Comments on: This Is Your Opportunity, Whitey

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:13:34 +0000

Collectively, there is a lot of racial bigotry in this country. For instance, I knew this guy who used to go to this whacked-out race based church. I mean they peddled all sorts of crazy conspiracy theories about the government giving them AIDS and that the US deserved 9/11.

One time, before he won this big award, he even got this other racist preacher to talk about how “yellow (people) can remain mellow” and he hoped “white would embrace what’s right”.

I forget what happened to him but sitting in those pews for 20 years – all I can say is “wow”! What a profile in courage.

By: 11B40

11B40 — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:24:54 +0000

Greetings:

I have long thought that to be a “liberal” or “progressive” one had to have missed out on a couple of important fairy tales. The one Attorney General Holder seems to have missed out on is the “Princess and the Pea”. My understanding of that tale is that the Princess’ shortcoming was her obsession with the presence of the pea and that because she knew it was there, no matter how many mattresses were piled upon it, it was always and forever a serious problem.

Maybe I’ll start referring to the Attorney General as Princess Holder, not that there’s anything wrong with that.

By: richard creed

richard creed — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:58:31 +0000

I have a better idea – and i have done it.In the USA race is a matter of self identification – not dna.

This is the law.

So you can change your race – and I have – I am no longer white – i am the smallest minority there is – “Other, more than four”.

If we all change our race – there is no more race and we don’t have to keep listening to this crap.

By: Cranky

Cranky — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:27:43 +0000

You don’t supposed that maybe he meant that African Americans could reach out to whites?

Nah.