Posted on 05/09/2013 6:29:52 AM PDT by Kaslin
Three young Cleveland girls missing and presumed dead turned up alive and in good health. A hero of the story is a neighbor, Charles Ramsey, a black man who helped free the girls from the home in which they were apparently imprisoned for some 10 years.
Among other things, Ramsey said: "I knew something was wrong when a little pretty white girl ran into a black man's arms. Something is wrong here. Dead giveaway. Dead giveaway. Dead giveaway. Either she homeless or she got problems. That's the only reason she run to a black man." Presumably the black man the "pretty white girl" ran up to was Ramsey himself.
But a check of The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Cleveland Plain Dealer shows that while the papers quoted Ramsey, none saw fit to include his observation that "a pretty white girl" running up to a black man means "something is wrong here." Looking uncomfortable, the television reporter, from local Channel 5, an ABC affiliate, promptly broke off the interview. No follow up, as in, "What, you've never seen a Shirley Temple movie?" (Kidding, just kidding.)
News sometimes makes reporters feel uncomfortable. So what? Ramsey's comments reflect how the Good Samaritan felt -- which makes it news. If Ramsey's other comments get reported, why not that one? Besides, Homeland Security tells us, "See something, say something," But when this particular citizen does, many in our establishment media do not want to tell us what he said?!
Question: Assume Ramsey were white and said: "I knew something was wrong when a little pretty white girl ran into my black neighbor's arms. Dead giveaway. Dead giveaway." Does the comment get removed, excised or cleaned up? Not likely, for a favorite media narrative is that racism remains a major problem in America. Put Ramsey's comment in a white man's mouth, and voila! In the soul of this otherwise Good Samaritan, we have "stereotyping," if not "bigotry" or "racism."
When athletes, for example, say "ain't" or use double negatives, sportswriters sometimes clean up the language, presumably to avoid making the players sound uneducated. That's one thing. But when you ignore comments like those of Ramsey, then media serve as a public relations bureau, not as a conveyor of "news."
In 1991, researchers for the National Race and Politics Survey asked both blacks and whites if they agreed with a series of politically incorrect statements about black people: "Blacks are aggressive or violent"; "Blacks are boastful"; "Blacks are complaining"; "Blacks are lazy"; and "Blacks are irresponsible."
In almost every case, more blacks agreed with the negative statements than did whites. While 52 percent of whites, for example, agreed with the statement, "Blacks are aggressive or violent," 59 percent of blacks also agreed. On the question of blacks being boastful, more blacks than whites agreed, at 57 percent and 45 percent, respectively. On, "Blacks are complaining," 51 percent of blacks agreed, while fewer whites, at 41 percent, agreed. Fewer whites (34 percent) than blacks (39 percent) agreed that "blacks are lazy."
Stanford University's political scientist Paul M. Sniderman and survey research specialist Thomas Piazza examined the 1991 survey. They write: "In every case, blacks are at least as likely as whites to hold a negative view of blacks. ... Indeed, when it comes to judgments of whether blacks as a group exhibit socially undesirable characteristics, where there is a statistically significant difference between the views of blacks and whites, it always takes the form of blacks expressing a more negative evaluation of other blacks than do whites."
Years ago, the Los Angeles Times ran a front-page story about black tradesmen who work in predominately wealthy white areas like Bel-Air and Beverly Hills. All experienced instances of racism. One said a woman refused to open her door when he, a suspicious looking black man, came to answer her service call. Another talked about the time someone sicced dogs on him.
I discussed this article with a non-reporter friend who works for the Times. I told him a white roofer recently did work for me and told me that someone shot at him as he tried to repair the roof on a building in Compton, a predominately working-class black and Hispanic neighborhood in the Los Angeles area. The roofer told me that he experienced other instances of mistreatment that could only be attributed to anti-white racism.
"Where are the stories of white tradespeople working in predominately black and brown areas? What about their stories?" I asked my newspaper friend. "You won't get that story," he admitted. "Too many people would be upset. But a story about how badly whites treat blacks offends no one."
Whites, he said, remain deeply guilty about white racism -- and feel comfortable about being called on it. Stories about black or brown racism against whites can spark angry calls and letters from the "civil rights establishment," ever vigilant for examples to show the "persistence" of white racism.
As for Ramsey's comments, our racially sensitive major media find it easier to excise this black man's provocative remarks rather than explore what Ramsey meant. Dead giveaway...
The politically correct media chose to lionize the wrong guy this time.
IOW, Ramsey was a looky-loo trying to get in on the publicity and the reward.
And you think that Casto creep is any better?
I call him the arrogant pos occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Live with it
For his part, Mr Ramsey didn’t mention Mr Cordero by name but did say that when he heard the woman screaming he saw his neighbour run across the street and so he went along to see what was going on.
So who was that neighbor??? Angel Cordero???
His past has nothing to do with his actions here. He helped these women escape that house of horrors and deserves credit for that.
She is the equivalent of whites that slur rednecks/country/poor whites and/or conservatives. Clueless about real people in the real world. It takes all kinds but some think they are just far above the rest of us. These are the same people that assure everyone that illegals do work citizens won’t do- when many citizens are doing that sort of work every day.
Charles Ramsey is not an embarrassment to anyone no matter what color they are. He stood up and did what needed to be done. If he was the type of person she wants to represent blacks; white collar, educated, polished- he wouldn’t have been anywhere near an area like that and couldn’t possibly have helped rescue those women. If he happened to be in the area for some reason he likely would not have wanted to be involved with those people beneath him- as her ideal spokesman he would surely have felt that way.
People that think like her are an embarrassment- no matter what race they are.
Now you are extrapolating beyond the beyond.
No abuser of women is good in my book.
They are all weak, cowardly, the lowest of the low.
Ramsey put on a nice show for fifteen minutes of his miserable life. Big f-in’ deal.
Ramsey served his time for his past misdeeds. In that area I doubt you could find a handful of people that don’t have a criminal past, present, or future. At that point in time Ramsey did not ignore pleas for help and in an area where minding your own business is key for survival he did get involved.
As to the people that think it necessary to dig up his dirt and spread it- wonder why more people don’t want to get involved?
Hey webheart, I have never heard of you but cripplecreek is “of FR” and has been for many, many years.
Funny thing is that I don’t believe I ever mentioned race in any of my posts but somebody sure seems fixated on it. LOL
Currently with the atmosphere in this country, zippy is totally winning the “battle” with his Alynski rules, Cloward-Piven “overwhelm” the system / which is us. Even among friends and casual acquaintances, say in public when politics comes up, there is a heightened anger and frustration. Things are “perkilatin” among the high info voters, like us. There are so many nasty actions by the entire administration that every day you think you’ve heard the worst, when only tomorrow we hear something additional to be even more disgusting.
It’s not a pretty sight and I figure this is a part of the testiness on FR, along with some outright trolls. At least here you are free to voice your opinion and most will be in our same ballpark.
Keep the faith, keep up the fight and never give in.
Are you from Ohio, and especially from the Cleveland area? If not, what made you look that guy on smoking gun? If you was then I can understand it, but if not, then I don’t
“While there may be a sad and unfortunate truth in Mr. Ramsay’s racial statement, it also demonstrated that when push came to shove, skin color did not matter at all. The girl sought his help and he was there.”
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You said it best.
When I heard Mr. Ramsey say that on t.v., I laughed—he’s (sadly) right—and again felt that we are all just human beings living on this beautiful planet. Yes, there is evil—but there is also caring and love for each other as we make our way on whatever path we face.
I love that guy; I hope someone does something great for him, perhaps a trip for him and his wife and/or family.
“His 911 call was awesome. About every 3rd word was bleeped out for TV.”
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LOL! That’s true.
The man is honest and a breath of fresh air. :)
“I work in Cleveland. I was walking down the hall the day this went down and overheard a black woman on the phone saying “Charles Ramsey is so ghetto. He’s an embrassment to black people.”
I strongly disagree....he is a real American...that’s what we do. A man going about his everyday life when fate, luck, God...something presented an opportunity to actually do something for someone else. He put his own safety aside and did what needed to be done.
He has done more for race relations than that idiot in the White House ever has.”
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Wow. I can’t believe people are trashing him.
And yes—he’s a real American who cared about the fate of a fellow human being in need.
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