Jimmy Carter: Americans still have 'feelings of superiority' toward minorities

Washington Examiner ^ | 6-5-15 | Kelly Cohen

[markomalley]

Former President Jimmy Carter criticized Americans, saying a great number still have "feelings of superiority to people of color."

The 90-year-old Carter told AARP in an interview that recent stories about "mistreatment of black people in the judicial and police realm has been a reminder that the dreams of the civil rights movement have not been realized."

."Many Americans still have racist tendencies or feelings of superiority to people of color," the 39th president said.

Carter, who remains in the public eye via his humanitarian efforts and opinions on Israel and Palestinians, also criticized the influence money has in politics — comparing campaign spending now to when he launched his presidential campaign in 1976.

"I don't think anybody now can hope to be the nominee of the Democratic or Republican Party if they can't raise like a quarter of a billion dollars," Carter said. "This massive infusion of money automatically polarizes our country."

"When hundreds of thousands of dollars are spent tearing down the reputation of an opponent in order to get elected, animosity and negativism carries on into Washington," he added.

So does Carter think he could run for president today and win?

"There was harmony among congressmen when I was there, and I got just as much support from Republicans as I did from Democrats," he said.

[no-to-illegals]

Is a LOL at the devil ...

[no-to-illegals]

LOL ... you might become to becoming?

[no-to-illegals]

America, now that Americans have found you ... Do ‘We’ have to let you go and believe you do not need ‘truth’?

[no-to-illegals]

Thank You, very Much, America ... Am so glad to be here ‘today’ ... Prayers for ‘us all’! Never let the liberals break you!

[tumblindice]

The only things worse than being preached at by a yankee about race relations is hearing it from a two-faced creep like Jimmah Cahtuh.

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[Da Coyote]

I most certainly feel superior to that cretin.

[markman46]

LOL I do so hate Jimmuh nuts, I so want to pee on his grave

[laconic]

I believe Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter were members of a group opposed to desegregating his local schools before he got into state and national politics. What an incompetent hypocrite.

[laconic]

In the 1950s, Jimmy Carter was on the local school board in Sumter County that REFUSED to implement Brown v. Board of Education and which blocked construction of a “negro school’ too close for comfort to white-dominated neighborhoods. I wonder if he has gotten rid of his “feelings” of superiority or even made amends for his “actions” of superiority. Thank God he is NOT a Republican; we have too many of his hypocritical ilk as is.

[jospehm20]

Me too.

[Theodore R.]

The photo is 45 years old and misleading. Lester G. Maddox later called GA Jimmuh “the most dishonest man I ever met.”

[amnestynone]

And I have feelings of superiority to Jimmy Carter.

[skinndogNN]

This guy is 90, and he looks like he died 10 years ago.

How are we supposed to treat him when he dies. Are we supposed to show him respect?

It’s going to be really hard Ringo, really hard.

[Brooklyn Attitude]

“Americans still have ‘feelings of superiority’ toward minorities”

Nonsense. Just compare IQs, test scores, arrest rates, out of wedlock births, education level, income, proportion on public assistance or drug abuse, inventiveness, violent crime. No rational person would feel one group is superior to another.

[Gay State Conservative]

"When I look at all my children sometimes I say to myself, Lillian, you should have stayed a virgin."

Lillian "Miss Lillian" Carter,the late "First Mother"

[Gay State Conservative]

Are we supposed to show him respect?

Assuming that I outlive him I plan to visit his grave once.The visit will last about 30 seconds...when I arrive my bladder will be full,when I leave it will be empty.

[elcid1970]

I look forward to reading several obituaries. Jimmah Carter & Jane Fonda to name just two. In very large 25 point type.

Kinda like the German civilian in Berlin in early 1945 who passed a newspaper kiosk every day, glanced at the front pages, & walked on. This annoyed the kiosk owner who demanded, “Why don’t you just buy a newspaper!?”

The man replied he wasn’t interested in headlines, only the obituaries. The owner fumed, “But the obituaries aren’t on the front page!”

The man replied, “The one I’M looking for will be!!”

[Dr. Sivana]

The photo is 45 years old and misleading. Lester G. Maddox later called GA Jimmuh “the most dishonest man I ever met.”

Well, yeah. I posted it in response to someone who said that Jimmy Carter ran for governor of Georgia as a racist, and that was about 45 years ago. I don't expect Lester would be palsy with the current version. Even in 1976, Jimmy Carter's "Ethnic Purity" line was largely thought to help in the upcoming southern primaries.

[donna]

One-term JImmy beaten by Ronald Reagan, he's bitter.