Posted on 07/15/2014 7:20:13 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Attorney General Eric Holder gave a history lesson coupled with an appraisal of current events Tuesday to an audience gathered at Howard University to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Holder recapped African-American history beginning with the 1619 arrival of slaves in the British colonies and emphasized gains following the Civil War and the 1960s civil rights movement.
He warned, however, that the uplifting tale of progress doesn't mean the country is free of racism.
We must never hesitate to confront the fact, the undeniable truth, that in too many places across this nation that I love and have served throughout my life that the echoes of injustices stretching back nearly four centuries continue to reverberate, Holder said. These echoes from times past are still heard by too many.
"Too many individuals act in ways that are negligent or counterproductive," he said.
The venue was friendly turf for the countrys first black attorney general. He was welcomed with a standing ovation and received robust applause when he denounced state laws that require a photo ID to vote.
Our society is not color blind, nor should it be, given the disparities that still afflict and divide us, Holder said after discussing prison sentencing disparities and variance in the quality of public education. We must be color brave.
In addition to urging continued pursuit of racial equality, Holder linked the civil rights movement to ongoing minority rights movements, including those for gay and transgender people. And he urged Congress to pass various laws.
Today, I am calling on Congress to renew the spirit of the Civil Rights Act by updating fair housing and lending laws to address discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and marital status; by strengthening workplace protections to prohibit pay discrimination against women and to finally end discrimination against LGBT citizens; by ensuring equal access to education and promoting nondiscriminatory learning environments; and by passing updated voting rights legislation that will enable every voter, in every jurisdiction, to exercise unencumbered the rights that so many have fought for and died to defend, he said.
Howard University played host to Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., in April 2013. The likely 2016 presidential candidate has repeatedly reached out to African-Americans, attempting to build bridges with the traditionally Democratic demographic on issues such as school choice and criminal justice reform.
Before the event began Danielle Holley-Walker, dean of the universitys law school, told U.S. News she was thrilled that Holder was visiting, praising his belief in the values reflected in the Civil Rights Act. But, Holley-Walker said, she didnt expect a significantly different reception from the one Paul received.
I knew there were voices in his head.
Eric Holder must have really good hearing to hear echoes from 400 years ago.
I hear injustices going back 5-1/2 years.
And I bet he thanked Republicans and whites for ending all that. Maybe even President Eisenhower? Or perhaps the NAACP founded by Republican white folks.
neither Bozo nor Holder are african americans, if fact bozos heritage is predominately slave owning wasp
I hear he was held in contempt of congress. You think that is resonating in his ears?
As well as enough empty space to produce an echo.
Funny, when the Holderdork speaks I hear sounds akin to when I eat too many beans.
But then again, my beans make more sense than anything coming out of the corrupt Holderdork.
Hope someone tracks him after CW-II.
Can I call him out on the big lie about women’s pay??
Pay discrimination against women was outlawed by the Equal Pay Act of 1963. This pay discrimination against females which the liberals keep talking about is already illegal!!!
What that means is, as Eric Holder and the Justice Department investigate pay discrimination, they already have all the legal tools needed to file the appropriate lawsuits.
Where are the lawsuits? They aren’t finding that women in the same jobs are being paid less than men?? But how can this be?? The law from 1963 is being obeyed?
But if the law from 1963 is being obeyed, then why has this equal pay for women business become such a big liberal talking point????
Mr. Holder filters everything based on the color of one’s skin, not the content of one’s character. He’s a racist. He’s a Marxist. Spit.
“Too many individuals act in ways that are negligent or counterproductive,” he said.
That would be me, tumblindice: thought criminal. Guilty.
I wonder if he talked about the thousands of blacks who owned slaves? I wonder if he told the audience it was other blacks who captured the Africans and sold them to the Arab slave traders?
The echo he hears in the sound of his few remaining brain cells bouncing off the sides of his otherwise empty raciest brain box.
Eric Holder is racist.
Holder and Barry wrote a new meaning to “put some skin in the game”. When people don’t agree with your policies, you flash some of your skin and throw the race card.
Obviously Holder isn’t paying attention to D’Souza’s new movie.
Eric is one sick individual. He belongs in a straightjacket, not the DOJ.
Holder and his ilk are some of the most vile garbage this country’s ever produced. When the race war that they’re fomenting comes to pass he is in for a world of hurt.
In which D’Souza reminds us of the many black slave owners in the United States prior to the Civil War.
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