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I was just pointing out that anti-white, anti-male bias is clearly not considered acceptable, contrary to what you stated. The evidence against Sherrod was not

I was just pointing out that anti-white, anti-male bias is clearly not considered acceptable, contrary to what you stated. The evidence against Sherrod was not mistaken so much as manipulated to project an anti-white bias that immediately got her fired. In the essay, the examples were chosen to illustrate his point, and were very non-contentious in my opinion. I see no "bad lesson," per say, but I'm not sure I understand what you're getting at.

jerf 16y ago
Yes, but might I point out that it was news that it was unacceptable? It's actually a new development, compared to the past twenty-ish years. See also the recent spate of articles about anti-poor white discrimination at colleges. Emphasis recent. Also, the full Sherrod story if you really dig into it is yet more complicated; at first she was clearly racist in the news, then clearly not, then if you really look at the whole story you get something much more... inbetween, to be gracious about it, which when it comes to degrees of racism is still not exactly high praise. I would still not want my government full of people like that; her non-racism is more of the "some of my best friends are white"/"not that there's anything wrong with that" sort of thing than true colorblindness.
yummyfajitas 16y ago
The evidence against Sherrod was not mistaken so much as manipulated to project an anti-white bias that immediately got her fired. The evidence "against Sherrod" was not about Sherrod at all. It was about demonstrating that her audience (the NAACP) is tolerant of racism, as long as it is the right kind of racism. From the original article: In the first video, Sherrod describes how she racially discriminates against a white farmer[...] Eventually, her basic humanity informs that this white man is poor and needs help. But she decides that he should get help from “one of his own kind”...Sherrod’s racist tale is received by the NAACP audience with nodding approval and murmurs of recognition and agreement. Hardly the behavior of the group now holding itself up as the supreme judge of another groups’ racial tolerance. Go read the article - Sherrod is nothing but a minor anecdote in what is primarily a criticism of liberals, the media and the NAACP and a defense of the Tea Party. http://biggovernment.com/abreitbart/2010/07/19/video-proof-the-naacp-awards-racism2010/ http://biggovernment.com/abreitbart/2010/07/19/video-proof-t...
- dgabriel 16y ago
  Breitbart has proven to me twice now that he is an unreliable source. Viewing the video in its entirety, I witnessed no such acceptance.
- jbooth 16y ago
  Yes, a criticism of liberals, the media, and the NAACP, that hinges on doctoring a video to make an innocent woman look like a racist. The dude she was allegedly being racist to, white farmer, actually went on a bunch of media shows to say how great she was and how she helped them in their time of need. Darn white-hating liberals.
  - w00pla 16y ago
    > Yes, a criticism of liberals, the media, and the NAACP, that hinges on doctoring a video to make an innocent woman look like a racist. Criticism of the media hinges on the fact that they cover some things (e.g. white kids beating up a black kid) extremely intensely, but ignores cases where the reverse happens.
    - jbooth 16y ago
      Dude, give me a break. If you're a white American male, and you're gonna whine about the discrimination you face in life, you need to wake the fuck up. Literally everybody else on earth has it worse than you. Grow up and take responsibility for your own situation.
      - nuclear_eclipse 16y ago
        > Literally everybody else on earth has it worse than you. Grow up and take responsibility for your own situation. So when I was trying to go to university and my family was too poor to pay my tuition, but I could only apply to <40% of scholarships available because I was white instead of a "minority", that's better off than everybody else? How is "taking responsibility" going to fix that sort of reverse discrimination? Why is it OK for scholarships to focus on poor minorities, but it's not OK for scholarships to focus on poor caucasions?

jerf 16y ago

Yes, but might I point out that it was news that it was unacceptable? It's actually a new development, compared to the past twenty-ish years. See also the recent spate of articles about anti-poor white discrimination at colleges. Emphasis recent. Also, the full Sherrod story if you really dig into it is yet more complicated; at first she was clearly racist in the news, then clearly not, then if you really look at the whole story you get something much more... inbetween, to be gracious about it, which when it comes to degrees of racism is still not exactly high praise. I would still not want my government full of people like that; her non-racism is more of the "some of my best friends are white"/"not that there's anything wrong with that" sort of thing than true colorblindness.

yummyfajitas 16y ago

The evidence against Sherrod was not mistaken so much as manipulated to project an anti-white bias that immediately got her fired. The evidence "against Sherrod" was not about Sherrod at all. It was about demonstrating that her audience (the NAACP) is tolerant of racism, as long as it is the right kind of racism. From the original article: In the first video, Sherrod describes how she racially discriminates against a white farmer[...] Eventually, her basic humanity informs that this white man is poor and needs help. But she decides that he should get help from “one of his own kind”...Sherrod’s racist tale is received by the NAACP audience with nodding approval and murmurs of recognition and agreement. Hardly the behavior of the group now holding itself up as the supreme judge of another groups’ racial tolerance. Go read the article - Sherrod is nothing but a minor anecdote in what is primarily a criticism of liberals, the media and the NAACP and a defense of the Tea Party. http://biggovernment.com/abreitbart/2010/07/19/video-proof-the-naacp-awards-racism2010/ http://biggovernment.com/abreitbart/2010/07/19/video-proof-t...

dgabriel 16y ago
Breitbart has proven to me twice now that he is an unreliable source. Viewing the video in its entirety, I witnessed no such acceptance.
jbooth 16y ago
Yes, a criticism of liberals, the media, and the NAACP, that hinges on doctoring a video to make an innocent woman look like a racist. The dude she was allegedly being racist to, white farmer, actually went on a bunch of media shows to say how great she was and how she helped them in their time of need. Darn white-hating liberals.
- w00pla 16y ago
  > Yes, a criticism of liberals, the media, and the NAACP, that hinges on doctoring a video to make an innocent woman look like a racist. Criticism of the media hinges on the fact that they cover some things (e.g. white kids beating up a black kid) extremely intensely, but ignores cases where the reverse happens.
  - jbooth 16y ago
    Dude, give me a break. If you're a white American male, and you're gonna whine about the discrimination you face in life, you need to wake the fuck up. Literally everybody else on earth has it worse than you. Grow up and take responsibility for your own situation.
    - nuclear_eclipse 16y ago
      > Literally everybody else on earth has it worse than you. Grow up and take responsibility for your own situation. So when I was trying to go to university and my family was too poor to pay my tuition, but I could only apply to <40% of scholarships available because I was white instead of a "minority", that's better off than everybody else? How is "taking responsibility" going to fix that sort of reverse discrimination? Why is it OK for scholarships to focus on poor minorities, but it's not OK for scholarships to focus on poor caucasions?