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juliaoceania -> RE: Black Repub Ken Barnes Wakes Up... (6/15/2011 3:23:41 PM)
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"Institutional racism describes any kind of system of inequality based on race. It can occur in institutions such as public government bodies, private business corporations (such as media outlets), and universities (public and private). The term was coined by Black Power activist Stokely Carmichael in the late 1960s. The definition given by William Macpherson within the report looking into the death of Stephen Lawrence was "the collective failure of an organization to provide an appropriate and professional service to people because of their colour, culture, or ethnic origin".
Given the above, this in no way, shape, or form can be attributed to the Republican party.
Additionally, as a matter of fact, Bush's administration contained a more diverse group than does Obamas, and the head of the RNC is Michael Steele -- an African American man.
So again, no... the Republican party has abso-fucking-lutely NOT displayed "Structural/Institutional Racism".
First of all, Ken Barnes is the one saying that he can no longer stay a republican because of what he says is their implicit acceptance of racism. We are debating what Ken Barnes claims, why not address it?
It is pretty laughable that you would look at Steele as proof the Republican Party does not implicitly accept racism, when in fact Steele would probably disagree with that himself these days
http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/republican-national-committee/michael-steele-acknowledges-gop-had-southern-strategy-for-decades/
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A lot of people are pointing to a new set of remarks Michael Steele made about the Republican Party and race, in which Steele acknowledged that the GOP hasn’t given African Americans a reason to support the party.
But I think folks are missing the real news in what Steele said. The RNC chairman also appeared to acknowledge that the GOP has had a race-based “southern strategy” for four decades, which is decidedly not a historical interpretation many Republicans agree with.[
So there ya are, another Black man is saying the same thing as Mr Barnes, but the thing is, this was the token black guy they used after Obama's election so they could say "Look, we have a Black guy too!"
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