SouthernN'Proud
Southern Discomfort
Two tidbits from our friends at tonguetied.us. As always, for the link hawks among us, the original sources are cited in the articles.
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Critics of proposed laws that would require people to produce photo IDs before voting call the measures racist and akin to pre-Civil War laws that prevented black Americans from voting, reports the Associated Press.
The measures, currently being considered in Indiana, Georgia and Wisconsin, are intended to cut down on fraud and boost voter confidence.
But, especially in Georgia, black lawmakers are irate, calling the proposals “an updated form of Jim Crow.”
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Of course. Making someone show valid identification is racially motivated. Who would ever think otherwise? Especially after so many elections have been contested for unregistered voters. I mean, the only explanation for it is racism, right?
Right?
*sigh*
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The San Jose Mercury News says recent allegations about steroid abuse, adultery and tax evasion against baseball player Barry Bonds are ultimately racist in origin.
Race-baiters say the fact that Bonds was closing in on Babe Ruth’s home run record was just too threatening for the white establishment to take so it is now grinding him down.
"If you have a black man who's conscious and independent and on the verge of breaking Babe Ruth's record...that's frightening," Leonard Moore, a Louisiana State University professor, told the paper. "If you speak out, if you don't play to what white America wants, there will be persecution, scrutiny and unfair reporting."
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NEWSFLASH: A black man already broke Babe Ruth's record. The earth continues to spin on its axis. Barry Bonds is being singled out because anyone with two functional eyes can see he's juiced on steroids. Because he is a complete asshole in public and with the media. Because he whines incessantly about being, well, singled out and picked on because he's black. I think those three words should be banned from the language when strung together...because (s)he's black. Black people sometimes act certain ways because they're black and know that no one will complain...because they're black. It goes both ways. I don't hear anybody making excuses for me...because I'm white. In fact, the only thing I get "because I'm white" is accused of shit that never even entered my mind.
It just never ends.
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Critics of proposed laws that would require people to produce photo IDs before voting call the measures racist and akin to pre-Civil War laws that prevented black Americans from voting, reports the Associated Press.
The measures, currently being considered in Indiana, Georgia and Wisconsin, are intended to cut down on fraud and boost voter confidence.
But, especially in Georgia, black lawmakers are irate, calling the proposals “an updated form of Jim Crow.”
**end**
Of course. Making someone show valid identification is racially motivated. Who would ever think otherwise? Especially after so many elections have been contested for unregistered voters. I mean, the only explanation for it is racism, right?
Right?
*sigh*
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The San Jose Mercury News says recent allegations about steroid abuse, adultery and tax evasion against baseball player Barry Bonds are ultimately racist in origin.
Race-baiters say the fact that Bonds was closing in on Babe Ruth’s home run record was just too threatening for the white establishment to take so it is now grinding him down.
"If you have a black man who's conscious and independent and on the verge of breaking Babe Ruth's record...that's frightening," Leonard Moore, a Louisiana State University professor, told the paper. "If you speak out, if you don't play to what white America wants, there will be persecution, scrutiny and unfair reporting."
**end**
NEWSFLASH: A black man already broke Babe Ruth's record. The earth continues to spin on its axis. Barry Bonds is being singled out because anyone with two functional eyes can see he's juiced on steroids. Because he is a complete asshole in public and with the media. Because he whines incessantly about being, well, singled out and picked on because he's black. I think those three words should be banned from the language when strung together...because (s)he's black. Black people sometimes act certain ways because they're black and know that no one will complain...because they're black. It goes both ways. I don't hear anybody making excuses for me...because I'm white. In fact, the only thing I get "because I'm white" is accused of shit that never even entered my mind.
It just never ends.
