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HuffPo Author Agrees: 90% of Whites Might be Racist
iOTW Report ^ | 11/6/15 | Aurelius

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."


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: afroturf; astroturf; blackkk; blackliesmatter; blacklivesmatter; huffingtonpost; huffpo; racism; redistribution; reparations; vesterflanagan; vesterleeflanagan; virginia; wdbj; whiteprivilege; zebablay
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To: rightistight

And how is calling a race of people snakes *not* racist? Oh, wait, this a “progressive” writing. They’re clueless.


41 posted on 11/06/2015 2:03:27 PM PST by liberalism is suicide (Communism,fascism-no matter how you slice socialism, its still baloney)
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To: Arm_Bears

When I was born, America was 89% white.

And guess what? Our society functioned.

Now everything is run by the DMV.

We are being primed to accept 3rd world status in a balkanized society.

The elites seek this. It serves their agenda.


42 posted on 11/06/2015 2:19:44 PM PST by T-Bone Texan (The economic collapse is imminent. Buy staple food and OTC meds now, before prices skyrocket.)
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To: rightistight

IronJack agrees: 100% of HuffnPuff authors eat dog feces.


43 posted on 11/06/2015 2:38:02 PM PST by IronJack
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To: Parmy

So many Whites are racists they elected Obama Twice. Methinks Blacks are the racist ones today.


44 posted on 11/06/2015 2:41:28 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: vpintheak

Projection


45 posted on 11/06/2015 3:47:02 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: rightistight

Does Zeba the clown know that her racist brothers will have trouble hitting the target by holding their glocks sideways? Let’s not tell her.


46 posted on 11/06/2015 4:26:14 PM PST by sergeantdave
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To: rightistight

Does Zeba the clown know that her racist brothers will have trouble hitting the target by holding their glocks sideways? Let’s not tell her.


47 posted on 11/06/2015 4:26:19 PM PST by sergeantdave
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To: Nea Wood

The situation (socialism) was incredibly pronounced when we lived in Hawaii. The locals hated the haoles, but they sure did like it that the haoules ran the offices, did the work, etc., when the surf’s up and playing is way more fun than going to work. We got treated like crap while we pretty much kept the economy running. It was the most gorgeous place to live, but real-life there is no bowl of cherries. Or pineapples.


48 posted on 11/06/2015 4:37:05 PM PST by MayflowerMadam
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To: rightistight

What is Mr. Clay mumbling?...louder.....I still can’t understand...a little louder.....oh well...forget it.


49 posted on 11/06/2015 5:07:35 PM PST by chasio649 (The GOPe can never seem to remember who brought them to the dance)
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To: Arm_Bears

And 90% of Blacks might be ignorant.


RACIST!!!! You should be banned!


50 posted on 11/06/2015 5:08:45 PM PST by chasio649 (The GOPe can never seem to remember who brought them to the dance)
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To: WayneS

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?


Who was that doddering old fool holding the Olympic torch so many years ago? Was it Joe Frazier(correct me if i am wrong) Who said he was an a-hole who chickenshitted out of Vietnam when he himself went....and America has been kissing his apple sack ever since?....Mr. Clay!!!! I have no respect for that douche....can you tell??? The world will be shut of ya soon enuff ;)


51 posted on 11/06/2015 5:16:14 PM PST by chasio649 (The GOPe can never seem to remember who brought them to the dance)
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To: chasio649

Bite me.


52 posted on 11/07/2015 7:25:59 AM PST by Arm_Bears (Biology is biology. Everything else is imagination.)
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To: stocksthatgoup

“What percentage of Blacks are racists?”

97% voted for Obama in 2008 and 94% in 2012. I’d say that covers just about all of them.


53 posted on 11/07/2015 7:36:44 AM PST by CodeToad (Stupid kills, but not nearly enough!)
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To: Arm_Bears

sarcasm ;)


54 posted on 11/07/2015 8:00:29 AM PST by chasio649 (The GOPe can never seem to remember who brought them to the dance)
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To: chasio649

No tag.


55 posted on 11/07/2015 8:58:41 AM PST by Arm_Bears (Biology is biology. Everything else is imagination.)
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To: rightistight
Zeba (or is it "Zebra"?) Blay:

Don't bother searching for a photo ... you already know.

56 posted on 11/07/2015 9:02:29 AM PST by glennaro
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