Posted on 04/16/2021 8:36:31 AM PDT by rxsid
WATCH: Utah Gov. claims it's not racist for white children to be excluded from Jazz-funded college scholarships
"That stuff just doesn't go away overnight and kids that—we're working very hard on, on equity, making sure that every kid in our state has the same opportunities as others," Governor Cox said.
Governor Spencer Cox took a call during a the "Let Me Speak to the Governor" question period on a local radio station KSL on Thursday from a constituent who was concerned about the Utah Jazz's new scholarship program. The scholarship program, implemented by the basketball this year, promised a college scholarship to a student of color for every win the franchise earned.
The caller, announced as David from Highland, asked "The Utah Jazz is excluding white children from consideration for their scholarship program. Do you think this is racist? And what would you do to prevent the Utah Jazz from acting in this racist manner?"
"Well I don't think it's racist," Cox began. "I think it's in response to unfortunately some very racist injustices that have happened for a long time. And I'll tell you what I'm gonna do for the Utah Jazz: absolutely nothing.
"Because y'know what? I believe in the Constitution and I believe in the freedom of, of businesses to make decisions, and decisions that are right for them. Your kid or my kid, they, they have no right to the Utah Jazz's money, and the Utah Jazz and Ryan Smith can do the things that they want to do with their, with their funds and their revenues."
What do you expect from the state that elected Romney for a Senator?
But it would be for blacks.
Racism like this is not the answer to racsim. It is just.more racism.
He’s right that they can do what they want with their money. And I can make sure that none of mine enriches the Jazz.
“The scholarship program, implemented by the basketball this year,”
That struck me as funny.
Freedom works every way, yes.
But on the other hand, what would the Utah governor have said if some private outfit was going to give scholarships to only “white” kids. Would the governor defend it the way he defended the Utah Jazz?
It isn’t “racist,” it is anti-white. “Racist” has a meaning/definition given to it by the Leftists who came up with the concept.
Want to see Spencer Cox stutter, sputter, and quite possibly crap his Mormon underwear? As him if the policy is anti-white.
Really looking forward to the day the majority gets fed up with their race whores.
“I believe in the Constitution and I believe in the freedom of, of businesses to make decisions, and decisions that are right for them.”
Salt Lake County is blue. The Guv is woke.
Cox is just another dirt bag RINO like the last governor. He was gushing over the fact that an invader who was holed up in a “church” for the last two years to avoid deportation can now walk free. A “refugee” lover who is probably actively importing the recent invaders.
Playboy .....which was super super pro Jazz....via Hefner
Ran a story I think late 70s or early 80s
The Debra Jo Fondren era
About a group of white New Orleans orphans and street kids who they credited with early jazz.....Dixieland ....rising from ragtime piano and second line street brass
Plasmatic band or something like that ...no Lennon jokes please
Now wouldn’t that throw a wrench in the racial claims ...
We never hear much about the STORMFRONT STUDENT ASSISTANCE FUND?
Why?
A better answer would be:
"Of course the policy is racist, but the Jazz can do whatever it wants with its money.
. . . And the people of Utah can do whatever they want with theirs."
Why would they want to support a racist organization?
I believe there are few Black people in Utah (compared to other states). They elected two of them to Congress as Conservative Republicans.
Maybe the governor should consult with Burgess Owens (a Black Republican congressman from Utah). He (the guv) might learn something.
Exactly! When I discuss Affirmative Action with someone I point out that you can't end discrimination by discriminating.
Some Pigs are more equal than others.
Wait...oh, never mind. I thought we were talking about jazz music.
Basketball can do whatever it wants, I don’t spend any money or time attending or watching it.
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