Quite interesting… Reverse Racism?

Hey all,
    Somehow, I came across this page in my busy schedule, and the article looked interesting. The article has been titled “Reverse Racism” but the title itself is a blooper, since racism is always racism, irrespective of who does it to whom.

    The article is about an African American who acted in a racist way against a white. Hmmmmm…. Like I said, the title itself is stupid, but its not everyday that we come across such happenings…

For the First Time, Justice Department Alleges Voting Disenfranchisement Against Whites

MACON, Miss. — In overwhelmingly black and Democratic Noxubee County, Miss., everybody knows local Democratic Party Chairman Ike Brown.

Officials at the U.S. Justice Department know Brown too; they’re suing him.

Using the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the government has alleged that Brown and local elections officials discriminated against whites. It is the first time the Justice Department has ever claimed that whites suffered discrimination in voting because of race.

“When I read the letter, it was junk, you know, bogus,” Brown told ABC News.

The Justice Department says Brown and local elections officials disenfranchised whites — challenging their voting status, rejecting their absentee ballots and telling voters to choose candidates according to race.

Brown says he has merely tried to keep white Republicans from voting in Democratic primaries. He says the lawuit is all political — an attempt to discredit him because the Democratic Party in eastern Mississippi has been doing so well at bringing new voters to the polls, which may mean someday soon that Mississippi, a red state, could turn blue.

“The Justice Department’s become an arm of the RNC,” Brown said.

The Justice Department would not comment, but county prosecutor Ricky Walker is a potential witness for the government. Walker was surprised when Brown recruited a black candidate who didn’t even live in the county to run against him. Walker, after all, is a Democrat.

“Mr. Brown seems to favor black candidates,” Walker said. “He’s always encouraged blacks to vote strictly for the black candidates.”

Unapologetic About Bias

Brown is unapologetic.

He says some local white Democrats aren’t “true” Democrats.

“We support the black candidates because we’re sure they’re going to vote in the liberal interest,” Brown said.

The case takes on added complexities given the state’s turbulent history during and after the civil rights era, especially those struggles having to do with voting. Mississippi is where civil rights leader Medgar Evers was murdered, as were the three civil rights workers looking to register blacks to vote, as depicted in the film “Mississippi Burning.”

The president of the Mississipi NAACP, Derrick Johnson, says there is still plenty of discrimination against black voters in the state, and he questions the Bush administration’s priorities in bringing this suit.

“We’ve had several issues over the years of what appeared to be racial discrimination against black voters and the Justice Department has yet to come in and do a thorough investigation,” Johnson said. “And for them to take on this case is highly unusual and very suspect.”

But others in the civil rights community take a more circumspect attitude in the case against Brown.

“Voting is precious. It’s a right that people sacrificed for for years and years,” said Leslie Burl McLemore, director of the Fannie Lou Hamer Institute at Jackson State University. “There is a way to encourage participation, and it can be done without having to discriminate against another set of voters.”

Racial Divide

Like so many things in Noxubee’s Macon community, opinions about the case divide along racial lines. Residents opined at Geneva’s Kitchen, a local restaurant, over soul food and sweet tea.

“I think Ike’s a pretty good man,” local resident Alonzo Phillips told ABC News.

“I guess he do target, you know, the Republicans, and they are white. Most of them,” said Geneva, the restaurant’s owner.

On Main Street, whites express different sentiments: “I think Ike Brown is a racist,” said a white man.

“I think we’re getting a little dose of our ancestors’ medicine, if you want to know the truth,” said another.

Those ghosts from civil rights battles past have never left Noxubee County, and they continue to influence the way the case against Brown is viewed. But guilty or innocent, the Justice Department wants this case to be about Brown, not the state’s historical disenfranchisement of black voters.

REPORT FROM : ABC NEWS

    Yet again, another instance of Racism! Fate is playing with me… First, I had the GOOD news about NYC banning a racist word. And a couple of hours later, here we have ANOTHER racist attempt! Dear God!

    Dear reader, lets join hands! WE NEED to stop this idiotic disease from spreading! We call ourselves civilized animals, and give the animals stock to laugh at, with our stupid actions, like racism!

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New York City bans the N-word for better racial understanding!

Hey all,
    I read this from Reuters, and it looks good! The New York City Admin haas banned the word “nigger” from the city. The word is used as an obscene slang for African Americans. This is a very understanding move by the NYC and I think that it is another step forward into the Race Against Racism!

    Here is the report from Reuters…

New York City bans racial slur

By Daniel Trotta

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City symbolically banned use of the word nigger on Wednesday, the latest step in a campaign that hopes to expunge the most vile of racial slurs from hip hop music and television.

The City Council unanimously declared a moratorium that carries no penalty but aims to stop youth from casually using the word, considered by most Americans to be the most offensive in the English language.

The New York City measure follows similar resolutions this month by the New York state assembly and state senate, and supporters of the ban are taking their campaign to The Recording Academy, asking it not to nominate musicians for Grammy awards if they use the word in their lyrics.
Many rap artists and young New Yorkers toss the word around as a term of endearment or as a substitute for black, angering some black leaders who consider those who use it as ignorant of the word’s hate-filled history in slavery and segregation.

“This could be the beginning of a movement,” councilman Albert Vann said.

Councilman Leroy Comrie, a sponsor of the moratorium, said the campaign against the word has gained strength since comedian Michael Richards spewed it in a racially charged tirade in Los Angeles.
The Laugh Factory club where Richards performed has since banned comedians from using the word there and the former “Seinfeld” television star has apologized.

“The Michael Richards incident really brought it to another level. It has forced people to express their outrage. Many people had been seething quietly,” Comrie said.

Comrie also asked TV network Black Entertainment Television to stop using the word in its shows. Representatives of BET did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

A Grammy spokesman said he doubted the academy’s 11,000 voting members would support any measure that might censor artists.

“They are not going to be supportive of something that excludes someone simply because they are using a word that is offensive,” said Ron Roecker, vice president of communication for the Recording Academy.
The city resolution calling for the moratorium traces the etymology of the word from the Latin “niger,” meaning black, to its first documented written use in 1786 as a term slave masters used to label their African slaves.

Use of the word by blacks exploded with the rise of rap music in recent years, and some black comedians like Chris Rock continue to use it in their routines.

“What, is there a fine? Am I going to get a ticket?” Rock mocked in a Reuters interview when asked about the City Council move. “Do judges say, ‘10 years, nigger!’”

Rock said politicians were trying to divert attention from real problems: “Enough real bad things happen in this city to worry about how I am going to use the word.”

    Yep. There you have it folks. And yes, I think its a brilliant move! Keep it up dear world of mine, and we will squash those idiots who think, act, and marvel like racists… Join the race against racism!


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