From Chickenbones Journal: Palin Is "Racist, Sexist, Vindictive, And Mean" by Charley James
Wow. I thought things were already pretty bad back in April when I did my post: mccain, racism and religious bigotry. But the right wing has been able to sink to new depths.
See also:
The Progressive Curmudgeon: Sarah’s Own Words: “I Don’t Do Black Guys.”
Z-Net: This is Your Nation on White Privilege by Tim Wise
Huffington Post: Gergen: McCain Using Code Words To Attack Obama As "Uppity"
La Times: Southern GOP Congressman Lynn Westmoreland literally calls Obama "uppity" but pleads ignorance to its racial connotations.
So why doesn't the multi-faceted, multi-actor McCain-Palin race/racism story get the same kind of sensationalistic coverage that the Rev. Wright story got?
"So Sambo beat the bitch!"
This is how Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin described Barack Obama's win over Hillary Clinton to political colleagues in a restaurant a few days after Obama locked up the Democratic Party presidential nomination.
According to Lucille, the waitress serving her table at the time and who asked that her last name not be used, Gov. Palin was eating lunch with five or six people when the subject of the Democrat's primary battle came up. The governor, seemingly not caring that people at nearby tables would likely hear her, uttered the slur and then laughed loudly as her meal mates joined in appreciatively.
"It was kind of disgusting," Lucille, who is part Aboriginal, said in a phone interview after admitting that she is frightened of being discovered telling folks in the "lower 48" about life near the North Pole.
Then, almost with a sigh, she added, "But that's just Alaska."
Racial and ethnic slurs may be "just Alaska" and, clearly, they are common, everyday chatter for Palin.
Besides insulting Obama with a Step-N'-Fetch-It, "darkie musical" swipe, people who know her say she refers regularly to Alaska's Aboriginal people as "Arctic Arabs"—how efficient, lumping two apparently undesirable groups into one ugly description—as well as the more colourful "mukluks" along with the totally unimaginative "f**king Eskimo's," according to a number of Alaskans and Wasillians interviewed for this article.
Wow. I thought things were already pretty bad back in April when I did my post: mccain, racism and religious bigotry. But the right wing has been able to sink to new depths.
See also:
The Progressive Curmudgeon: Sarah’s Own Words: “I Don’t Do Black Guys.”
Z-Net: This is Your Nation on White Privilege by Tim Wise
Huffington Post: Gergen: McCain Using Code Words To Attack Obama As "Uppity"
La Times: Southern GOP Congressman Lynn Westmoreland literally calls Obama "uppity" but pleads ignorance to its racial connotations.
So why doesn't the multi-faceted, multi-actor McCain-Palin race/racism story get the same kind of sensationalistic coverage that the Rev. Wright story got?
3 comments:
Hmm, there's definitely plenty of racism in this election, and Tim Wise's article was good, but I really don't find Charley James' reports that credible. They seem roughly as substantial as a lot of the bullshit that's been lobbed at Obama.
The restaurant story is little more than hearsay.
As to 'The Progressive Curmudgeon' tale, it just doesn't sound credible. Palin had been married for two years at the time, and was expecting her second child. Most adultery occurs within 6-7 months of marriage, so if this story is true, then it would put Palin outside the statistical norm. Adultery can occur anytime, but the story makes it sound like Plain is wild, and she's not.
Both Obama and McCain have sexual skeletons in their closet... ... I don't think these issues should be part of any national public debate, they should remain private.
Blacks use many racial slurs against whites, & vice versa, and blacks use bad terms directed towards other blacks on a routine basis. I don't think the use of certain words by themselves should be used as a limus test for political office.
Overall, I really enjoy this blog, it is very informative.
Actually both accounts came from Charley James and sources which he was in touch with. I think it is fine to take them with a grain of salt but I also wouldn't simply totally dismiss and ignore them.
In terms of the story in the diner, I wouldn't emphasize... and I don't think the point was... her committing adultery. She was just having a conversation with someone who was flirting with her. The point was her attitude about race.
As far as racial slurs go, I don't think there are hard and fast rules. But I think ones language is still going to be a reflection of ones thinking and ones possible actions.
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