leading Chicago Democrat urges return to segregation. (Congress, interview, racism)

[wutitiz]

Rahm Emanuel and the Politics of Race in Chicago

A Democrat congress critter and friend of Pres Obama speaks for segregation and racism.

Davis said it was “just kind of natural” for people to rally behind a candidate of their own color or ethnicity. He drew an example from his boyhood on a farm in Arkansas. “When I went into the barnyard,” he explained later during an interview, “I never saw a chicken leading a group of turkeys.”

I have yet to hear the Democratic denouncement of this. I guess they are a-ok with segregationism now.

[theunbrainwashed]

That's not the meaning I got from the article, or from your quote

[hoffdano]

That article is almost three years old.

And it doesn't advocate segregation of the population. It is simply an article about the realities of politics - which can't escape race issues.

[saltine]

Originally Posted by wutitiz

Rahm Emanuel and the Politics of Race in Chicago

A Democrat congress critter and friend of Pres Obama speaks for segregation and racism.



I have yet to hear the Democratic denouncement of this. I guess they are a-ok with segregationism now.

Imagine the firestorm if a gop candidate said such things

[wutitiz]

Originally Posted by hoffdano

That article is almost three years old.

And it doesn't advocate segregation of the population. It is simply an article about the realities of politics - which can't escape race issues.

Yes but the guy who said it is still in office. And yes he advocates segregation of political alignment along racial lines, clearly and overtly.

This is not a problem????

[Don Draper]

Originally Posted by theunbrainwashed

That's not the meaning I got from the article, or from your quote

I don't know where anyone would get segregation from the article

I don't agree with voting for someone based on their race or background, but to call it segregation is stupid

[jackmccullough]

Originally Posted by wutitiz

I have yet to hear the Democratic denouncement of this. I guess they are a-ok with segregationism now.

Yeah, that might have something to do with the fact that your post is a lie.

[BentBow]

Originally Posted by wutitiz

Rahm Emanuel and the Politics of Race in Chicago

A Democrat congress critter and friend of Pres Obama speaks for segregation and racism.



I have yet to hear the Democratic denouncement of this. I guess they are a-ok with segregationism now.

President Lincoln said something very similar. The man that ended slavery.

Something to the effect that we are all free people, but we are not the same.

[wutitiz]

Originally Posted by jackmccullough

Yeah, that might have something to do with the fact that your post is a lie.

I prefer to say 'I misspoke,' but say did you chime in on this one?
Republican says all blacks in US should be rounded up and forcably relocated.

Or is it just when a conservative puts on a dog and pony show that your outrage takes flight?

[dsjj251]

Originally Posted by wutitiz

Rahm Emanuel and the Politics of Race in Chicago

A Democrat congress critter and friend of Pres Obama speaks for segregation and racism.



I have yet to hear the Democratic denouncement of this. I guess they are a-ok with segregationism now.

this is from 2011

And your argument doesnt even make sense considering Rahm Emmanuel is the mayor of Chicago and not any of the black candidates. (of course, even if they were it wouldnt make your point)