Some ‘Dialogue’ About Race
Pat Buchanan wrote a piece in which he actually said African-Americans (or ‘blacks’) should be grateful they were brought to America as slaves:
First, America has been the best country on earth for black folks. It was here that 600,000 black people, brought from Africa in slave ships, grew into a community of 40 million, were introduced to Christian salvation, and reached the greatest levels of freedom and prosperity blacks have ever known.
Wright ought to go down on his knees and thank God he is an American.
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We hear the grievances. Where is the gratitude?
So vile do I find these words (and the piece as a whole) that I had serious doubts about even posting them on this space that belongs to me. In the end, however, I reckon the more people that see this kind of hate the better.
As a side note, he continually refers to Obama as ‘Barack’ - which, as I believe we’ve covered by now, is a way of belittling your opponent. Usually, only women and children are referred to by the first names in the press. See, for example: Hillary.
Given the tone, I think the word Buchanan would really like to use is ‘boy,’ but he doesn’t have the cajones. Don’t worry, Pat, we know what you meant; you have gall aplenty.
[Actually, I'm so pissed about this, I'm not even giving him pageviews. I've taken two screen captures of the article, and you can read it after the jump. Enjoy my commentary, which I'm pretty sure makes this reasonably legal. Give Jezebel the pageviews instead if you want a link.]
March 25th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Oh come on pat, those africans would have been converted by the meddling arm of christian missionaries If they had stayed in Africa.
March 25th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
They did get one hell of a cruise, though.