Running A Campaign Solely On Race?
Republican Senator from Massachusetts Scott Brown (seen above-r), had
his first senate debate with Harvard Law professor, Elizabeth Warren (seen above-l).
This first debate garnered so much attention over the past few days, and not because one candidate out-shined the other with fierce knowledge of facts, but because one candidate chose to target the other candidate solely on the purpose of race.
This first debate garnered so much attention over the past few days, and not because one candidate out-shined the other with fierce knowledge of facts, but because one candidate chose to target the other candidate solely on the purpose of race.
Instead of speaking on
the economy, health care, or American wages, Scott Brown chose to
attack his opponent by declaring that she lied on various applications about
her heritage.
Mr. Brown stated, "Professor Warren claimed that she was a native American, a person of color and as you can see she's not. With that being said she checked the box, and she had the opportunity to actually uh, make a decision throughout her career when she applied to Penn and Harvard, she checked the box claiming she was a native American, and um you know clearly she's not.
That being said I don't know and neither do the viewers know, whether in fact she got ahead as the result of that checking of the box. Uh but, the only way we'll be able to find that out is to have her release her personal records, have Harvard release their personal records to make sure that she did not have an advantage that others were entitled too. When you are a United States Senator, you have to pass the test, and that's one of character and honesty and truthfulness, and I believe and others believe that she has failed that test."
Click here to see the Massachusetts debate.
Mr. Brown stated, "Professor Warren claimed that she was a native American, a person of color and as you can see she's not. With that being said she checked the box, and she had the opportunity to actually uh, make a decision throughout her career when she applied to Penn and Harvard, she checked the box claiming she was a native American, and um you know clearly she's not.
That being said I don't know and neither do the viewers know, whether in fact she got ahead as the result of that checking of the box. Uh but, the only way we'll be able to find that out is to have her release her personal records, have Harvard release their personal records to make sure that she did not have an advantage that others were entitled too. When you are a United States Senator, you have to pass the test, and that's one of character and honesty and truthfulness, and I believe and others believe that she has failed that test."
Click here to see the Massachusetts debate.
When originally hearing this statement from Senator Brown, it was appalling that he'd rather debate about a person's racial heritage then the American issues at hand.
The reason this kind of racist rhetoric still exists is because you have people like Mr. Brown, actually trying to make a case that race can be the deciding factor of whether you vote for someone or not.
More disgusting is the fact that he claimed, you could tell she isn't Native American just by looking at her. But race mixing has been prevalent in America for a very, very, long time, so the fact that Mr. Brown can assume a person can be 100 percent ANYTHING is just ridiculous.
If Mr. Brown were to go back into his ethnic background with a genetic DNA test, he'd probably be shocked to discover just how mixed up he is too.
But because Mr. Brown thinks he's 100 percent white and that white is automatically right, a few of his campaign staffers and republican operatives decided to get together to mock Elizabeth Warren's Native American heritage, by chanting Native American tribal calls.
Mr. Brown has yet to publicly apologize to Mrs. Warren for these racist attacks, instead, he simply stated that he doesn't condone such actions.
These campaign staffers of Mr. Brown's are paid with American taxpayer dollars, and it doesn't sit well with me to know that I could've helped too pay a racists' salary. Click here to see Scott Brown's campaign staffers mocking Native Americans and Elizabeth Warren's heritage.
The reason this kind of racist rhetoric still exists is because you have people like Mr. Brown, actually trying to make a case that race can be the deciding factor of whether you vote for someone or not.
More disgusting is the fact that he claimed, you could tell she isn't Native American just by looking at her. But race mixing has been prevalent in America for a very, very, long time, so the fact that Mr. Brown can assume a person can be 100 percent ANYTHING is just ridiculous.
If Mr. Brown were to go back into his ethnic background with a genetic DNA test, he'd probably be shocked to discover just how mixed up he is too.
But because Mr. Brown thinks he's 100 percent white and that white is automatically right, a few of his campaign staffers and republican operatives decided to get together to mock Elizabeth Warren's Native American heritage, by chanting Native American tribal calls.
Mr. Brown has yet to publicly apologize to Mrs. Warren for these racist attacks, instead, he simply stated that he doesn't condone such actions.
These campaign staffers of Mr. Brown's are paid with American taxpayer dollars, and it doesn't sit well with me to know that I could've helped too pay a racists' salary. Click here to see Scott Brown's campaign staffers mocking Native Americans and Elizabeth Warren's heritage.
Moreover, Mr. Brown was correct about one thing; being a United States Senator is a test of character and if these latest racist remarks of Mr. Brown and his campaign staffers are a true test of the content of their character, then does this mean that the entire Republican party has issues with a candidate's race if they aren't white?
The fact that Mr. Brown is a current sitting senator whose salary we pay, and that has a group of republican counterparts openly exerting such racist attacks on behalf of him, should really open the American people's eyes to the fact that race is still a HUGE problem in America.
Come November 6th, I hope the American people vote for what's right and not for what's racist.
The fact that Mr. Brown is a current sitting senator whose salary we pay, and that has a group of republican counterparts openly exerting such racist attacks on behalf of him, should really open the American people's eyes to the fact that race is still a HUGE problem in America.
Come November 6th, I hope the American people vote for what's right and not for what's racist.
2012 LA
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