for the color blind people in these United States. Onward through the fog.

Why can’t we just get on with it and just be friends. We all have much more in common than that which divides us.
SMILE AND THE WORLD SMILES WITH YOU.
What a wonderful world we live in inspite of ourselves. Let’s strive to make it more wonderful. I guess I am a dreamer, but without dreams what is there?
Marge Johnson, Rockford, Illinois

Thank God someone has finally said it! Or at least, that it’s actually been heard. It’s SO frustrating to hear (what seems like) everybody focusing on the ridiculous topic of race. Who cares!?! What difference does it make!?! It’s like idiots in gangs just out looking for trouble. People have to LOOK for ways to keep us all divided. I’m so over it. Find a REAL problem. It’s SO petty. Do you have any idea what’s REALLY going on?

A Black man, making a speech for Black History Month — presumably to a Black audience (Who else celebrates Black History Month?). This whole scenario is an oxymoron for what he has to say.
“Specifically, Holder said Americans remain ‘voluntarily socially segregated’.” The operative word here is “voluntarily”. We should be thankful that it isn’t for another reason.
And THIS is NEWS?
Don’t we have more pressing things to occupy our time? Maybe the AG should have stayed in his office instead — and done something more constructive.

After listening to the excerpt from his speech, I find it incredible that some people took such a negative slant on his words. Considering the magnitude and longevity of the problem, he was really quite gentle. At times this country seems to be a big dysfunctional entity. It has taken so much pain and suffering for our culture to evolve. We can continue down that path of trial and error, or we can be more receptive to learning and communication.

My, my how thin-skinned folks can be after NOT spending their lives in fear of being killed for just being Black While Alive! Remember Bill Cosby’s son?
Anyone who is a minority knows the pain of how parallel our subcultures are–whether it is a real danger (as in being Mexican in Texas) or just the condescension we are greeted with (I had no idea you had really studied neuroscience!)
Get over yourselves–EVERYONE IS ETHNOCENTRIC–ONLY THE REALLY EVOLVED PEOPLE REACH ACROSS THAT AISLE!

A Nation of Cowards
(Dedicated to you, my Brothers and Sisters)
Powerful words,
Truthful words,
Honest words,
Brave words;
This is exactly what the Doctor orders,
For a nation, who’s trying to fight the horrors
Of blatant racism,
Unfairness, injustice,
Nepotism and sexism.
A man of Peace,
Without controversies,
Is not a genuine activist.
The truth is being tolled; there is no reason to apologize,
‘Cause you’re exercising your God-given rights.
The sickness, the maladies,
Which America has been suffering
For over five centuries,
Need to be healed as you’re reading
My honest feelings.
This is painful, this is long overdue.
My brave People are tired of fighting
The ills and the stigmas of our societies.
This is hurtful, this is way overdue.
The Truth hurts, thank God Almighty;
“Another One” is unafraid to tell the Truth,
“This One” is dissecting the false myth,
And the backward ideologies, thank God Almighty!
The prisons are populated by innumerable innocents,
The Police and their cronies randomly humiliate
Our parents, siblings and cousins.
We have every reason to be mad and irate.
A more just and fair system needs to be in place now.
The Brother is using strong medicine right now:
Powerful words,
Truthful words,
Honest words,
Brave words,
To save America,
The beautiful diva,
Who stands for: “Justice, Freedom,
Liberty and Happiness for All.”
We should denounce Uncle Tom
And his monkeys. Brothers, who walk tall
Like you and our President,
Are rare and almost nonexistent.
The Truth will always set free:
The men of Justice, the men of integrity,
The men of Peace, the men of honesty;
The Brothers and Sisters who will tirelessly
Fight racism, the twin-brother of slavery.
Copyright© February 2009, Hebert Logerie, All Rights Reserved
Hébert Logerie is the author of two poetry books:
“Sparkles of Love and Etincelles de l’Amour”

Yes we are. Eric Holder’s comments made me take a real look at my many multi-racial friendships. I have always considered myself and my children lucky that I have these friendships. However, after taking a serious look at these friendships I can honestly say that only two are more than just a surface friendship. By that I mean our children know and play with each other and our family will plan events together. These friendships are inclusive and multifaceted.
I value the other relationships and consider those individuals to be real friends. However, they are more like office or business friendships than deep personal ones. I think I will make more of an effort to develop these relationships. An educate myself more on their culture and customs. I really think that there is just an unintentional invisible wall that is there that we never bothered to take down.
I thank Mr. Holder for his comments. I think my life will be filled with much richer relationships because of his willingness to challenge us all to really know the people we call friends.

Mr. Holder is absolutely on target. It is sad, but true. I am a 20 something white female nurse and the nasty comments I hear about minorities is disgusting. I’ll admit, I am a coward because I take the easy road and don’t speak up. I want to be accepted by my racist neighbors & co-workers, and I think others are the same. We just laugh or feel guity, but never step out of our comfort zones to address racism directly. A few bad apples along with a few cowards, makes for a rotten, cowardly, and disgusting nation of people with our heads in the sand, trying to pretend progess has been achieved when we now self-segregate. Mr. Holder was right!
-Cowardly RN

I agree with others that ‘coward’ is not the correct word. It’s not that we are cowards, but whenever we do discuss race issues, if the other side doesn’t like what they are hearing, then they scream ‘RACIST’ I am a white living on an Indian reservation. My family is inter married, as is a large portion of the population here. Yet, the minorities are given preferential treatment, do not have to pay taxes, do not fall under state law enforcement. When they break a law or do wrong and are brought to accountability, they play the race card and scream discrimination and get off. If the liberals in this country ever can grow a pair and quit being afraid of being politically correct, then we can start having honest discussions about race.

To Mary,
You stated that the minorities don’t pay taxes, that seem to infer Indians since you are living on a Reservation. I wanted to clarify that Indians do pay taxes just like every other American. There are certain federal guidelines that are specific about the treatment of Indians rather than any other citizen in America but those situations generally create a status that is lesser than the norm, still today. I live at the Cherokee Capital of the World and although I am Cherokee am not an identifiable Indian. I know well about the racism toward the Indians by non-Indians within the State. I also know well about the racism and contempt that many of the thicker blooded Indians hold toward everyone who is not Native American. I just wanted to point out although Indian Tribes are in a unique tax situation, I know of no tribal citizen or other minority who is tax exempt because of race. That is the kind of misnomer that creates feelings of unfairness and sparks negative feelings grounded in racism…

All whites are racist. It is genetic, and a sad truth. Now that African Americans are taking over the power in this country, they will do anything they can to discredit an African American. We are all finially coming to see that Whites are the ones who can’t think for themselves, all they know is how to hate.

Ed C. Wrote :It should be criminal for republican radicals to carry on like a communist régime creating controversy out anything and everything, distorting and spinning the facts to serve their own self-centered political agenda.
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You may do well to research the facts. Look at the Obama Cabnet. All insiders and far left wingers. Republicians are not those guilty of selling Socialism. Bailing out the Housing Mortgage Association. Bailing out the auto industry. Now people making 12 – 15 dollars an hour will be paying for Company loses where people make $100,000.00+ per year. Now that sounds fair right? Remember Bill Clinton during his second turm telling the nation he would loosen qualifications to allow millions to buy new homes? (It had been concluded these people were considered high risk before).Well The Federal National Mortgage Association has failed because 8% cannot repay their loan, of which an estimated 50-60% will fail again after a bailout. That’s throwing good money after bad. With the opportunity to repeat yet again. We should all have more in common with socialism where there will only be one class of subjects melting together. Only thing missing will be capitalism and freedom. And then, hope.

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