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Holder: “A nation of cowards”

By Michelle Malkin • February 18, 2009 03:21 PM

AG Eric Holder says we’re a “nation of cowards” on race.

Attorney General Eric Holder described the United States Wednesday as a nation of cowards on matters of race, saying most Americans avoid discussing awkward racial issues.

In a speech to Justice Department employees marking Black History Month, Holder said the workplace is largely integrated but Americans still self-segregate on the weekends and in their private lives.

“Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and I believe continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards,” said Holder, nation’s first black attorney general.

Race issues continue to be a topic of political discussion, Holder said, but “we, as average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about race.”

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Funny. When I think of racial cowards, I think of Barack Obama at Jeremiah Wright’s church, sitting there week after week, year after year, saying nothing about the separatist demagoguery echoing from the pulpit to the pews.

When I think of racial cowards, I think of all the navel-gazers who fret about poisonous racial dialogue, but say nothing about “My President Is Black” bigotry.

When I think of racial cowards, I think of the people cowed by mau-mau-er Al Sharpton — now attacking the NYPost over a cartoon lampooning that crazy dead chimp.

When I think of racial cowards, I think of the folks who enable p.c. thugs to cry racism over “That One” and “Thug Thizzle” and “tricked out.”

Holder doesn’t want an honest dialogue about race. In the Age of Obama, “talking enough with each other about race” means the rest of us shutting up while being subjected to lectures about our insensitivity and insufficient integration on the weekends.

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Touche, Allahpundit:

…there’s an irony even more sublime here: Obama himself did everything he could to avoid race during the campaign — aside from the occasional insinuation that McCain’s a bigot — until the Wright uproar forced his hand. He could have used his platform to push the issue front and center but he decided he’d rather get elected. Holder owes his job to that, ahem, cowardice.

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#626874

On February 19th, 2009 at 10:03 am, MarkD said:

A cartoonist equates the authors of the stimulus bill to an ape. A professional race mongerer imagines that the cartoonist is referring to the president, and whips up a statement of indignation. President Bush is openly called an ape, and there is only silence.

So there needs to be a discussion of race relations. Why? Sharpton’s doing a good enough job imagining racism where none exists. Carry on, sir. The hypocrisy is evident for any who care to see. There is simply no reason to have this discussion. Why would I hand you a club to beat me with for imagined transgressions?

I won’t go into the family members of other races bit, because I have some, it’s nothing to brag about, and it’s just not that unusual anymore. IMO, the attorney-general is an overly sensitive man with a chip on his shoulder about something. Doesn’t he think he earned his Ivy League education and his law degree? Does he think he got to be attorney general because of the color of his skin? That would be my problem, how?

Yes, life is unfair. I didn’t go to law school, or an Ivy League institution and used the GI Bill to pay for part of my college education. I wouldn’t trade places with Holder on a bet. I was a Marine. I’m a man. I graduated from college. I have a family. Being white is something that happened, it’s not something I did or earned, so it’s not important in my view of myself. I have no idea how Holder views himself.

The socializing I do is either with family or the folks from karate, who are also a racially mixed group, but I don’t view that as exceptional, or anything to talk about. Everybody earned their belts the same way. In fact, it’s sort of funny – people will say something like “Brown belt Chris” when they mean the Chris who happens to be black or “Black belt Chris” when they are talking about the other Chris, who happens to be white.
#626879

On February 19th, 2009 at 10:08 am, GladzKravtz said:

Dear Mr. Holder,
You are cordially invited to the Kravtz’s home for a fine night of Budweiser and music by The Carpenters.

Sincerely,………..
#626896

On February 19th, 2009 at 10:13 am, cabrerski said:

As usual, there is no substance behind throwing out the race card.
#626899

On February 19th, 2009 at 10:15 am, jangar said:

As usual, there is no substance behind throwing out the race card.

“But I do it anyway, just to see how far I can get with it”

-Holder
-Obama
#626904

On February 19th, 2009 at 10:17 am, jangar said:

AG Eric Holder

The most powerful law enforcer in the nation, and the only thing he can think of doing is stir the race pot.
#626992

On February 19th, 2009 at 10:52 am, squidman said:

It’s so funny how Obama and his administration love to “shame” us. Thermostats, corporate jets and now racism. You just have to laugh when you compare their pretentious high mindedness to their actual conduct and record. This administration will continue to be taken less and less seriously as time goes on.
#627166

On February 19th, 2009 at 12:15 pm, GraniteMan said:

In a conversation about race, what would you talk about? How much you owe a person? How sorry you are? How wronged I am? To heal race relations we have to start at the same place, as equals. We can’t make up for the past, we can’t wallow in sorrow. It means equal opportunity. period.
#627349

On February 19th, 2009 at 1:48 pm, rightisright said:

On February 18th, 2009 at 3:55 pm, fred5676 said:

Pretty well says it, does it not. That’s how how this clown became president, RACISM! He brought it up during the campaigns not his opponents.
#627538

On February 19th, 2009 at 3:12 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

In a conversation about race, what would you talk about?

I ran the 440 in high school. That count?

The more I follow the Obama Administration the more I am convinced that his resentment of “His mother’s race” is THE over arching concern of him, his wife, Eric Holder and such. Reverend JerryBoy Wright’s God Damn America speech is who these people are–even the white guys–aka Helpful Honkies.
Yea, we could have a dialog on race. Say anything but fawn over race hustlers, cop killers and gang bangers and you will be called racist.

You could crawl on your belly and wail like a whipped animal in penitence and it would not matter to these people–they would want more. For one I am not giving the Grievance Industry the pleasure.

Hope I am not giving my people a bye but I do believe the biggest fault for the racial problem in this country is the White Guilt Cult. They keep feeding the predators and causing them to keep coming back for more. I guess they never saw the sign: Don’t Feed the Bears-they might come back eat YOU!

Just being a Credit to My Race Patron Eric, kma.
#627702

On February 19th, 2009 at 4:32 pm, Gorebot said:

Can we have Bush back now?

Please?
#627732

On February 19th, 2009 at 4:50 pm, Weary Citizen said:

Bite me, perpetual victim Holder. Keep it up. Eventually you and your ilk are going to push too far. Most whites are getting really sick of hearing the race baiter’s whining. Pr*ck.
#627798

On February 19th, 2009 at 5:59 pm, md1964 said:

…who wants to even discuss Actual Race issues, when just a comment or gesture that isn’t remotely race oriented, cause stirs, uproars, lawsuits..etc.. from the extortion kings Jackson and Sharpton..or violent threats from the nat. of islam/black panther idiots.
#627810

On February 19th, 2009 at 6:09 pm, old trooper said:

Coward?
28 years in the Army, three wars and now
some guy that was Janet Reno’s second in command for Ruby Ridge & Waco wants to call me a coward.

Whats next here?

I can’t play a Race Card. 1/6th Sioux Indian does not qualify. I never owned slaves, always paid my taxes on time and own firearms and have voted absentee on deployments to places that were dangerous but safer than Chicago or DC.

Waiting for 2010 and replacement of 1/3 of the Traitors in Office!
#627984

On February 19th, 2009 at 8:56 pm, Right is right said:

Honestly, are you kidding me? Tell me of a nation, state, bowling team, anything, comprised mostly of blacks that is productive, harmonious and peaceful. Come on, I’d love to hear one. Kiss my ***** ass Holder.
#628017

On February 19th, 2009 at 9:47 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

To me the bigger issue is Holder’s attack on our right to freely associate. Who does he think he is telling me I am some how flawed if I live in a neighborhood I like?

I think he needs to be asked to leave office. He can have any opinion he wants. As the U.S. Attorney General he is responsible for a higher standard regarding his opinions.

His comment disqualifies him to represent all Americans. His comment is racist at heart and targets our right to freely assemble.

He needs to be gone.
#628155

On February 20th, 2009 at 2:20 am, WarEagle82 said:

Not to worry. The DOJ is preparing a scale to help all of us racist crackers figure out how we score on the Eric Holder Scale of Desegregation!

Isn’t government great!
#628207

On February 20th, 2009 at 7:51 am, mytake said:

Getting past being a coward on race means being able to stand up for your political cartoonist and say describing the President as a monkey has nothing to do with race.
#628208

On February 20th, 2009 at 7:55 am, jsmiddleton4 said:

“describing the President as a monkey”

It was Nancy Pelosi who wrote the stimulus bill. The cartoon is portraying NANCY PELOSI as a monkey!
#628210

On February 20th, 2009 at 7:58 am, mytake said:

I am sure if you review the history of political cartoons there are many depictions of Presidents as apes. The Washington Post should have been “brave” on race and pointed this out.
#628212

On February 20th, 2009 at 8:00 am, mytake said:

Never thought of Nancy Pelosi as the chimp. Call NOW now!
#628235

On February 20th, 2009 at 8:26 am, jsmiddleton4 said:

mytake,

Who wrote the bill, who over saw the bill’s composition, who did Obama delegate writing the bill too?

Nancy Pelosi.

Al Sharpton looking for an opportunity to get face time is no surprise. Why folks don’t just lay out the facts of the thing to make him look stupid is beyond me.

Shooting the author of the stimulus package is shooting Nancy Pelosi or congress in general.

Facts don’t and have not mattered to Sharpton. But they do matter to me.
#628248

On February 20th, 2009 at 8:38 am, mytake said:

Exactly, Middleton. Never saw the cartoon until Reverend Al pointed it out to me. Didn’t know it was racist until he told me it was. I am now ready to pay reparations.
#629013

On February 20th, 2009 at 4:20 pm, thetoysurgeon said:

Sounds to me like Holder wants to start a fight. What do I mean?…Try going up to a black person and start talking about race…you’ll see what I mean….
#629226

On February 20th, 2009 at 8:37 pm, Kevin K. said:

On February 20th, 2009 at 2:20 am, WarEagle82 said: (#190)

Not to worry. The DOJ is preparing a scale to help all of us racist crackers figure out how we score on the Eric Holder Scale of Desegregation!

Isn’t government great!

You mean, I have to remember my friends’ ancestral history as well as their color? No points for me, I guess.