2014 elections--what do they mean?

[MalibuGuru]

Sadly, notwithstanding the above nonsense, the new attorney general sounds as bad as the old one. She is another race baiter, who will turn off the electorate. She will protect the president instead of Americans. She will divide the country as usual under this president.

I actually like her demeanor. But her rhetoric is horrible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcH4ZWA1seY

[mac]

Bard--you persist in using your own viewpoint to belittle the experience of those who grew up in this country and experienced racial prejudice. You continue to argue that we are in a post-racial society, ignoring all evidence to the contrary. You continue to argue that people who persist in battling government-sponsored discrimination like voting restrictions are race baiters. Who are you trying to convince, yourself?

There is an accurate term for people who persist in battling government-sponsored discrimination. Brave.

[real-human]

[swchandler]

Bard, seems to me that with Loretta Lynch's nomination to the US Attorney General position, divisive folks are zeroing in on any past African-American events that she participated in hopes that the can cast her in a negative light. I think that we all know that the nation as a whole recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of MLK's milestone efforts in support of civil rights. While it might not have been something that you wanted to happen, you can't deny the facts in the struggle for African-American civil rights and the importance of what was achieved for blacks.

I don't know if you've been watching the PBS show, "Finding Your Roots", hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., but in some of its episodes it presents a insightful view of the actual history of ancestors of important black figures. What one realizes is that it wasn't that long ago that slavery, and a later Jim Crow environment in the south greatly affected the lives of generations of black Americans. Although the show most often highlights the determination and successes achieved by these families, there are events and circumstances that reveal the stark realities of slavery and the difficulties that African-Americans faced in those times. It might seem easy for white folks like us to look the other way and to want to ignore our not to distant past in America, it's difficult for blacks to see things the same way, particularly in light of the fact that racial discrimination still exists today.

Do us a favor and avoid highlighting the events being dug up by some hateful folks trying to present a negative picture of notable and successful African-Americans just because they might reflect on their blackness and the struggles that African-Americans face. I would hope that we would evaluate individuals like Loretta Lynch based on her record as a lawyer and a judge, and not as a civil rights activist as you seem to imply.

[MalibuGuru]

The Neanderthals no longer exist. The kkk and skin heads have zero power. No media power, no monetary power, NOTHING. They are ancient history. Please show me a racist with power. Please. I would like to sue him out of existence.

[pueno]

[real-human]

[MalibuGuru]

5000 KKK members in the US? Are you f-ing kidding me? That is a proverbial drop in the ocean dude. More guys than that go to prison each and every day. 350,000,000 people can't deal with 5000? How pathetic.

And Pueno, Koch daddy is dead isn't he?

[pueno]

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