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Holder: US is nation of cowards on racial matters
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D96E4E781&show_article=1 ^

Posted on 02/18/2009 10:02:01 AM PST by kcvl

Attorney General Eric Holder described the United States Wednesday as a nation of cowards on matters of race, saying most Americans avoid discussing unresolved racial issues. In a speech to Justice Department employees marking Black History Month, Holder said the workplace is largely integrated but Americans still self-segregate on the weekends and in their private lives.

"Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards," said Holder, nation's first black attorney general.

Race issues continue to be a topic of political discussion, Holder said, but "we, as average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about race."

He urged people of all races to use Black History Month as a chance for frank talk about racial matters.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder described the United States Wednesday as a nation of cowards on matters of race, saying most Americans avoid discussing unresolved racial issues. In a speech to Justice Department employees marking Black History Month, Holder said the workplace is largely integrated but Americans still self-segregate on the weekends and in their private lives.

"Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards," said Holder, nation's first black attorney general.

Race issues continue to be a topic of political discussion, Holder said, but "we, as average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about race."

He urged people of all races to use Black History Month as a chance for frank talk about racial matters.

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To: kcvl

Only cowards use race as a political ploy Mr. Holder.


101 posted on 02/18/2009 10:30:01 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life ;o)
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To: kcvl

Race is irrelevant - why would I need to discuss it?


102 posted on 02/18/2009 10:30:11 AM PST by green iguana
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To: kcvl
What's up?? It's time for some change!



If I go into some ethnic neighborhoods to stop being racist...I may never come back.....
103 posted on 02/18/2009 10:30:42 AM PST by Dallas59 ("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
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To: Boiling Pots

I’ve confronted a few young men and asked, “why are you wearing your pants so low that you have to walk funny or hold them up with one hand.?” I just get puzzled stares. My son is not allowed to sag.


104 posted on 02/18/2009 10:30:46 AM PST by brwnsuga (Proud, Black, Sexy Conservative!!! I am no LEMMING!)
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To: kcvl

Don`t ya love the post racialism we now have since The One`s junta has taken over?


105 posted on 02/18/2009 10:30:56 AM PST by chessplayer
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To: kcvl
Race issues continue to be a topic of political discussion, Holder said, but "we, as average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about race."

Perhaps because any such discussion soon degenerates into threats and intimidation.

106 posted on 02/18/2009 10:31:14 AM PST by Roccus (I am a RINO...............I am a Conservative.)
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To: reaganator

You say a black man but until he proves himself, I’m going to continue to think of him as the colored boy.


107 posted on 02/18/2009 10:31:57 AM PST by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, then writes again.)
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To: kcvl

So it’s okay to talk about the poor state of the bulk of African-American families?


108 posted on 02/18/2009 10:32:45 AM PST by BJClinton (Obama's love of pork is proof he is not a Muslim.)
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To: WaterBoard

Actually, I think it was. Many people were afraid to say that Obama was unqualified, because they feared being labeled racists.


109 posted on 02/18/2009 10:33:36 AM PST by stop_fascism
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To: kcvl
“we, as average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about race.”

I can and will chose what subjects I talk about.

BTW, opening your mouth at the office to the “wrong” (read Politically Correct) person, or even within hearing of the “wrong” person, can get the talkee into lots of hot water with HR, leading up to and including termination in some companies.

110 posted on 02/18/2009 10:33:50 AM PST by Tahoe3002 (Politicians are positive proof that CRIME DOES PAY!)
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To: kcvl

Horse bleep! Whenever a liberal says they want to have a ‘conversation’ or a ‘dialogue’, what they really want is for you to sit there and shut up and listen to them lecture you....


111 posted on 02/18/2009 10:34:10 AM PST by The Clemson Tiger (Hold that Tiger!)
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To: kcvl
Fire up the reeducation camps!

Whitey just doesn't get enough spurious "racism" crammed down his throat.

112 posted on 02/18/2009 10:34:26 AM PST by Trailerpark Badass (Happiness is a choice!)
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To: Tahoe3002

Four years of race baiting....I am tired of it already.


113 posted on 02/18/2009 10:34:54 AM PST by texmexis best (uency)
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To: kcvl
"... Holder said the workplace is largely integrated but Americans still self-segregate on the weekends and in their private lives."

What is it about "FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION" that this bastard doesn't understand? And peoples' "private lives" are just exactly that ... private!

114 posted on 02/18/2009 10:35:10 AM PST by StormEye
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To: RJS1950
The biggest racists are 0Bama and his storm troopers. The vast majority of Americans no longer look at skin color, many minorities do not _want_ to do their part or become part of America. Preferring to live on the government cheese. There are plenty of great black people all around me, people who put aside their _special_ class status and joined in with the rest of us to be Americans.

People aren't interested in hiring crankster gangsters or other malcontents, regardless of skin color.

115 posted on 02/18/2009 10:35:11 AM PST by veracious
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To: kcvl
Holder said the workplace is largely integrated but Americans still self-segregate on the weekends and in their private lives.

What? Am I no longer supposed to have the right to associate with whomever I want? Maybe the commissar of race can select my friends for me.

116 posted on 02/18/2009 10:35:47 AM PST by stop_fascism
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To: Beloved Levinite
Uhhh...I think you’re on the wrong thread.

Oh come one...EVERY thread is the right place for a little anti-Catholic hate!

117 posted on 02/18/2009 10:39:52 AM PST by Trailerpark Badass (Happiness is a choice!)
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To: kcvl
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118 posted on 02/18/2009 10:39:59 AM PST by JRios1968 (The real first rule of Fight Club: Do not invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
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To: freespirited

Yes I do segragate in my private life. I choose to associate with people who obey the law, are financially stable, intelligent, raise good families, and love America. Fortunately that takes in most of the US and includes every religious belief and racial group. I don’t know what this asswipe is talking about.


119 posted on 02/18/2009 10:40:19 AM PST by Mouton
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To: kcvl
Bet Eric Holder won't talk to Wayne Perryman, who researched the black loyalty to the Dems, and wrote, "UNFOUNDED LOYALTY"......Oprah REFUSES to talk with Mr. Perryman, a BLACK man....who, after researching and writing the book changed parties from Democrat...to...Independent Conservative.

Someday, the truth will win out....and Black people will turn on the likes of Oprah and Holder....and maybe Whites will turn on them, too....

120 posted on 02/18/2009 10:40:45 AM PST by goodnesswins (Conservative and fighting for freedom and liberty....whether you like it or not.)
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