Posted on 11/06/2015 11:59:38 AM PST by rightistight
Writing for the Huffington Post, Zeba Blay lauded and quoted statements that compared white people to "rattlesnakes" and which said that 90% of white people could be racists.
Blay posted a video of Muhammad Ali from 1971 in which Ali said it's counter-productive to say that not all white people are racist.
In the article, Blay quotes Ali as saying:
There are many white people who mean right and in their hearts wanna do right. If 10,000 snakes were coming down that aisle now, and I had a door that I could shut, and in that 10,000, 1,000 meant right, 1,000 rattlesnakes didn't want to bite me, I knew they were good... Should I let all these rattlesnakes come down, hoping that that thousand get together and form a shield? Or should I just close the door and stay safe?In other words, if 1,000 white people are not racist, then a full 9,000 (or 90% of white people) are.
According to Blay, Ali's response was "perfect," aptly calling her article "Watch Muhammad Ali's Perfect Response To 'Not All White People Are Racist' -- In 1971."
Then, again in her story, she calls Ali's comparison of white people to snakes "perfect," writing, "boxing icon Muhammad Ali perfectly explains why the existence of some "good" white people isn't always enough."
She also had no problem with comparing white people to snakes in the first place, as if all white people are venomous killers waiting to strike. It shows Blay's perception of whites; even if 100% of rattlesnakes don't bite you, they're still poisonous predators.
"Allies are obviously appreciated and vital to stopping racial injustice, but Ali's words are still a pretty powerful reminder of the reality of being black in America," she concludes. "It's pretty amazing, if unfortunate, that over 40 years later his words still resonate."
Another idiot raises its ugly head.
And 90% of Blacks might be ignorant.
Bigot
What percentage of Blacks are racists?
“Zeba” ?
Wasn’t that a wine cooler in the 1990s?
And 100% of the writers at the Huff Puff are stupid.
If “Journalist” or “Media Elite” is a “race”, I might be guilty. I prejudge EVERYONE that identifies as a “news/commentator/journalist/reporter”.
So if I find myself in the ghetto and 5 ‘teens’ standing on a corner at 3am, should I go up to them and ask for directions? All ‘teens’ in the ghetto are not criminals.
Under the current conditions, “So?” At least I’m honest.
~ Larry Elder (not an authentic black man, apparently), The Ten Things You Can't Say In America
None. Blacks are victims, and victims cannot be racist - only reactionary to oppression. And whites cannot be innocent, because they are the privileged class, and therefore are oppressive by their very existence.
Jeez, try to keep up.
Ali made those statements in 1971.
And now this person is stating unequivocally that there has been absolutely NO progress whatsoever on the issue of race in the ensuing 44 years.
I ask you: Who is the racist, here?
What percentage of sitting U.S. presidents are white?
Fifty, right?
If you are not Jesus, you are not innocent of racism. But only white men are ever charged with it.
Can someone post a pic of Capt Picard saying “not this $hit again”.
This genius has nailed it. Whites are guilty of racism at birth. Therefore everything they do is a hate crime; the very worst of all crimes. Hence, they must be rounded up into camps and exterminated...them and their racist God who takes indigidous people’s lands and gives it to Christian White people.
Think of it this way...only white societies have lifted a finger to stop it
If 10000 of Obama’s street snakes came rushing to me, and only 1000 of the snakes wanted to attack me should I shut the door and keep them out?
If only 1000 out of 10000 of Obama’s towelhead snakes wanted to blow us up should we close the borders and keep them all out?
Who the €£%* is this racist bastard?
And since a HuffPo author agrees, well then I guess it’s true.
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