panning for racism.....

[gardenweasel]

http://campaign2012.washingtonexami...tial/ed-cain-says-what-white-gopers-want-hear

"On his show last night, Schultz said that Demint, whom Cain has mentioned as a potential running mate, repeated an "old southern racist term when talking about defeating President Obama during the health care debate." Schultz's example? He quoted Demint saying that "If we are able to stop Obama on this [health care law], it will be his Waterloo. It will break him." For clarity, Schultz repeated the offending line, "It will break him."
Dr. James Peterson, director of Africana studies at Lehigh University, explained that "break" is a racist verb, "a term that was used to destroy, mentally and physically, slaves."


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:0005 ..wtf?....seems like to a professor of "africana studies" any word is racist...come to think of it,what was the name of that bigot who came up with the term "break dancing"? ...i`d like a word with that guy.....:chairshot

/can it possibly get any more absurd?...yes...it can and probably will before november...

 

[buddy]

gimme a break

:s2:

 

[StevieD]

gimme a break

:s2:

Cut that out!

 

[Skulnik]

Truth Hurts Liberals, Pity Really.

Cry me a River, BoyZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.

TIA


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[Trench]

It's not the word. It's the context.

Slave breakers were common during the antebellum period.

Are you guys really this ignorant of history? :shrug:

 

[Skulnik]

It's not the word. It's the context.

Slave breakers were common during the antebellum period.

Are you guys really this ignorant of history? :shrug:

Really?

Race Baitors are Race Baitors Trench, you know that these people are just throwing shit on the wall to see what sticks.

JMHO

PITY REALLY

:0008

 

[Trench]

Really?

Race Baitors are Race Baitors Trench, you know that these people are just throwing shit on the wall to see what sticks.

JMHO

PITY REALLY

:0008

It's not really that big a stretch.

Have you ever heard another politician use the phrase "It will break him" when referring to another politician?

I never have. :shrug:

 

[ssd]

Ivan Drago was racist?

Who knew!


Really, Trench? You think that they were referring to a word from the antebellum period? I doubt they would know what "antebellum period' meant if you asked them.

The main thrust of the conversation was Waterloo- the spot of Napolean's defeat.

 

[Trench]

Really, Trench? You think that they were referring to a word from the antebellum period? I doubt they would know what "antebellum period' meant if you asked them.

I can only think of two historical examples in which the phrase "It will break him" was typically used... breaking horses and breaking slaves.

I'll give Demint the benefit of the doubt and conclude that he was connoting the latter.

 

[ssd]

Well, call me naive......but I do not go looking for examples or instances of racism.

There are plenty out there in the open to have to go hunting for it by pulling up obscure references from the antebellum period of our history.

Seems to me, someone has an axe to grind with Demint