Race-Baiting in Maryland – In their first debate, sponsored by the NAACP at primarily black Morgan State University “before a vocally partisan crowd of 2,100 people who booed Ehrlich into silence as he sought to make his opening statement,” Democratic gubernatorial candidate Kathleen Kennedy Townsend made this enlightening comment on the sensitive subject of race:
“He opposes affirmative action based on race,” she said. “Well, let me tell you, slavery was based on race. Lynching was based on race. Discrimination is based on race. Jim Crow was based on race. And affirmative action should be based on race.”
Hmmm. I would have thought that slavery, lynching, Jim Crow, etc. had pretty well established that discrimination based on race is wrong. I guess not. Ms. Townsend obviously thinks that the only way to fight racial discrimination is with … racial discrimination. That’s strikes me as rather like burning a village in order to save it.
UPDATE – I’ve just seen that MediaMinded has teed off on the same offensive Townsend quote. Check him out.
I find the comment made about race baiting in maryland very interesting. It seems to me as though , lol, African Americans in this country get stepped on when its beneficial for the well being of this country , and then get left to fend for themselves when it comes time to recover from the previous assaults. To read the persons statement that they thougt “Jim Crow, lynchings and slavery TAUGHT us that discrimanation based on race is wrong” i literally laughed for quite a while. So let me understand this: African Americans were discriminated against in every form stepped on raped abused hung families torn apart , thier future basically predetermined to a certain extent, because this happened to them , this teaches us NOT TO GIVE THEM ANYTHING EXTRA ?????? GOTTA LOVE AMERICA!!!