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A Conversation on Race in America, Mr. Holder?
The Coach's Team ^ | 8/6/16 | John C. Velisek USN (Ret.)

Posted on 08/06/2016 8:51:08 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax

It was a while ago that our Attorney General, the one and only Eric Holder, claimed that Americans were a bunch of “cowards” for not wanting to have a conversation on the issue of race. Of course, for this administration a “conversation” on race means listen to what we say and worship at the altar of racial narratives which bear no resemblance to reality. Well I’m willing to join the discussion, but contrary to the wishes of Regime race baiters and progressive grievance mongers, I won’t bow to the narratives which have been developed during the Obama presidency.

Most Americans are discouraged about race relations in the U.S. In my lifetime I have not had any race-related problems with anyone “of color.” Maybe that’s because I was in the military for 20 years, an organization in which your progress—at least at the time--was based on merit and not skin color; or these days, gender.

Anyhow, some points should be made.

First of all, let’s end the claims of victimization at the hands of Whites. Every time I hear Blacks complain about “Whitey” keeping them down, my first question is, how? And more to the point, what have you done for yourself, what has your community done? I’ve known many Blacks, again while in the military, that joined because the community they lived in would “pull them back” every time they tried to improve their lot in life. When even family and friends ridicule you because you want to better yourself, call you an Uncle Tom and put impediments in your way, it can hardly be claimed that the White Man is responsible for preventing your rise out of a bad situation.

This administration has shown a disgraceful disregard for black families and a total lack of empathy for...

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: barackobama; blackvoters; ericholder; racism

1 posted on 08/06/2016 8:51:08 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
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To: Oldpuppymax

That “conversation” was had - DECADES ago, Eric...

Now go get a life.


2 posted on 08/06/2016 8:53:18 AM PDT by joethedrummer
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To: Oldpuppymax
Morgan Freeman said all that needs to be said about race relations when Mike Wallace interviewed him. Don't always agree with Freeman, but in this case:

3 posted on 08/06/2016 9:03:09 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: Oldpuppymax

The definition of a “conversation on race” is loud and public white people wailing and apologizng to Negroes for being white and giving half of all their assets to designated Negro organizations and government bureaus. Nothing other than that is a “conversation on race.”


4 posted on 08/06/2016 9:05:27 AM PDT by arthurus
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To: Oldpuppymax

The definition of a “conversation on race” is loud and public white people wailing and apologizing to Negroes for being white and giving half of all their assets to designated Negro organizations and government bureaus. Nothing other than that is a “conversation on race.”


5 posted on 08/06/2016 9:05:38 AM PDT by arthurus
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To: Oldpuppymax

It’s been my observation for over 50 years that there is NO conversation with the race-baiters. They care nothing about listening, but only want to scream, lecture and overtalk you. If you have a point, any point, it’s automatically “racist”, and like Muslims, they are immediately irate.

The only solution is to say “Fu**’em”, and walk away.

We don’t tolerate such unreasonable behavior from our friends, co-workers, or even our children, and it should not be given an audience.

The best way to quell tantrums with children is to demonstrate their “fit-pitching” is getting them nowhere.

We’ve got to stop living under the constant threat of riots and violence, it is home-grown terrorism. If the government - who causes it - won’t stop it and keep us safe, then the 2nd amendment must.


6 posted on 08/06/2016 9:07:52 AM PDT by FrankR (You're only enslaved to the extent of the charity that you receive!)
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Boobamba is importing Democrat votes for Hillary: Cubans swarming in, Sub-Sahara Africans pouring in, and those so-called Syrian "refugees" being placed in conservative states.

Voter fraud at every level is being employed.

<><> Obama and Congressional Democrats----with a huge assist from then-AG Eric Holder----gaven NeighborWorks America (formerly ACORN) and La Raza a huge funding source of tax dollars (to achieve Obama's dream of a permanent Democrat majority?).

<><> Obama/Holder/Dems extorted banks via DOJ litigation/bank settlements----into paying off these nefarious organizations.

DOJ went after CitiCorp and ordered them to pay $50 million to La Raza and NeighborWorks America as part of the settlement.

Another clause in the agreement makes it possible for La Raza and NeighborWorks America to rake in even larger amounts of money.

Of the remaining money the banks needed to pay in settlements, the banks were able to contribute additional money to La Raza and NeighborWorks America. For every dollar they contribute, it reduces their debt to the government by 2 dollars. That’s some mighty powerful incentive to give generously.

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and House Financial Services Chairman Jeb Hensarling have questioned why this money was sent to the ACORN clone and the blood-thirsty LaRaza----rather than to the alleged victims of the bank’s crime. The administration of course declined to answer.

Here's part of the Congressmen's letter to Holder: “It seems that the alleged victims are not the primary beneficiaries of these multi-billion dollar settlements. Instead, the terms in the Justice Department’s two latest settlements look less like consumer relief and more like a scheme to funnel money to politically favored special interest groups.”

“This makes donations to activist groups far more attractive to banks than providing direct relief to injured consumers. As a result, the settlements appear to serve as a vehicle for funding activist groups rather than as a means of securing relief for consumers actually harmed.”

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So now, with tons of money to fix the presidential election, the largest and most successful voter fraud campaign may alter the course of the elections not to mention the future of the United States.

NO WONDER HILLARY KEEPS SMILING.

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AND THIS---Obama bullied bank to pay racial settlement without proof: report
NY Post ^ | 2/7/2016 | Paul Sperry / FR Posted by DCdude

Newly uncovered internal memos reveal the Obama administration knowingly exaggerated charges of racial discrimination in probes of Ally Bank and other defendants in the $900 billion car-lending business as part of a racial justice campaign that's looking more like a massive government extortion and shakedown operation

Obama's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has reached more than $220 million in settlements with several auto lenders since the agency launched its anti- discrimination crusade against the industry in 2013. Several other banks are under active investigation. That's despite the fact that the CFPB had no actual complaints of racial discrimination--- it was all just based on half-baked statistics.

A 23-page internal report detailing CFPB's strategy for going after lenders shows why these companies are forking over millions of dollars in restitution and fines to the government despite denying any wrongdoing.

CFPB applied the screws to Ally, saying it had statistical evidence showing its participating dealers were œmarking up loan prices for blacks and Hispanics vs. whites (by an average of $3 a month). Ally fought back, insisting non-discriminatory factors, such as credit history, down payments, trade-ins, promotions and rate- shopping, explained differences in loan pricing. After conducting a preliminary regression analysis, the bank found these factors alone accounted for at least 70 percent of the “racial disparities” the government was claiming.

CFPB admits in the memo that it never considered these or other legitimate business aspects of the car deals it investigated

Also in its initial rebuttal, Ally complained CFPB's entire case was based on disparate impact statistics, not actual complaints by consumers, and that those estimates relied on guesswork about the race of the borrowers. (The auto industry does not report borrower race, so CFPB tried to ID race by last name and ZIP code, a so-called proxy method that is wildly inaccurate.)

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7 posted on 08/06/2016 9:09:59 AM PDT by Liz (SAFE PLACE? A liberal's mind. Nothing's there. Nothing penetrates it.)
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To: Oldpuppymax

The question to which I’ve never received a satisfactory answer: If Blacks are incapable of obtaining a means of personal identification, should they even be allowed to vote?


8 posted on 08/06/2016 9:15:18 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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First of all, let’s end the claims of victimization at the hands of Whites. Every time I hear Blacks complain about “Whitey” keeping them down, my first question is, how?

My guess is most inner city blacks get their pity party victim-hood from watching Hollywood movies... because there aren't enough 'whites' in those neighborhoods to victimize 'the community'. A white person would have to work 10 hours a day, seven days a week screaming the N word in the middle of town to 'victimize' all the blacks in most inner cities. What a bunch of bulls-it.

9 posted on 08/06/2016 9:17:52 AM PDT by GOPJ ("Tired of 'fake outrage' deployed by democrats and their MSM gimp platoon?" - Kurt Schlichter)
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To: Impala64ssa

Fantastic. The way to eliminate racism——stop talking about it.

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10 posted on 08/06/2016 9:29:22 AM PDT by Mears
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To: Oldpuppymax

Conversation? you don’t want one. You want me to bow down and grovel that I’m an evil racist whitey with privilege? stuff it!
You want money from me because you have put me in a category without asking me and then declared me guilty? when pigs fly.


11 posted on 08/06/2016 9:38:27 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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To: Oldpuppymax

Obama, holder, lynch, the hildabeast, along with all of there democrat race-baiting ilk, have set back race relations to the pre civil rights movement of the 1960’s. The democrats own this one, especially with the effects of their boy LBJ, who single-handedly destroyed the black family structure in the US, and forced them back onto the democrat welfare plantation.


12 posted on 08/06/2016 10:37:46 AM PDT by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
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To: arthurus

The whole concept of racism needs to be called into question.

It is nothing more than a scam to punishable people for differing with the narrative.


13 posted on 08/06/2016 5:14:49 PM PDT by Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi ( Gen. 12:3: a warning to all anti-semites.)
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