Too many conservatives have twisted MLK's dream deliberately. (bias, doctor, kids)
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Originally Posted by WilliamSmyth
The point is that some people misinterpret Dr. King's statement "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character" as his advocacy for a totally colorblind society where even acknowledging a person's racial or ethnic background is a form of racism.
This sums it up. In the last 10 years Consetvatives have on purpose, made this a strategy
SMH, conservatives and those that use words like *******. Reality check for you; MLK's dream was to handle race and race relations as mature adults. Color blind, does NOT mean, to zip it when it comes to talking about it at all (talking about race doesn't automatically equal racism, fools) and call anyone who has a legitimate beef and tries to fight it in some way a "race baiter".
SMH, conservatives and those that use words like *******. Reality check for you; MLK's dream was to handle race and race relations as mature adults. Color blind, does NOT mean, to zip it when it comes to talking about it at all (talking about race doesn't automatically equal racism, fools) and call anyone who has a legitimate beef and tries to fight it in some way a "race baiter".
He wanted people to integrate and get along, he would not IMO like Obama's race and class baiting.
So there seems to be a consensus that Conservative Republicans are following MLK famous challenge to the nation to judge people on the content of their character rather than their color and Liberals insist on judging people by their color rather than their character.
For some reason I don't think that a person striving for equality would agree with just about ANYTHING put forward by liberals today. Where, in any writing of MLK, would there be the section saying "we need to put race before academics and make more Negro doctors" because that is exactly what we have done. Pulse + black + female = Medical Admissions. There was never any push for this during the civil rights era by a majority of people. MLK and the era of civil rights strives for a society where the merits and conduct of the individual could triumph over racial lines. Today we instead choose to enforce racism in the interest of "fairness" forgetting the lessons and accomplishments of those people who came before us.
The police did act stupidly. They had verified that in fact they where standing in Dr. Gates' house, but in stead of apologizing for any inconvenience and leaving they arrested him for disturbing the peace.
You missed my point.
Obama said that the police acted stupidly while at the same time admitting that he didn't know what had happened.
In other words, the white guy was wrong even if he might have been right.
That is called racism -- against whites.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Joshua
There was no rational reason that Gates couldn't have stepped out onto the porch as requested to clear things up....
Exactly.
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Originally Posted by eye state your name
Yes there was. Gates was arrested for disorderly conduct because he didn't want to provide the cop (that was called to his home by a neighbor reporting a possible break in). Instead of simply showing the officer that he was the legal resident of the place and thanking the officer for following up on a possible break in to his home, Gates acted STUPIDLY and was arrested as a consequence of his belligerent attitude.
Exactly.
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Originally Posted by WilliamSmyth
...By the time Dr. Gates was asked to come outside the police had already verified his identity and that he was authorized by the university to be living there.
How could they verify that he was Gates if he wouldn't talk to them and show his photo ID?
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Originally Posted by WilliamSmyth
Dr. Gates was arrested after his identity had been confirmed and that the house was his legal residence where he was authorized to be living.
You can't verify someone's identity without seeing their photo ID. Gates apparently refused to show his ID.
Even if Gates did comply with the officers' request to come out and talk to them, if he was rude to the officers (for example, throwing his ID in the officers' face), he could have been arrested for disorderly conduct.
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Originally Posted by eye state your name
So what? Gates was asked to step outside, he knew why the police were at his doorstep, yet he chose not to comply with the simple request because he was tired from his trip and he felt that gave him the right to fall back on the race card and use it as an excuse not to comply.
I guess Gates, being a Harvard professor, felt that he need not lower himself to dealing with what he regarded as peasants (the police.)
Here we see Prof. "Skip" Gates, a man with obvious difficulties in walking, due to his advanced age. A man whom Obama said was his friend. With the police officer that Obama characterized as stupid and racist, is the person holding Skip's arm, and helping him down the stairs, while the unsympathetic Obama leaves them both in the dust.
Are we sure that a handcuff isn't around Mr. Gates' arm?
This sums it up. In the last 10 years Consetvatives have on purpose, made this a strategy
In the last 8 years liberals have on purpose made it a strategy to promote the falsehood that Dr. King did not really mean what he said. Convenient, since Dr. King isn't around to defend himself.
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