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The "Safe Negro" comment was in response to a Republican Strategist whom claimed that conservatives are attracted to Dr. Carson because he is a Black Man who would attack a Black President. Carson was not the target of the "Safe Negro" comment. The target was conservatives who think of him as a "Safe Negro".
"But I think a larger reason is that with a man blacker than Obama as a GOP lead, Dems can no longer logically continue the false narrative "GOP is racist" they've been peddling as one of their most prominent claims for years. They look ridiculous doing so now."
You're saying that you would call Carson a "Safe Negro"? After all, you claim it's not racist. What would prevent you from doing so?
You're saying that you would call Carson a "Safe Negro"? After all, you claim it's not racist. What would prevent you from doing so?
"Safe Negro" in and of its self is not racist. Depends on how its used. In this case the racism was from the Republican Strategist, who frankly was claiming (or admitting) conservatives are attracted to Dr. Carson because he is Black.
"Safe Negro" in and of its self is not racist. Depends on how its used. In this case the racism was from the Republican Strategist, who frankly was claiming (or admitting) conservatives are attracted to Dr. Carson because he is Black.
You would seriously go out on the street and call someone a "Safe Negro"?
I think that says more about you and your political ideology than anything.
Why are the people in this thread who are trying to claim Carson is the victim of racism trying so hard to ignore the fact that the man is ignorant of some pretty basic stuff and THAT is why he's getting panned? You can't claim the Founding Fathers had no political experience in elected offices and not expect to be called out for it. That's not racism! If you're a front runner you're going to get nitpicked on everything you say. It's part of the vetting process.
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Originally Posted by legalsea
Benjamin Solomon Carson, M.D., could be green, for all I care, but I would not vote for any person that believes the Earth is 6,000 years old, or that prison proves that being Gay is a 'choice', or that the pyramids of Egypt were built to store grain, etc.
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Originally Posted by Floorist
I am sure that some people don't like him because he is black and that is not right. Many didn't like Obama because he is black. But Carson just says so many stupid things that he scares me. How can you vote for a creationist? Do you really want a president who is anti-science? He reminds me too much of Sam Brownback.
This.
Most of us don't support Carson for the same reason we don't support Trump: They're both politically ignorant, inexperienced, and grossly unqualified.
Racism is still prevalent, and I'm sure there are some who don't like Carson for being AA, in much the same way sexism is still prevalent, and some don't like Hilary for this reason. But regardless of his ethnicity, Carson is simply ridiculously unqualified to be POTUS. Period. Really, that's it.
Why don't you let black people self-identify for themselves? Again, you don't get to decide that. So what?
Historically, African Americans have always had mixed parentage. Malcolm X, Ben Jealous, Lena Horne, etc.
Do you, on the same token, criticize Republicans for not adhering to scientific principles? Facts are facts. Carson has a higher percentage, a much higher percentage actually, of African ancestry. Why are you denying scientific and genealogical principles?
Nah, they will chalk it up to tokenism or demean this woman as not really being black. The fact that Republican elected the first black man to the US senate in 1870 and is responsible for the historic election of the only black person to be elected to both houses of Congress, just means that we use black people, merely for tokenism.
Why? Because democrats don't believe in equality of the races, they believe in equality for people that remain a loyal voting block to the party.
Why haven't the democrats commented about the fact that there are so many young rising stars in the GOP that are a variety of ethnic backgrounds? None of them are part of the political machine either. People like Mia Love or Janean Hampton, TEA PARTY Candidates, are winning elections all over the country and proving that the democrat's characterization of the "racist tea party" are blatantly false!
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