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« on: July 08, 2016, 05:36:14 PM »

Gingrich: White Americans "don't understand being black in America"


http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/287026-gingrich-white-americans-dont-understand-being-black-in-america



Former Speaker Newt Gingrich on Friday said white Americans "don't understand being black in America" as he reflected on a series of shootings across the nation this week.

“It took me a long time and a number of people talking to me over the years to begin to get a sense of this: If you are a normal, white American, the truth is you don’t understand being black in America and you instinctively underestimate the level of discrimination and the level of additional risk," Gingrich said.

The former Speaker and potential Donald Trump vice presidential pick discussed race during a live Facebook video with liberal commentator Van Jones.

The discussion came after police killed black men in Baton Rouge, La., and suburban St. Paul, Minn., earlier this week, and a gunman killed five police officers in Dallas on Thursday night during a protest against the earlier killings.

"We've got to rethink what it means to be American and how we function together as an extended family," Gingrich said.







(I'm honestly not sure if this helps or hurts his chances of being Trump's VP)
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« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2016, 05:43:44 PM »

Wow. Did Gingrich actually say something sensible? No way he's VP now.
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« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2016, 05:46:57 PM »

What makes accusing an entire race of something sensible? I could also say that black America doesn't understand whites.

This doesn't help either side and just inflames hatred even more.
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« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2016, 05:59:12 PM »

I could also say that black America doesn't understand whites.


Aww...tell us your fears of getting pulled over for a traffic violation? A $60 ticket?
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« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2016, 06:03:32 PM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwDoTg-Kljw

Newt & Sharpton - best buds?
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« Reply #5 on: July 08, 2016, 06:23:35 PM »

A lot of what he said is true, but this: "if you're a normal, white American" is still a bit... puzzling. Well, baby steps, I guess.
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« Reply #6 on: July 08, 2016, 06:31:43 PM »

i see no reason to view this as anything more than a proverbial stopped clock moment
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« Reply #7 on: July 08, 2016, 07:01:41 PM »

What makes accusing an entire race of something sensible? I could also say that black America doesn't understand whites.

This doesn't help either side and just inflames hatred even more.
The difference is whites are more likely to get angry at blacks for making comments about the institutions we live in. Additionally, whites don't have to worry about their kids getting executed in cold blood
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« Reply #8 on: July 08, 2016, 07:06:26 PM »

A semi-humanizing moment from the Grinch? Wonder how this'll play with Trumpettes?
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« Reply #9 on: July 08, 2016, 07:12:51 PM »

A semi-humanizing moment from the Grinch? Wonder how this'll play with Trumpettes?

I love it! Gingrich, like Trump, always knows the right thing to say. He tells it exactly like it is.
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« Reply #10 on: July 08, 2016, 07:31:03 PM »

A lot of what he said is true, but this: "if you're a normal, white American" is still a bit... puzzling. Well, baby steps, I guess.
I think he means average, by that.
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« Reply #11 on: July 08, 2016, 07:34:15 PM »

What's the big deal? Of course Gingrich is right. Blacks suffer a lot. This is not new. We all know this. However, Black Lives Matter is making it worse for all Americans.
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« Reply #12 on: July 08, 2016, 07:51:27 PM »

What's the big deal? Of course Gingrich is right. Blacks suffer a lot. This is not new. We all know this. However, Black Lives Matter is making it worse for all Americans.
Yeah. It's right up their with slave uprisings and the Civil War.
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« Reply #13 on: July 08, 2016, 07:54:30 PM »

What's the big deal? Of course Gingrich is right. Blacks suffer a lot. This is not new. We all know this. However, Black Lives Matter is making it worse for all Americans.
Yeah. It's right up their with slave uprisings and the Civil War.

America has a bad racial history. We all know that. We tried racial harmony. Those days are over. Today is a new day in America's racial past and it's sad. Race relations are over now, because of President Obama and his acolytes. It's clear this is a full out war.
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« Reply #14 on: July 08, 2016, 08:19:33 PM »

What's the big deal? Of course Gingrich is right. Blacks suffer a lot. This is not new. We all know this. However, Black Lives Matter is making it worse for all Americans.
Yeah. It's right up their with slave uprisings and the Civil War.

America has a bad racial history. We all know that. We tried racial harmony. Those days are over. Today is a new day in America's racial past and it's sad. Race relations are over now, because of President Obama and his acolytes. It's clear this is a full out war.

You can't be serious. You're blaming a guy who tried to make it painfully clear that he wasn't of the old generation of black civil rights activists, whose appointments are mostly white, who makes it clear that he has a ton of respect for police, and who hasn't bothered to sign pardons for non-violent drug crimes? Cmon.
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« Reply #15 on: July 08, 2016, 08:55:54 PM »

Trump's white nationalist supporters would never allow Gingrich now. RIP VP Newt.
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« Reply #16 on: July 08, 2016, 08:57:36 PM »




Those days are over. Today is a new day in America's racial past and it's sad. Race relations are over now, because of President Obama and his acolytes. It's clear this is a full out war.

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« Reply #17 on: July 08, 2016, 08:59:48 PM »

What's the big deal? Of course Gingrich is right. Blacks suffer a lot. This is not new. We all know this. However, Black Lives Matter is making it worse for all Americans.
Yeah. It's right up their with slave uprisings and the Civil War.

America has a bad racial history. We all know that. We tried racial harmony. Those days are over. Today is a new day in America's racial past and it's sad. Race relations are over now, because of President Obama and his acolytes. It's clear this is a full out war.

Aren't you a truffle of happiness.
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« Reply #18 on: July 08, 2016, 09:03:18 PM »


How'd that work out?
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« Reply #19 on: July 08, 2016, 09:15:46 PM »

What's the big deal? Of course Gingrich is right. Blacks suffer a lot. This is not new. We all know this. However, Black Lives Matter is making it worse for all Americans.
Yeah. It's right up their with slave uprisings and the Civil War.

America has a bad racial history. We all know that. We tried racial harmony. Those days are over. Today is a new day in America's racial past and it's sad. Race relations are over now, because of President Obama and his acolytes. It's clear this is a full out war.

Aren't you a truffle of happiness.

I'm disappointed in America. Period. I'm disappointed in the brutish actions of the police and the brutish acts of BLM as well.
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« Reply #20 on: July 08, 2016, 09:17:57 PM »

Gingrich kind of just talks. Sometimes the words he says are in the right order.
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« Reply #21 on: July 08, 2016, 09:50:32 PM »

What's the big deal? Of course Gingrich is right. Blacks suffer a lot. This is not new. We all know this. However, Black Lives Matter is making it worse for all Americans.
Yeah. It's right up their with slave uprisings and the Civil War.

America has a bad racial history. We all know that. We tried racial harmony. Those days are over. Today is a new day in America's racial past and it's sad. Race relations are over now, because of President Obama and his acolytes. It's clear this is a full out war.
Go back to 1980's South Africa.
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« Reply #22 on: July 08, 2016, 10:39:37 PM »

What's the big deal? Of course Gingrich is right. Blacks suffer a lot. This is not new. We all know this. However, Black Lives Matter is making it worse for all Americans.
Yeah. It's right up their with slave uprisings and the Civil War.

America has a bad racial history. We all know that. We tried racial harmony. Those days are over. Today is a new day in America's racial past and it's sad. Race relations are over now, because of President Obama and his acolytes. It's clear this is a full out war.

Sadly I have to agree.  Having a biracial president for the first time in history is 100% proof that we are doomed to a race war. [/snark]

You can't be serious. You're blaming a guy who tried to make it painfully clear that he wasn't of the old generation of black civil rights activists, whose appointments are mostly white, who makes it clear that he has a ton of respect for police, and who hasn't bothered to sign pardons for non-violent drug crimes? Cmon.

Yeah the president is getting skewered by Tavis Smiley and Cornel West and bronz4141 is telling us he is the vanguard of the race war.


PS I am shocked and pleased about Gingrich's statement... just hope he doesn't walk it back.
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« Reply #23 on: July 08, 2016, 11:25:24 PM »

I could also say that black America doesn't understand whites.


Aww...tell us your fears of getting pulled over for a traffic violation? A $60 ticket?

Because anybody who acts like a normal human being will never ever come close to having a cop need to use any sort of force whatsoever.
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« Reply #24 on: July 08, 2016, 11:42:43 PM »

I could also say that black America doesn't understand whites.


Aww...tell us your fears of getting pulled over for a traffic violation? A $60 ticket?

Because anybody who acts like a normal human being will never ever come close to having a cop need to use any sort of force whatsoever.

I'd love to live in your bubble.
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