Keyser native, Harvard scholar in the news (Piedmont: 2009, crime)

[Threerun]

The 'unfathomable' arrest of a black scholar - CNN.com

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

He penned a book recounting his growing up years in Keyser during the 50's. Very powerful author. The book is titled 'Colored People'.

Gates argues that black culture needs to be studied, understood and given its due as one of the many strains of contemporary American culture. He told Art in America magazine there must be "systems that account for the full complexity of American art, music and literature - in all their multicultural strains."
Gates smiles now when he says his job forces him to constantly debate issues. But that's nothing he didn't do with the Colemans and the Gates and with the students at Piedmont High School. "We argue all the time. That's a West Virginia traditions, too," Gates says. "There is something about rugged individualism you're bound to gain growing up in the mountains."

The recent events with his 'arrest' are pretty silly though.

[Hinton Bound]

The next Jesse Jackson / Al Sharpton.

The cop was leaving his house, and Gates follows him outside, berating him. I think it's the professor who acted "stupidly", and should be apologizing. But then again, there's good money to be be made playing the race card.

[Threerun]

Personally I don't think so. He's a far cut above Al Sharpton, lol.

I'd venture to say that a little blame falls on both parties with regards to the recent events, but I do believe the media is puffing it up as much as possible.

It doesn't detract from his works, which if not read- should be.

There is a young lady in the office from Keyser, and I asked her if she heard of him. "Nope". And she's a WVU grad.

[red.ochre]

"I don’t know – not having been there and not seeing all the facts – what role race played in that, but I think it’s fair to say number one any of us would be pretty angry, number two that he Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home."
-- Hussein

Unpaid Reporter : Hussein, let me get this straight, you did not say the cop was stupid?
Hussein : I meant to say something else.

Unpaid Reporter : Can you explain what you meant ". . what role race played in that"?
Hussein : I meant to say something else.

Unpaid Reporter : Okay, well, there it is boys and girls in propaganda land . . although Hussein had no more information on the incident than any of you, we can confirm, he most definitely did not call the cop stupid, nor imply in any way this could be a race incident.

[David Kennedy]

Just love these 'non issue media news flashes...and the week it will take to let this settle...while really important things cannot make the news because they do not drive 'ratings...

Could we give this one to katie couric...she needs the points.

[Sharedspirit]

Originally Posted by Threerun

Personally I don't think so. He's a far cut above Al Sharpton, lol.

I'd venture to say that a little blame falls on both parties with regards to the recent events, but I do believe the media is puffing it up as much as possible.

It doesn't detract from his works, which if not read- should be.

There is a young lady in the office from Keyser, and I asked her if she heard of him. "Nope". And she's a WVU grad.

How can anyone who grew up in Keyser and graduated from WVU not know who Henry Louis "Skip" Gates is?

I also agree that blame is on both parties. But it's also about race in this country. Most of us wouldn't react like Gates did in his situation because we haven't walked in his shoes.

Every West Virginian should learn about Gates childhood and what he went through to get where he is. It's a real eye opener and an important part of WV history.

[red.ochre]

Originally Posted by Sharedspirit

I also agree that blame is on both parties. But it's also about race in this country. Most of us wouldn't react like Gates did in his situation because we haven't walked in his shoes.

Sorry to have to pick a fight.

The occupant of the White House knew very well with his off-the-cuff comment, he was bringing race into this incident although ignorant of the facts. Both he and the Harvard Law Professor injected racism into an incident where the police were acting in the line of duty.

Sometimes cops are jerks, sometimes people are jerks, but put the blame where it's due. Anyone who has ever been beligerent with cops know they are at risk of being arrested. Harvard Law Professor, black, irrelevant . . he was being a jerk to that cop.

I'm reading this overlapping noise elsewhere so try not to take it like I'm berating you personally.

The problem with this apologist view, is the underlying implication that it's okay to be beligerent to cops if you're black. What this is asking, diminishes solutions for law enforcement everytime a black is present, potentially having officers refuse to do their job, especially with dingbats passing hate speech and hate crime laws for which they could go to jail -- for doing their job. They're supposed to coddle blacks in any incident . . let's not hurt their feelings?

There's some absurdity here.

Lola Moore, a black activist from Camden, said the president initially should have waited until he had more information to speak out. She said she understood how both parties acted the way they did.
"Being black in America, clearly I can understand the professor's overreacting," she said. "That's what we do, out of fear."
But the sergeant "has a job to do, and a responsibility to the job," Moore added. "I'm not going to call him a racist because he responded or reacted the way he did."

Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael J. Chitwood, who is white, said Obama's comments were inappropriate, especially since the president acknowledged that he did not have all the facts. "For him to make a statement that the department acted stupidly, I think, is wrong. I think it's inappropriate, and he should've just deferred on it, period," Chitwood said. "What he's done is, he's created a turmoil nationally. He's pitting police departments internally against one another. I think it's unfortunate."
Local opinions on Obama-Gates | Philadelphia Inquirer | 07/25/2009

Sgt. James Crowley is calm and reliable in situations racially hostile situs, because he was hand-picked by a black police commissioner to teach recruits how to avoid racial profiling, and Crowley has apparently been doing a stellar job at it for 5 years.
American Thinker: Obama's a Racist

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[David Kennedy]

Our colleges are filled with communist professors.
This college was Harvard, No surprise.
The communist was born in West Virginia.
I'm sure we have some others out there...

Is this media Non-event over?

[red.ochre]

Originally Posted by David Kennedy

Is this media Non-event over?

They have to entwine more propaganda into this story to endorse hate speech and hate crime bills so papa Obama can reassure the sheep this kind of thing will never happen again. As the attorneys who refuted Obama's ineligibility stated, "it will cause him harm", they will then be able to send these racists who quote the Constitution to prison for a few years because they hurt Obama's feelings.

To do : remove labeling south of the border organized crime as Hispanic, justify The Department of Justice blocking further inquiry into armed Black Panthers outside of voting stations, ACORN election fraud, etc., and get people to swallow that this is all a problem to be internalized, a white problem. And most importantly, get cops to second-guess themselves in any incident involving a black or hispanic.

Then it will be over.

If any law enforcement are reading this, my suggestion is : in any incident report, regardless of race of victim or perpetrator, check the White non-Hispanic box. Just in case, regardless of sex, check "male".

Even if he(she) screams at the top of his lungs that he(she) is black and the ghost of Johnny Cochran shows up, you swear under oath, "Nope, he was white". Doesn't speak one word of English and ACLU, MALDEF, SPLC, and La Raza (the race) show up proving he was an illegal alien who had committed identity theft and was in fact, Hispanic, you still say, "Nope, he was white." Suggest letting derogatory codewords slip too, i.e., "whitey . . ", or "cracker . .", referring to perpetrator or victim in incident, as this signals an endorphin in the sheep they are to feed. This methodology will also work with criminal Muslims, and just swear by the holy god you thought they were Mormons.