Posted on 08/18/2006 5:16:53 AM PDT by Arcy
In an interview, Young was asked whether he was concerned that Wal-Mart causes smaller, mom-and-pop stores to close.
``Well, I think they should; they ran the 'mom and pop' stores out of my neighborhood,'' the paper quoted Young as saying. ``But you see, those are the people who have been overcharging us, selling us stale bread and bad meat and wilted vegetables. And they sold out and moved to Florida. I think they've ripped off our communities enough. First it was Jews, then it was Koreans and now it's Arabs; very few black people own these stores.''
Young said he decided to end his involvement with Working Families for Wal-Mart after he started getting calls about the story.
``Things that are matter-of-fact in Atlanta, in the New York and Los Angeles environment, tend to be a lot more volatile,'' he said.
The Jewish community criticized Young's comments.
``Andrew Young is a nationally known civil rights leader. If anyone should know that these are the words of bigotry, anti-Semitism and prejudice, it's him,'' said Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean and founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles. ``I know he apologized, but I would say this: ... During his years as a leader of the national civil rights movement, if anyone would utter remarks like this about African-Americans, his voice would be the first to rise in indignation.''
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Abe Foxman, please pick up the black courtesy phone... Abe Foxman, please pick up the black courtesy phone...
Mark
American black bigot typically refer to Asians as Bhuddahs........
Didn't Andy Young have to resign his position at the UN after he lied about contacts with the PLO?
"First it was the Juice, then it was the CRACKHEADS, NOW IT'S THE METH LABS."............
Andy Young stops short of saying "Kill the Jews".
Can someone get in his face, get him to say what he is really wants to say? We need some clarity.
I hate that "look at all the non-black owned stores in black neighborhoods" whine. There is nothing preventing black people from opening their own little grocery stores. Interestingly enough, a black writer who writes a column for my local newspaper on the formerly black area of town (where she grew up) was writing about all the disappeared little stores of that area.
In the 1950s, during the height of ugly Southern segregation, there were many small black-owned businesses, ranging from grocery stores to dry cleaners and garages. For some reason, after the fall of segregation when it became possible for people to shop elsewhere, these black-owned businesses disappeared. With the coming of big supermarkets and chains, a lot of small white-owned businesses disappeared, too, but many white small-shop owners moved on to other more specialized shops or some other phase of retailing. Blacks don't seem to have done that, or perhaps it was because the generation that came along after these people was already being hollowed out by welfare and the 1970's sex-and-drugs mentality (which had a serious effect on the struggling black community, and was not just a passing fad the way it was for middle class white kids). Maybe there was no one after the "business generation" wanting to continue their father's store or garage.
Please post the name of the agency and the specific program which accomplishes this. While you're at it, please post the section of the Internal Revenue Code that exempts immigrants from income tax for two to five years after they come to the US.
These things are becoming urban legends because "everybody knows a guy who's cousin's neighbor saw it first hand". I'm not saying it isn't so, but I'd like to see some proof.
Might I suggest that its because they have bought into a culture that defines other people's individual success as "ripping someone else off".
The proplem is not race. It's the culture.
Oh you mean they invested lots of SWEAT in trying to improve their lot in life rather than sitting on their fat rear ends, leeching off the hard work of others (WELFARE).
Sure sounds like a lot of work. It's much easier to just...not.
He defends WalMart, advocates school choice, and just when I was starting to like him, he goes and blames it on the Jews.
Dang! A Black Demcorat joining a Republican cabinet to introduce vouchers would have been such a good move, too.
Holy Mackeral, Andy! You've had a Jewish problem for a long time now. You had to resign as U.N. ambassador under your friend, Kingfish Carter, when you sided with them A-rabs over them JOOOZZE. Now this. You bettah git wif yo' Jew-hating 'stituents like Cynthia McKenny back in Jawjah where you has mo' clout. Sho' nuff!
Andy Young needs to change his name to Andy Oldandsenile.
Anyone want to start a pool on how long it takes Wal-Mart to fire Edelman public relations?
Working Families = Liberal Democrats
Working Families for Wal-Mart is funded by Wal-Mart.
Not holding my breath for this to be reported on the news.
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