Comments on: Let’s talk about “reverse racism.” (Edited 7-22-09)

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:27:50 +0000

since when was being a minority a disability????

By: beamish

beamish — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:08:50 +0000

ANOTHER VIDEO: http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/239122/july-20-2009/reverse-racism—geoffrey-canada

Geoffrey Canada can’t find any area where white men are being disproportionately victimized.

By: beamish

beamish — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:03:34 +0000

VIDEO: http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/239121/july-20-2009/reverse-racism

Colbert referred to Buchanan, who has been appearing on MSNBC all week claiming Sotomayor has “a lifelong resolve to discriminate against white males,” as a reverse civil rights leader, and showed a clip of him saying, “White men were 100% of the people who wrote the Constitution, 100% of the people who signed the Declaration of Independence, 100% of the people who died at Gettysburg and Vicksburg.” This, of course, prompted Colbert to say, “YEAH, where were the black guys during the Civil War? Come on, I’m not saying they all should have volunteered, just three fifths of them.” (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/21/colbert-mocks-conservativ_n_241764.html)

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:21:35 +0000

Cool, let me know what happens. I’m in.

By: beamish

beamish — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:20:10 +0000

it’s not; i was just curious. i might rent it for myself.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:16:52 +0000

Where is it being screened? I saw it a couple years back but I’d certainly watch it again. Heavy moral amiguity–it leaves you with a bad feeling, but in a good way (lol wut?). I’m a big fan of Spike Lee. Bamboozled and Get On the Bus are two enormously underrated (and underwatched) films–I might even like them better than Do the Right Thing. Both lay the ugliness of modern racism on thick.

By: beamish

beamish — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:08:51 +0000

and good point, danyo.

By: beamish

beamish — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:07:40 +0000

anyone else interested in a screening of Do The Right Thing, the 1989 film, this weekend?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/20/spike.lee.right.thing/index.html

this article reminded me of it… i haven’t seen it, but i know the illustrious m. perry used it his freshman writing class pretty consistently. the discussions and assignments based on it looked great for conversation.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:45:34 +0000

Something people haven’t seemed to pick up on, at least to any major extent, during this whole Sotomayor-reverse-racism business is that the plaintiff in the “white firefighters denied promotions” case, Frank Ricci, was actually hired as a firefighter in the first place due to laws prohibiting discrimination in the workplace and equal-opportunity employment. Ricci was denied employment when he couldn’t pass the test due to his dyslexia. He sued, saying he was unfairly denied the job, citing the Americans with Disabilities Act.

These laws designed to protect the rights of minorities and prevent employment discrimination sure are great…as long as you can use them to your own personal gain. Because if someone ELSE benefits from them, well, that would be just plain wrong.

http://www.slate.com/id/2222087/?from=rss

By: Grant

Grant — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:16:47 +0000

Have you also noticed the patronizing tone many of the Republican senators have taken with Sotomayor, even though she is clearly their intellectual better? When Jeff Sessions of AL asked her “Do you know what identity politics means?” I almost threw up.