Obama: Country Must Fight ‘Impulse to Call Johnny Back for a Job Interview But Not Jamal’

PJ Tatler ^ | 6-26-2015 | Bridget Johnson

[Sir Napsalot]

(snip)

But, the president continued, “I don’t think God wants us to stop there” at just taking flags down.

“Perhaps it causes us to examine what we’re doing to cause some of our children to hate. Perhaps it softens hearts towards those lost young men, tens and tens of thousands caught up in the criminal-justice system and lead us to make sure that that system’s not infected with bias, that we embrace changes in how we train and equip our police so that the bonds of trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve make us all safer and more secure,” he said.

“Maybe we now realize the way a racial bias can infect us even when we don’t realize it so that we’re guarding against not just racial slurs but we’re also guarding against the subtle impulse to call Johnny back for a job interview but not Jamal, so that we search our hearts when we consider laws to make it harder for some of our fellow citizens to vote.”

Obama also resurrected his calls for more gun control, stressing “for too long, we’ve been blind to the unique mayhem that gun violence inflicts upon this nation.”

“The vast majority of Americans, the majority of gun owners want to do something about this. We see that now,” he said. “And I’m convinced that by acknowledging the pain and loss of others, even as we respect the traditions, ways of life that make up this beloved country, by making the moral choice to change, we express God’s grace.”

The president added it would “be a betrayal of everything Reverend Pinckney stood for, I believe, if we allow ourselves to slip into a comfortable silence again.”

[zzwhale]

is this guy serious
i envision amped up organ music and james brown moves across the stage and a colleciton
during this type of pandering b.s.
can i get an amen....
HEY SFB POS BARRY..... IF JAMAL COULD READ AND WRITE HE’D GET THE CALLBACK... THERE IS A LIMITED MARKET FOR EBONICS SPEAKING ASSCRACK SHOWING JIVEASS ILLITERATE THUGS... SMOKE THAT CRACKHEAD...
I CALLED TRAYVON BUT HE DIDN’T ANSWER
I CALLED FREDDIE BUT HE DIN’T ANSWER
I CALLED THOUSANDS OF DEAD BLACKS IN CHIRAQ BUT THEY DIDN’T ANSWER
teach your “sons” and “bros” TO OBEY THE LAW.... excellent start
THEY ARE NOT IN PRISON DUE TO RACE..... they committed crimes and were convicted.... due process scumbag...
AND WHILE YOUR AT IT TELL YOUR BRO SHABAZ TO TONE DOWN THE RHETORIC... YOU KNOW... CRIMINALLY INCITING MURDER AND MAYHEM... and give Eric a ring and thank him for not persecuting the muthafuker in the first place...THANKS ERIC....THANKS BARRY.. YOU POS.

[onedoug]

Good idea. Some symbol of defiance.

[grania]

If Jamal (did Obama REALLY use racially stereotyped name in a Euloogy?) could read, write, and pass a test, he'd have preference for a federal job and get his paycheck without every having to compete in the work world.

You don't get to interview Jamal. You interview the dude who didn't qualify for a government job.

[SuperLuminal]

Only if Jamal opens his coat/shirt/etc and defuses his resume...

[Colorado Doug]

What if Johnny is well spoken, well educated; and Jamal is a smart ass?

Then Jose gets the job for $4.25 an hour (under the table)

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

“The vast majority of Americans, the majority of gun owners want to do something about this. We see that now,”

Preach it, Brother Obama! Yeah! Yeah! Git dem guns out of dem hands of them white mofos!

[wny]

The are no jobs asshole

[Qiviut]

Interesting that he used the name “Johnny” as the ‘impulse to resist’ what with being in the South and all ...... /sarc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMJTycleWrc