Posted on 10/03/2012 11:44:19 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
The George W. Bush White House demonstrated a “passive indifference” toward blacks that is common in a society that believes all people drive SUVs with trunks full of sparkling water,stated Barack Obama during a 2005 speech on racism and Hurricane Katrina.
.....Obama,then an Illinois state senator, was first introduced on stage by his future pick for the Supreme Court, Elena Kagan....
Obama stated:“You know, after the hurricane and its aftermath there was a lot of discussion about the fact that those who were impacted by the achingly slow response on the part of the federal government were disproportionally black.”
“And one of my favorite musicians, that’s right I’m 44 but I still can hang,Kanye West,said on a telethon, ‘George Bush doesn’t care about black people.’ And that also shook up the ordinary. NBC scrabbled and they had to…Mike Meyers was standing there. He’s usually a funny guy but he didn’t have a witty comeback for that one. He was looking like somebody just made a bad smell or something.”
Continued Obama: “I love Kanye’s music, but I actually disagreed with how he phrased his statement. … I said I do not ascribe to the White House, or to FEMA,to Mr. Chertoff or Mr. Brown any active malice. I don’t think they were in there plotting and saying ‘you know what these are black people,lets not rescue them.’
“But rather what was revealed was a passive indifference that is common in our culture, common in our society. A sense that, of course once the evacuation order is issued that you will hop in your SUV and fill it up with $100 worth of gasoline and load up your trunk with some sparkling water and take your credit card and check in to the nearest hotel until the storm passes.”.....
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No Barry, we had a sense that the black mayor of a black city would actually care about saving ‘his people’.
I don’t have a problem with passive indifference if that is how everyone is treated.
There are two video clips.
He’s so full of himself and his anger.
The “angry black man” was EXACTLY what they were trying to cover up in 2008.
And of course that imbecile democrat mayor of NEW Orleans,and the incompetent democratic governor of the state had nothing to do with the delayed response to Katrina victims.
Buses underwater and not being used for evacuation were Bush’s fault.
What the h*ll is going on in this country? Are the US people this naive and stupid?
If we reelect this man again for president, heaven help us. Yes, heaven help us.
Fool me once, your fault, fool me twice my fault.
“No Barry, we had a sense that the black mayor of a black city would actually care about saving ‘his people’.”
You can include the idiot Governor at the time for not caring.
They were still indifferent, because they didn't buy them a house.
/sarcasm
Biden to a mostly black audience, "They want to put y'all back in CHAINS!"
What the heck is happening? What is this 2-4 vids in as many days? Who is really behind all of this? Hillary? Romney? Someone else?
bm
Dead Ambassador, Nukes in Iran, 14% Real Unemployment, and we are trying to relitgate Katrina?
Indifferent? If only! After all the billions of dollars and hours which have been poured into “equality”, after all the encroachments of all kinds of freedom in the name of “equality”, indifference would be such a relief! Just the freedom to be indifferent, instead of having dysfunction and crime shoved down your throat at your own expense!
And now Hussein is planning on ways to make sure the host can’t escape the parasites no matter how far they flee-
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/312807/burn-down-suburbs-stanley-kurtz
indifferent?
We have laws against hiring qualified majority for an unqualified black - that is not indifferent.
suicidal yes but not indifferent.
2002 SPEECH:
“.......This clip from a January, 1 2002 speech at the University of Chicago shows State Senator Obama talking about the legacy of Dr. King. In the process, he also reveals some strong political and philosophical opinions which touch on issues of race, crime, education, and wealth in American society.........”
In this clip, Obama fleshes out his views on empathy, applying it to the divide between rich and poor. This analysis is revealing as Obama suggests that there is a class struggle underlying society in which non-violence is only one option. He doesn’t spell out the alternative but he does suggest that “accountants and tax loopholes” are used to keep people down in a way that is reminiscent of the way police treated blacks during the civil rights struggle. He says at one point “I don’t know if you’ve noticed but rich people are all for nonviolence. Why wouldn’t they be. They’ve got what they want.”
........Many of the themes of Obama’s speech, which walks a fine line between policy and sermon, will be familiar to those who have watched his career closely. Obama’s view of empathy became a public issue when he appointed his first Supreme Court Justice. His discussion of personal and corporate responsibility touches on some of the same private vs. public themes which got him in trouble earlier this summer when he inartfully suggested said “you didn’t build that.” And, of course, hope was the title of his second memoir and one of the major themes of his 2008 campaign. ...........”
An unemployment stat that needs to be brought up is the over 50% unemployment of black males.
0bama’s policies are hurting them more than anyone, though he purports to want to “help” them.
Perhaps some esteemed member of the press should ask Obama, “If you are re-elected president, how would you tell the white people that you will be their president too?”
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