Walk Up To The Nearest White Man ... And Slap Him In The Face

[Todd-'o'-Vision]

This is a comment from an elected official! A member of the New York City Council. His name is Charles Barron and he was one of the participants in a reparations rally on the Mall in Washington DC. Here's a quote from the esteemed Councilman Barron that appeared in a Reuters dispatch:

"I want to go up to the closest white person and say, 'You can't understand this, it's a black thing,' and then slap him, just for my mental health,"

An interesting twist to the reparations drive, don't you think? Let's say you're white. Let's say that your ancestors came to this country long after slavery was abolished. And let's say that you just can't understand why the government should use its police power to seize some of your property to give to a black American who may or may not be suffering from the "vestiges of slavery." Councilman Barron is telling you, and the rest of us, "Hey, you don't need to understand why your property should be taken from you and given to us. You can't understand anyway, 'cause it's a black thing." Just shut up and hand over some of your property or I'll slap you again."

Well, the e-mails started flooding in as soon as C-SPAN started the coverage of the reparations rally. Perhaps the absurdity of the entire reparations movement was best illustrated by the comments of Kobina Abew, one of the rally participants. Abew says of reparations and of the rally: “It’s going to be very effective. It’s going to bring a solution to this problem, I believe.” Abew was born in Ghana. He was never held in slavery in America. If any of his ancestors were held in slavery – it was somewhere on the African continent, not here.

We’ll let David Horowitz pick things up here. He's written an excellent and blistering column on the subject.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/davidhorowitz/dh20020819.shtml

c&p boorz.com/nuze

 

[sufisaint]

I would like to meet him in person!!!!

 

[RosevilleCAguy]

Its a perfectly PC thing to do.

 

[Lost Cause]

I liked the the other remarks...

Like storming the Treasury and taking what's owed (Conyers). They just cooked their cause, and there's no going back. That is the best example of the welfare mentality gone nuts.

 

[joethebow]

So as an Irishman should I walk up to the nearest Englishman and say, 'You can't understand this, it's an Irish thing,' and then slap him, just for my mental health.

I think I'd be carted off by the police and charged with assault.

Hey it could catch on. We could all slap the Germans.
Arabs could slap Jews.
Basques could slap Spanards

Lots of us have chips on our shoulders about being done down in days long past but we don't need to slap anything for it.

Now a swift kick in the goolies, that's a whole different ball game. That'd make them double up and take notice.

 

[70/30]

What about the white bitches, they're everywhere!!

 

[Pagliacci]

I think his statement wasn't broadminded enough.

What he ought to say to make this a really openminded and loving world is to suggest slapping people not only for racial slights,but also for cultural and historical such.

That'd be great for us in Europe.
Finally getting the chance to slap people around for the 30 years war,the 100 years war and not to mention all the other things one could dream up.

Damn this man deserves the Nobel peace price.

 

[Basia]

Would the same hold true then for women having PMS?


Just walk up to the nearest thing with a panis and slap it..

Hmm... It might be good for mental health.

 

[LovetoGiveRoses]

LOL. Interesting article. I stayed away from the city this weekend because I didn't want to get caught up in traffic and other problems caused by our frequent large-scale protests. I guess I needn't have worried.

 

[Marxist]

"I want to go up to the closest white person and say, 'You can't understand this, it's a black thing,' and then slap him, just for my mental health,"

I just slapped my girlfriend, she's diggin' it...

Thanks TODD!

 

[LovetoGiveRoses]

I think we do need to do more to make "equal opportunity" more of a reality though. Reparations isn't the way to do it though. The fellow that wrote the article didn't mention that Ogletree's goal for the reparations lawsuit is to use the money to form a foundation to help people who are struggling.

I still don't agree with it, but it's a lot more sensible than giving away lots more taxpayer money to Oprah, Michael Jordan and others.

I was interested in seeing the statement that 50% of African-Americans are now middle class. That's a good thing.

I'd like to see more emphasis put into helping people who have the initiative do escape poverty regardless of their cultural heritage, especially in regards to equal opportunity in education. It sounds like Rod Paige is off to a good start, god speed to him.

 

[Allexus_TN]

Hey, I opened this thread thinking it was permission to slap my SO. Damn.

 

[SkyBluAngelEyes]

I did a huge paper for one of my college classes regarding reparations. Interesting debate going on there. The more I researched it, the more interesting it became:

There were 3,000 black slave owners in the ante-bellum United States.
Are reparations to be paid by their descendants, too?

Shouldn't the families of Union soldiers who were killed during the Civil War get reparations? It was their heroic sacrifices that freed the slaves.

Black married couples earn 80% of what white couples earn in this country, and that statistic is skewed because most blacks live in the South where overall salaries are lower. In stable black american homes, there is just about economic parity with whites.

Statement from Bill O'Reily: I firmly believe that any American, if he or she works hard and lives an honest life can now succeed in our society. This country gives everyone that opportunity. You just have to be smart enough and brave enough to seize it.

Guilt should not transfer from one generation to another. It's wrong to hang the son for the crimes of the father.


My paper was 9 pages long... I could write the whole thing. Horowitz was quoted a lot in my paper.

Naaaaaaah... it was a bitch to write in the first place.

 

[427cobra]

I'll shoot the first fucker that slaps me, lol! The whole reperations argument is invalid in the first place. We as a country and society do not hold children responsible for the crimes of their parents, so why should millions of americans be accountable for the actions of only 3000 people over 160 years ago. My family was strictly yankees and had nothing to do with either owning slaves or buying or selling them. In fact I had at least 3 ancestors who fought in the battle of gettysburg and while they were not fighting to free slaves, but to preserve the union, the outcome from the hardships they suffered should not be diminished by a bunch of greedy, devisive, racist, ignorant, fools. ANY individual of color who buys into the line of reperations bullshit is simply proving all the stereotypes to be truthful and accurate. Flame away!

 

[Schleicher]

Great article. I've always thought of my father (who'd lived through the sixties, survived an attempted carjacking by a black, and was once chased by a black with a baseball bat) as a bigot for his repeated use of the phrase, "they always want more" but that seems to be the current situation with that rally.

My ancestors are German farmers who emigrated to rural Wisconsin to escape rule by Kaisers. Not exactly slave owners, nor the rich landowners of the east. There are so many logic holes in the arguments of these people that ideally no blacks, much less any ambitious politician will latch onto them.

I really enjoyed reading the follow-up about how Rodney King spent his money. How about some follow-up on the white truck driver who got his face beaten in. Whatever happened to him? And what exactly was the legal maneuver used to put those officers back on trial for a crime they'd already been acquited of? I'd be happy to read answers anybody can supply...

 

[teddybear4play]

I really enjoyed reading the follow-up about how Rodney King spent his money. How about some follow-up on the white truck driver who got his face beaten in. Whatever happened to him? And what exactly was the legal maneuver used to put those officers back on trial for a crime they'd already been acquited of? I'd be happy to read answers anybody can supply...

I'm pretty sure they were acquitted on assault/brutality charges, then brought up in a civil suit for violating King's civil rights. I could be wrong, though.

I actually expect this issue to fade away, relatively speaking, now that everyone has seen the naked ideologies and moneylust of these people . . . not to mention their embarrassing turnout. "Millions" my ass.

TB4p

 

[SleepingWarrior]

As I said in a previous thread on this topic... The speakers at that rally really really hindered their cause with how they were talking. Another semi-quote from the rally... "All the blacks that come on TV and say reparations aren't needed are owned by the white man and are trotted out to confuse the impressional black population of America."

 

[necro potato]

I think that as long as they dont slap me too hard, I would rather get slapped than pay extra in taxes, or however it is they plan on getting my money. However, as the member of a family that definately wasn't in the US at the time of slavery (almost all my relatives came here after the whole first world war thing), I would really feel stupid and cheated paying this retribution for something neither I nor the people I inherrited my good looks from had anything to do with.

 

[The Gimp]

The last time I was that close to a white man I was tempted to slap him but it was because he kept tryiing to stick his tongue down my throat and begging me to go home with him. For some reason he just couldn't accept the fact that I'm straight

 

[VaxoP]

What i dnot get is the blacks saying the whites are racist, when it is really themselves the most racist of them all. theres a double standard here, and the blacks have the upper hand.

if a white person made "white television network" (like the existant black television network), he would be called a racist and cursed at till the end of time.

have you seen the videos some black people make? first theres will smith - in his latest music video, the blacks are all the cool guys and theres one retarted, redneck, demented looking alien who just happens to be white.

in one of nellys videos, all the blacks are cool, and the opposing team is whites. nelly steals the pitchers (white) car and runs it around the bases (HOMERUN!! ). no one says anything.

and just look at the BS these officials are getting away with, even people like michael jackson. its really sick.

halle berry and will smith were complaining that since the movie industry is owned by whites, white people win awards - it didnt occur to them that maybe results werechosen based on performance not color. halle berry smoehow won (prolly because of all the controversy) and her speech - err lets just say it shows her true acting potential (none).

why do blacks in America like to call themselves 'African American', instead of black?
We all know your roots are African.

White people have roots from Europe but they don't feel the need to mention it.

One time I refer to this guy as black and he told me to say 'African Canadian' - I told him to call me a 'European Canadian' and he thought I was being racist or making fun of him.

why thedouble standard?

 

[gangbangking]

let me respond to just a few words here, being an African Canadian myself

What i dnot get is the blacks saying the whites are racist, when it is really themselves the most racist of them all. theres a double standard here, and the blacks have the upper hand.

Upper hand , huh? I bet you get called nigger in the street....


if a white person made "white television network" (like the existant black television network), he would be called a racist and cursed at till the end of time.

Ever turn on a TV? Untill the last 10 years how many television shows had an african in the leading role...outside of a comedy?


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and just look at the BS these officials are getting away with, even people like michael jackson. its really sick.


how about Colin Powell, nelson mandela?

halle berry and will smith were complaining that since the movie industry is owned by whites, white people win awards - it didnt occur to them that maybe results werechosen based on performance not color. halle berry smoehow won (prolly because of all the controversy) and her speech - err lets just say it shows her true acting potential (none).


Lets just say you can count easily all of the famous African American movie stars..and they keep getting cast in the same obligatory roles..with exceptions

why do blacks in America like to call themselves 'African American', instead of black?
We all know your roots are African.


Well, if you do know our roots are African you just answered your own question. People who's parents came from Ireland still call themselves irish..my ancestors came over in a slave ship from Africa...do the math

One time I refer to this guy as black and he told me to say 'African Canadian' - I told him to call me a 'European Canadian' and he thought I was being racist or making fun of him.

You dont live in a culture where people get nervous when they see you walking down a street because of your skin colour. Your family didnt come to this continent against their will. i am an African canadian because if it hadnt been for a European mercantile culture we probably wouldnt be having this arguement in the first place....

 

[SkyBluAngelEyes]

I actually expect this issue to fade away, relatively speaking, now that everyone has seen the naked ideologies and moneylust of these people . . . not to mention their embarrassing turnout. "Millions" my ass.
TB4p

Do you really expect it to all go away? I don't. Blacks have been screaming about reparations since 1866 and 1867 crying out that whites profited from their slave labor. Lawsuits were filed back then. They are still going strong today.

You know what was really interesting in my research on my paper: Only a small minority of whites ever owned black slaves. This was true even for those who lived int the ante-bellum south where only ONE white in five was a slaveholder. Census records in 1860 show that there were 122 free blacks in Charleston who owned slaves. Most of them owned two slaves.

The idea that blacks still stumble around under the weight of their psychological chains is insulting -- and ironic, considering that those trying to persuade the court of this fact are multi-million dollar case winning African-American lawyers. They hardly meet the status quo.

 

[scylis]

goddamn crackahs!

 

[gangbangking]

5 acres and a mule?

Lot of people are still waiting for the government to keep their promise on that one

Only one in 5? gee thats nice knowing 20% of people owned people....

Census records> Well, take another look at your research, alot of slves were never reported at all...they were treated as property, dont imagine too many people really mentioned how many wheels or hoes they owned in a census..also censuses are highly speculative considering the typical one only covers a small portion of any population

 

[Weird Harold]

Re: 5 acres and a mule?

Census records> Well, take another look at your research, alot of slves were never reported at all...they were treated as property, ...

You've obviously never actually read anything from an early 19th century US census, have you.

They're extremely detailed and the number of slaves -- and the slaves names -- were specific questions on the census forms.

If slaves were counted as 3/5 of a constituent for the purposes of determining representation in Congress, you can bet your ass that slave rolls were inflated more than they were ignored.