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If you are able to listen to comments such as those made by Bennett and say with all sincerity that it is in no way racist, then you are part of the problem.
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You're right, this IS inflammatory. I would have accepted it if you'd offered an explanation , but as it is it really is just an unbacked statement. Why would
not finding this racist contribute to the "problem."?
I think his statement was perfectly legitimate-- because of its qualifications.
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Well, I don't think it is either, I don't think it is either, because first of all, there is just too much that you don't know. But I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could -- if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down. That would be an impossible, ridiculous, and morally reprehensible thing to do, but your crime rate would go down. So these far-out, these far-reaching, extensive extrapolations are, I think, tricky.
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That's legit. Hey, this is a morally horrible thing to do, but if it were your SOLE purpose to lower crime, you could abort black babies. This is statistically and factually correct, yet he qualified it to say that he did not advocate it because it would be "morally reprehensible."