--- In [email protected], tazarmfune <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Lt. Gov. Denish softens comments about `touchy' Richardson > > email this story > > > > By Steve Terrell The New Mexican | > > December 20, 2005 > > > Lt. Gov. Diane Denish on Monday seemed to back away from > statements > > she made in an Albuquerque newspaper article about Gov. Bill > > Richardson touching her. > > > GEORGE W. BUSH RUBS MAN'S HEAD FOR "LUCK" IN > DISPLAY OF APPARENT RACIST IGNORANCE > > Before speaking to a March 3rd Los Angeles audience at the > White House Conference on Faith-Based and Community > Initiatives, Mr Bush was introduced by an African-American male, > whose head Mr Bush proceeded to rub while grinning and > smirking. > > The man, identified as Alphonso Jackson, acting Secretary of the > U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, appeared > somewhat bewildered while still preserving an appearance of > happiness to welcome Mr. Bush. > > As an individual identified as Cory wrote in letter published > online, rubbing an African American's head for luck was at one > time thought of as a "joke amongst those who didn't generally > say "black person" when referring to one". He noted that the > racist practice "may well have faded into obscurity", but would've > been "a good way to lose a hand" in more multi-racial > neighborhoods in the late seventies and early eighties. > > Mr. Bush has long been thought of by many as a stereotypical > elitist with a notably racist, anti-black attitude, but this latest > misadventure lends credence to such an assumption. > > If the intent was not a racist one, the event did make Mr. Bush > appear somewhat condescending, as well as disrespectful of a > high-ranking government official. >
It can also be construed as a social gesture learned unconsciously without ever understanding what it was supposed to mean. He may have meant it in an affectionate way. Someone who has never heard the word "nigger" beforemay start using it to refer to blacks because he heard the *blacks* refer to each other that way. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Need Help? Get Help! Tools and Strategies for Healthy Drug-Free Living</a>. http://us.click.yahoo.com/wI.OUB/dbOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
