Quote:"these are stereotypical remarks that any leader of the civil rights movement should run away from rather than utter."
Young is drowning in his alleged racisim.
While the world swims by.
What have Young's remarks got to do with Obama's speculative candidacy?
Start a Young thread if you want a discussion about him, and I am certain you will get more than flip answers.
Miller, what is it you really want to discuss? Whatever it is, start a thread and I'm sure people will discuss it with you. Whether it's girls baring their navels, suburbanites claiming city residential status, or Andrew Young and his reputation, build the topic and people will come. What is your field of dreams?
Currently, you're coming across like the ADHD poster child of A2K, which more and more people are beginning to notice. I think you have plenty of valuable things to offer but they seem to pop up in the most random places.
snood wrote:What have Young's remarks got to do with Obama's speculative candidacy?
His/her posts deserve no more than flip answers.
Setanta wrote:It is common throughout history that sailors can't swin. The officers of the Royal Navy and the United States Navy long held that it was cruel to teach the men to swim, as once overboard, they were unlikely to be picked up, and it would only prolong their misery.
Typically stupid officers!
blatham wrote:Quote:Limbaugh handicapped races in new Survivor series, suggested "African-American tribe" worst swimmers, Hispanics "will do things other people won't do"
On August 23, Rush Limbaugh said that the competition in a new season of Survivor, in which contestants are reportedly divided into competing "tribes" by ethnicity, "is not going to be fair, if there's a lot of water events," citing an article reporting that "young blacks -- especially males -- are much more likely to drown in pools than whites." He said that "our early money" is on "the Hispanic tribe" because Hispanics "will do things other people won't do."
from mediamatters.org
Wasn't a similar comment made, a few years ago by the Cub's Coach, when he was asked about Hispanic players and heat tolerance while on the ballfield?
Miller wrote:blatham wrote:Quote:Limbaugh handicapped races in new Survivor series, suggested "African-American tribe" worst swimmers, Hispanics "will do things other people won't do"
On August 23, Rush Limbaugh said that the competition in a new season of Survivor, in which contestants are reportedly divided into competing "tribes" by ethnicity, "is not going to be fair, if there's a lot of water events," citing an article reporting that "young blacks -- especially males -- are much more likely to drown in pools than whites." He said that "our early money" is on "the Hispanic tribe" because Hispanics "will do things other people won't do."
from mediamatters.org
Wasn't a similar comment made, a few years ago by the Cub's Coach, when he was asked about Hispanic players and heat tolerance while on the ballfield?
Quite possibly. This has some relevance unapparent at first glance...second glance...third glance?
Would it, for example, excuse Limbaugh's pea-brain racism?
