Are the Black Panthers racist?
Are the Black Panthers racist?
how does one assign an individual trait to a collective?
I imagine some individuals are racist, but the purpose of the movement has nothing to do with race issues.
Not the topic of this thread.
Pretty simple question here.
As a group, a collective, is the Tea Party movement racist?
Yeah, but you get my drift. Somebody wants to declare the Tea Party racist and already has. I have seen this topic before, and some forums consider it a given for Tea Partiers to be all racist.
And yet all the votes, and responses in this thread have been no.
Pretty simple question here.
As a group, a collective, is the Tea Party movement racist?
Not in any overt way, no. Do they appeal to some racists, sure. They are not alone in that. And there are questions concerning the timing of their rise, since none of this is new today. But I see no overt racism on the whole.
The Democrat Party’s Long and Shameful History of Bigotry and RacismThe next time Democrats take to the national airwaves to dishonestly accuse Republicans of racial hatred, remember who the historical record up until this very day points to as the real bigots: The Democrat Party. In all possible ways, the Democrat Party is built around the pillars of ultra leftists, many of whom are known participants in racism and/or affiliates of racist hate groups. Consider the Democrat Party of today's heroes and leaders:
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Democrat icon and orchestrator of Japanese Internment
- Ex-House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, former affiliate of a St. Louis area racist group
- Ex-Senate President Pro Tempore Robert Byrd, former Ku Klux Klansman known for making bigoted slurs on national television
- Rev. Jesse Jackson, Democrat keynote speaker and race hustler known for making anti-Semitic slurs
- Rev. Al Sharpten, Democrat activist and perennial candidate and race hustler known inciting anti-Semitic violence in New York City
- Sen. Ernest Hollings, leading Democrat Senator known for use of racial slurs against several minority groups
- Lee P. Brown, former Clinton cabinet official and Democrat mayor of Houston who won reelection using racial intimidation against Hispanic voters
- Andrew Cuomo, former Clinton cabinet official and Democrat candidate for NY Governor who made racist statements about a black opponent.
- Dan Rather, Democrat CBS news anchor and editorialist known for using anti-black racial epithets on a national radio broadcast
- Donna Brazile, former Gore campaign manager known for making anti-white racial attacks. Brazile has also worked for Jackson, Gephardt, and Michael Dukakis
The simple truth is that the Democrat Party's history during this century is one closely aligned to bigotry in a record stemming largely out of the liberal New Deal era up until the modern day. Bigots are at the center of the Democrat party's current leadership and role models. And in a striking display of hypocrisy, many of the same Democrats who dishonestly shout accusations of "bigotry" at conservatives are practicing bigots of the most disgusting and disreputable kind themselves.
It's founding principles were based in economics, so it's not inherently racist. But it has clearly attracted some/many (I'm not sure which) racists. Even some black Republicans have questioned the role of race in the movement. So I would say it's founding economic ideas are not racist, but that it attracts racists. I think the question of why it attracts these people needs to be explored more.
That is impressive coming from many here. It is refreshing to see that from so many because I just came from a site that had branded the Tea Party on a par to the KKK.
It's a movement that is racially biased as a result of the socioeconomic realities of the group but I don't think it is racist.
There are bigots in every party. Some just more overt than others.
The Democrat Party’s Long and Shameful History of Bigotry and Racism
1. Do you have support for that claim?It doesn't attract racists any more than any other group, so why even say that?
1. You should start using Google and Wikipedia more.What black Republicans have questioned the role of race in the TP movement? Surely not Alan West, or Herman Cain.
Brandon Brice, a primary black speaker at a tax-day Tea Party rally, said he was worried about the movement, noting that, "It's strayed away from the message of wasteful spending and Washington not listening to its constituents, and it's become more of this rally of hate." Lenny McAllister, a Republican commentator, author and Tea Party supporter said he has seen racism within the movement and has confronted it, and like Brice, thinks leaders of [/B]the Tea Party movement must not ignore the issue[/B]. McAllister told the Washington Post, "The people are speaking up and becoming more educated on the issues, but you have fringe elements that are defining this good thing with their negative, hateful behavior."
Jean Howard-Hill, leader of the National Republican African American Caucus, wrote that, "Any movement which cannot openly denounce racism, calling it out as wrong troubles me. To attack President Obama on his policy is one thing, but to do so on his race or some hysterical pretext of socialism is yet another." During an interview on NPR with Michel Martin, columnist Cynthia Tucker and Lenny McAllister discussed racism and the Tea Parties; Tucker wrote about the interview, concluding that McAllister's take on racism was that he'd seen enough racist signs at other Tea Party gatherings to know that racism is associated with the movement.
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