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...
Charles Ramsey done GOOD! I have no problem with what he said or thinks.
Of course the media edited out something THEY perceived as racist. In their little minds, Africananmericans must be protected from anyone even thinking bad thoughts of them.
Ramsey was just being honest and said what the was thinking.
B. F. D.
His new hit song “Dead Giveaway” already has 2.5 Million views on YouTube.
He is the next Antoine Dodson.
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.
He’s right AND he IS a hero.
Down the memory hole it goes...
They just happened to be with him when police arrested him and had the minor warrants.
Sounds like the judge dismissed one case and ordered the other pay a $100 fine with credit for 4 days served.
More omission journalism.
Doesn’t matter. It’s not the news.
And now the other side of the story:
In an earlier interview with local channel , Mr Cordero went into a bit more detail about Ramsey’s role, saying that by the time Mr Ramsey arrived, Amanda was already ‘outside with the girl’.
‘But the truth who arrived there, who crossed the street, who came and broke the door, it was me.’
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.
Bottom line.
The media and the bunch in Washington want us at each others throats. It makes the wealthy and more powerful.
Have you not noticed that “trashing” is the unofficial FR sport anymore?
Everybody and everything is either black or white, and it’s my version of black and white, and if you’re not my kind of pure, you’re a target. Public figure or FR poster.
As for Ramsey, he’s got a rap sheet, he’s got a job, he did the right thing, he spoke from the heart, and he touched ours.
Good for him.
Actually, Ramsey did say that another neighbor got there first, but that the guy didn’t speak English and couldn’t understand what the girl was saying, so that’s when he stepped in.
Apparently, she was screaming loudly and attracted the attention of anyone nearby who was home in the middle of the day.
You know - Yea the guy has issues - but in this case he did the right thing. I’d say a lot of people should buy him a beer.
He proved in less than 3 minutes how unnecessary a J-school degree is.
The whole time he’s probably thinking, “I’m going to get more YouTube hits than that Sweet Brown bitch.”
I thought Ramsey was articulate and amusing. I’d eat ribs and listen to salsa music with him.
re: “Have you not noticed that “trashing” is the unofficial FR sport anymore?
Everybody and everything is either black or white, and it’s my version of black and white, and if you’re not my kind of pure, you’re a target. Public figure or FR poster.”
Absolutely! Right on, Jedidah!
Agree. Brother and I listened to a few of his interviews. He wasn’t worried about being PC, refreshing for a change.
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