[MUSLIM] Shami: 'Whites don't want to work in factories'

WFAA-TV ^ | 2/12/2010 | BRAD WATSON

[Moe Tzadik]

Race became an issue in the Democratic primary for governor today.

Farouk Shami, the millionaire hair care products maker who's running, said he doesn't find many white people willing to work, so he says he hires Hispanics and blacks instead.

He made the comments responding to a question about whether the state should crack down on employers hiring illegal immigrants.

[Moe Tzadik]

He's a Muslim, a Truther, a "palestinian" and he's running for Texas Governor.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

WTF?????

What is with all these Truthers in Texas???

[cripplecreek]

I have a feeling that a lot of Americans don’t want to work for him.

[muawiyah]

His answer, though, is pretty much the same one given by agricultural interests in Texas and elsewhere ~ you know the one ~ where they tell us Americans won't do those jobs, but then they forget to add "at subminimum wage".

This country has too high a tolerance level for thieves and rip-off artists. Time for a crackdown. We can start with this guy.

[Texas Eagle]

He made the comments responding to a question about whether the state should crack down on employers hiring illegal immigrants.

So what is the unemployment rate among LEGAL immigrants and LEGAL blacks in that part of Texas?

[Recovering_Democrat]

he is a racist.

[Minn]

You can’t make stuff like this up.

[rbosque]

My ancestor mapped southern Texas in 1674 for Spain, he would be REALLY pissed at this.

[Blue Turtle]

And I am sure the MSM is on this like John Mayer’s comments to playboy....(crickets chirping)

[TribalPrincess2U]

He has no chance in hell becoming anything in Texas.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Are his workers unionized?

Maybe they should think about it.

[Tzimisce]

Thank god he’s Muslim, or he’d be attacked for being racist....

[OldArmy52]

Scratch a Black, find a racist.

[cripplecreek]

LOL nice. Someone in the area should let the SEIU and ACORN know that he’s abusing his employees.

[Outlaw Woman]

Yeah and the recent election in Houston proves that...

[deport]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/6864830.html

In an interview during a taping of Inside Texas Politics on Dallas’ WFAA-TV, Shami refused to discount so-called “truther” theories that suggest the U.S. government played a role in the terrorist attacks.

“I’m not sure,” said Shami, who was born in Palestine and has lived in the United States since 1965. “I am not going to really judge or answer about something I’m not really sure about. But the rumors are there that there was a conspiracy. True or not? It’s hard to believe, you know, what happened. It’s really hard to comprehend what happened. Maybe. I’m not sure.”

Shami also said during the interview that he cannot find many white people willing to work, so he hires Hispanics and African Americans instead.

“A majority of the people are going to be Hispanic and African American,” he said. “You don’t find white people who are willing to work in factories. And our history proves, you know, lots of time when they, you know, the white people come to work in a factory they either want to be supervisors or they want to be, you know, paid more than the average person.”

Shami, like Medina, is making his first run for public office. Most polls put him far behind former Houston Mayor Bill White.

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[grumpygresh]

What a genius. With Medina’s truther slip up, Perry’s got it sewn up about right now.

[grey_whiskers]

“A majority of the people are going to be Hispanic and African American,” he said. “You don’t find white people who are willing to work in factories.

You mean like the UAW?

Cheers!

[berdie]

Actually this has been reported on pretty well by the local MSM. Since the guy is running as a Dem, his base might see this as a compliment.

It sure has been an interesting year in Tx politics. I just thought Kinky was a wild child. Heck he seems pretty estaablishmentto me today!

[TribalPrincess2U]

Gawd how I hate to hear people say “ya know” every third word.
That’s enough to send him packing.