“Hey, Harry, don’t say that kind of sh*t.”
Aw, how sweet. Looks like the minority dog-and-pony show for Harry Reid went off without a hitch.
Everyone sang from the “Hail, Harry” hymn book in acceptable dialect.
Well, almost:
Bonnie Juniel, who came to the event to see Brazile, said she has been supporting Reid for 40 years and is ready to help get out the vote for him again, although she was disappointed in the language he used while speaking to the two authors of the book, “Game Change.”
“There hasn’t been anyone around that’s done a better job than him for Nevada. But he isn’t keeping up with the times. He still sounds like an old country boy,” Juniel said of the 70-year-old Reid.
Juniel said she was “utterly shocked” by his use of the word “Negro,” but she said she doesn’t hold it against him because she said other white people have said and thought the same thing.
“I think it was an innocent comment, but it shows he doesn’t have any serious dialogue with the African-American community and only knows black politicians,” she said. “If he had any real black friends, they would tell him, ‘Hey, Harry, don’t say that kind of shit.’ “
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Golly, I don’t choose my friends based on the color of their skin. Is that what the lady is suggesting? If so, I am not sure that is really going to help poor old Harry…
Again, the term ‘negro’ is only offensive because the media thinks it is the ‘n-word’. I think we should be able to say the ‘n-word’ too in a country founded on freedom of speech without concern of public backlash or outcry.
They want to talk about this because they don’t want to talk about the theft that Reid is doing to America. I don’t just blame Reid. It is the culture in Democrats that they are smarter than everyone, so they need to use the government as a weapon to make people do what they want them to do (as opposed to allowing to live freely).
The focus on the term ‘negro’ is a red herring. As is the outrage when a white person says the ‘n-word’ (the horror).
Then Nevada is in deep manure.
Good Lord, if this woman is any indication of the type person who has kept dingy Harry in office, we’re in trouble. He’s done a good job for Nevada? I think he’s done a better job for himself.
Using the word negro is the least of the problems of “poor Harry.”
Stockholm syndrome.
If Shakespeare was right and a rose is still a rose by any other name. . . then wouldn’t it be true that no matter what you call the person (to identify a person by race) it is the same as calling them the ‘n-word’?
Merely swapping out one word for another doesn’t change the meaning of the sentence you try to communicate. So if ‘the n-word’ is bad, then so is African American, black, colored, negro, saying ‘the n-word’, or any substitute. Because we all know that a rose is still a rose by any other name.
Outcry at a word is ridiculous. But our soundbite media needs to dumb down the news so that people know when to be ‘outraged’ on cue. It’s never easier than when someone says ‘the n-word’.
Well said and exactly right.
This got me wondering. What is the “correct” term for referring to black Americans these days? It has been an ever moving target for so many years that I can’t keep up. I didn’t even know that the term Negro was a pejorative. It’s just Spanish for black. While we’re at it, why are white people called Caucasians? Few of us originate from Caucasia. Is white is pejorative?
I get the feeling that I should be offended but I can’t figure out why.
I drink “Cordon Negro” so guess I am racist.
Off topic, but may be something major:
This is why I refer to myself as Euro-American on government forms when they ask for race. I think it’s more appropriate than Caucasian even though I’ve never been to Europe or Caucasia.
Once I was tempted to list my self as Non-Latino white, but I figure the Euro-American is more descriptive in today’s PC world. Actually since I’m 1/4 Scot, 1/4 Welsh and 1/2 Dutch, I should probably refer to myself as Northern Euro-American so the government doesn’t start thinking I’m descended from Mediteranian Europeans.
Don’t want to skew the data now do we?
I should not be forced to refer to myself as white, because I am not white. More of a tan color actually.
Better to not use color as a descriptor at all but in reality that is difficult to avoid. The problem is the sensitivity, often feigned for personal gain.
Here is the million dollar question: If most Americans of African descent prefer the term black, is it offensive to call them black in Portugal or Spain? Or is race pandering only an American sport?
Talk about libs saying stupid things, Danny Glover blames Haiti earthquake on global warming. “Nomesane?”
I thought it was God’s punishment for a pact Haitians made with the devil centuries ago. This is a guy who backs Republicans (What is wrong with you people? Run from this guy!!! He’s crazy!!!)
Why are such people allowed to keep their money? Why are they allowed to go anywhere near microphones and cameras?
How about Obamas? He is the messiah after all.
Strange, that’s what I was thinking when he was saying, “The war is lost.” and when he said George Bush is a “loser.”
I would encourage every one to support the United Negro College Fund and your local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People even though they use outdated, potentially racsist words in their titles.
Anybody called the United Negro College Fund for an opinion?
Note also in the article, among Dingy’s accomplishments, was to get lefty loon Johnnie Rawlinson appointed to the Ninth Circus.
Harry is an elitist who thinks he is better than everyone, as do 99% of the elected officials in DC. I’m not cutting him ANY slack on this. He actually believes he is superior. And, the comments by Bill Clinton about Obama serving “them” coffee is about as elitist and superior as it gets. The woman in this article is about as dumb as it gets. I saw this whole thing as more about politicians seeing themselves as superior and lording it over all of us. I wish Reid and all the rest were just go away.
If you’re going to post things like this, don’t leave out the single essential element just to make it more sinister than it is. The key sentence:
makes it clear that it was only precautionary. Gee, how scary. Hunters in Texas.
I wonder what she’s thinking? Oh well, pardon me, I forgot, thinking that kind of sh*t is part of your entitlement.
A. your not allowed to think and B. your only allowed to think some things if your Harry Reid or correct politically (your a D person).
I am not shocked by the word Negro. I am shocked that black people still use the antiquated term – light skinned. He is BIRACIAL.
More like tri-racial, given that he’s mostly white and Arabic.
We should all say we are colored or African-American when asked for our ‘race’ (a very poorly defined word). After all, we all have color in our skin, and we all have ancestors who came out of Africa.
Regarding the Pantex lockdown:
Really? Were they indeed employees, or just someone who said they were?
Why would it matter if they were on private land, conducting a legitimate activity? At any rate, they would have identification (although maybe not with them), since you can’t get into the plant without it.
This is a waste of conversation and will accomplish nada in the end.
From my own experience:
It is impossible to talk with someone who enjoys the righteousness of being a victim. Blacks need to stop playing the victims so America can move on.
txvet–the point is that somebody must’ve felt that things were amiss to lock down the plant. If everything was legit & copacetic, why did they get their knickers in a knot?
But what is their motivation for doing so?
As long as Americans tolerate this crap, most blacks will continue to howl for ‘justice’ for their having been ‘victimized.’
Until the American middle class screams, “ENOUGH!!” and severely punishes those who reward the playing of the racial victim card (that’s Democrats), this garbage will continue to rot our society and make the divisions in our country progressively worse.
Let’s face it, Dingy Harry is a gluteus maximus orifice and so are most of his cohorts. Yeah, that mean A******.
From victorhanson.com. It doesn’t matter what you believe or what you say. All that matters are your professed ideology.
I just use the same word that the person calls himself or others of his race.
The majority of blacks refer to themselves as “black” or “the black community.” I’ll take that as my cue.
My former brother-in-law is latino. That’s what he says and that’s what the majority of Mexican and Central Americans call themselves. He refers to whites as “anglos.” I’ve heard some Mexican men call a very good looking Mexican woman “latina.” Okay. This isn’t rocket science.
Works for me. I’m not offended by words. Stick and stones and all that…
Harry meant to use “Black” but he was alternating between English and Spanish to appeal to a wider range of voters.
Sounds good, but the democrats have hoodwinked the black community into believing that Republicans are the racists for not wanting to give them government handouts. The blacks now believe they are entitled to the handouts due to the past treatment of blacks. So, the democrats get the black vote through lies.
Of course, the democrats don’t tell them that it was the democrats that were instrumental in that treatment. So, bascially we are paying reparations for slavery, just not in those specific words.
No, the point is, they identified a potential problem, and took precautionary measures. No need to try to blow it up to be more than it was.
My point was it is the American middle class that is responsible for ending this. As long as they continue to elect Democrat politicians who will treat blacks as victims and give them perks (like affirmative action and a pass on bad behavior (like Gates)) in the name of ‘justice,’ it makes no practical sense for individual blacks to reject the label and the perks.
Until the American Voter smashes the Democrat Party in the teeth for its anti-white, anti-asian racism, the divisiveness will only get worse.
It’s pointless to blame the black community when it’s the American Voter who is directly at fault every single time they vote for any Democrat.
“That f***ing Harry Reid should stop saying stupid f***ing $h*t.”
~Patty Blagojevich
If my dad was a white man from Johanasburg, would I be an African-American?
cicerokid–
LOL; mrspaceycakes is…he is South African, now a US citizen. So yes, he is African-American.
My dad was a prominent UNLV sports booster in the early 1980’s and through his business partner we knew Harry Reid.
During a game in the early eighties, UNLV was blowing out Loyola Marymount and we stayed in the lobby to finish our beers after the second half started. We bumped into Reid who was than our districts congressional representative, and he joined us. Dad was a conservative Democrat, and at that time so was Sen. Reid. We had some pleasant conversation and after a while, we needed to leave the lobby to see the final few minutes of the game.
Before we parted the Senator reminded us who to support in the coming election. I’ll never forget that Dad said to Reid “Harry, as a person I think the world of you. If you needed me to come over and help you with your yard, you know I would”. But as a lawyer-politician I have no use for any of you guys. You guys would sell your mothers for votes, money, and power, and the little guys keep getting screwed”. Sen. Reid then said to my dad “Bob, you’ve known me for years. I’m not like that. All I want is what is best for Las Vegas and Nevada”.
History has shown that Dad was right. Harry has changed his philosophy over the years. He has not done right by Nevadans,and he has consistanly kept screwing the little guy. He has all but sold his mother for votes, money, and power. He has proved himself to be a liar and a disgrceful man. Of note, Senator Reid’s soon to be successor in the senate,Danny Tarkanian, was playing point guard for UNLV that day.
Me? I call myself “native american”. No, not because I belong to some tribal group but because I was BORN HERE!
My direct ancestor through my paternal line came to these shores as an indentured servant in 1674. My direct ancestor through my paternal grandmother’s line came to these shores in 1741.
I’m an American and, like Teddy Roosevelt, I wouldn’t give a damn for a “hypenated American.”
ECS
And this is why I said you shouldn’t make a tempest in a teapot over those hunters.
Personally, I find the term “Anglo” to be somewhat offensive.
“Anglo” means “English.” I am not English.
Now, I am part English, but I am also Scottish, Irish, Welsh, Mexican, Native American, and *shudder* French.
I am an American mutt. If pressed for a “race” I say Celtic. If they press further, I am a member of the Scottish clan Irvine.
Ultmately, I am an American, no hyphen.
There should be no hyphenated Americans! I always put American on forms that ask for “ethnic or racial background” and really mess up their stats. Ha! Love it!