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FBI Director James Comey: "Everyone's A Little Bit Racist"
RealClearPolitics ^ | February 13, 2015 | RealClearPolitics

Posted on 02/13/2015 11:06:43 AM PST by i88schwartz

FBI Director James Comey addresses the "hard truths" of racism in a speech at Georgetown University on Thursday:

JAMES COMEY, FBI DIRECTOR: One reason we cannot forget our law enforcement legacy is that the people we serve and protect cannot forget it, either. So we must talk about our history. It is a hard truth that lives on.

A second hard truth: Much research points to the widespread existence of unconscious bias. Many people in our white-majority culture have unconscious racial biases and react differently to a white face than a black face. In fact, we all, white and black, carry various biases around with us. I am reminded of the song from the Broadway hit, Avenue Q: “Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist.” Part of it goes like this:

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: barackobama; comey; everybodyaracist; fbi; jamescomey; racism
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To: G Larry

I think the use of racist in this context was a ppor choice of words.

Everyone has biases. When we act on that bias without consideration, we might slip into racism.


21 posted on 02/13/2015 11:40:08 AM PST by dmz
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To: i88schwartz

Hey FBI (Federal Bureau of Instigation) Director James Comey…speak for yourself you idiot POS.


22 posted on 02/13/2015 11:43:07 AM PST by PGalt
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To: stephenjohnbanker

I’ve lived in cities most of my life and have found that to not be the case. By “anyone”, I meant precisely that.


23 posted on 02/13/2015 11:44:22 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: i88schwartz

is everyone in obammy’s gub mint an a-hole?


24 posted on 02/13/2015 11:45:06 AM PST by Joe Boucher
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To: Vehmgericht

That quote should be thrown in Jackson’s face whenever he thinks to even speak in public.


25 posted on 02/13/2015 11:45:44 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Racism is when you see someone of a different race and have a desire to harm them for no other reason.

It’s annoying that leftists have equated fear with hate; it diminishes the meaning of racism and excuses racism as being ‘natural’. Fear is natural, racism is not.
Hate is something people stoke and cultivate with the aim of affecting the victim , usually to exert control, while fear is just a desire to flee the possible dangers of the unknown.

I figure liberals feel the need to equate these very different behaviors to excuse their own very real oppressive racism by claiming “everybody does it.”


26 posted on 02/13/2015 11:46:38 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: DJ Taylor
In our country’s recent history we’ve celebrated diversity in our population as if it were a good thing. However, one look at world history will show you that no country with a diverse population of different races, languages, and religion has long survived.

What about Yugoslavia?

... ah, never mind.

27 posted on 02/13/2015 11:47:22 AM PST by Ken H (What happens on the internet, stays on the internet.)
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To: piasa

That last thing is what makes Comey unqualified for the job he holds.


28 posted on 02/13/2015 11:47:32 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: i88schwartz

“Thug” is supposed to be a dog-whistle code for minority, but when I think “thug”, I think of the white union thugs who threatened to break my arms when I was 16 years old. I’m prejudiced against people who remind me of those who threatened me in the past, including union members and those who look/act like union thugs or like other thugs. I don’t see that as a bad thing.


29 posted on 02/13/2015 11:53:31 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: donna

Am I racist; or, am I in love?..You haven’t spent a week with crazy Uncle Ed, yet


30 posted on 02/13/2015 11:54:48 AM PST by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: piasa; Olog-hai

” Racism is when you see someone of a different race and have a desire to harm them for no other reason.”

Correct.


31 posted on 02/13/2015 12:03:07 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: i88schwartz

Well then, you are too, director.


32 posted on 02/13/2015 12:07:31 PM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: I want the USA back

He obviously doesn’t believe that. He means that all Whiteys are racist.


33 posted on 02/13/2015 12:08:56 PM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: circlecity

Someone perceived as being “from another tribe” is always going to be viewed with a bit of suspicion,
because you don’t inherently have the same value system.

This is why “diversity is strength” is such a lie.


34 posted on 02/13/2015 12:10:04 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

The same people who didn’t treat the different very well.

Everyone is a little bit racist. Determining one race is more racist than another is impossible as far as I know. How did you figure it out?


35 posted on 02/13/2015 12:10:43 PM PST by sakic
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To: i88schwartz; et al

Particular but UNIVERSAL:

“Before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; and the tribe against the world and all of us against the infidel.” — Leon Uris, “The Haj”


36 posted on 02/13/2015 12:22:55 PM PST by S.O.S121.500 (Had ENOUGH Yet ? ........................ Enforce the Bill of Rights ......... It's the LAW !!!)
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To: i88schwartz

“Everyone’s A Little Bit more Racist than they were 7 years ago.”

Fixed it.


37 posted on 02/13/2015 12:29:04 PM PST by hadaclueonce (Ethanol is stupid.)
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To: sakic
Most racist to least racist:

1) Asians
2) Blacks
3) Hispanics
4) Caucasians

38 posted on 02/13/2015 12:41:37 PM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: i88schwartz

FTR, here is the song he was referencing. It’s from “Avenue Q”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbud8rLejLM


39 posted on 02/13/2015 1:34:25 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker
No it isn’t. It depends entirely on where you are.

Just give 'em the eye-contact "Make my day" icy stare...and be prepared to back it up.

40 posted on 02/13/2015 1:52:43 PM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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