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Originally Posted by willravel
He's trying to close the wound. Or do you think a lower crime rate among black men would widen the gap? That was, after all, his intent. And just because black people aren't enslaved today does not mean that they are not victimized by racism often.
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If he had done it elsewhere and not used his "judgeship".... acceptable, in a courtroom using his power as judge to do this...... Racist, power abusing bullshit.
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As for the MLK quotes, they have nothing to do with the thread. Had they been relevant to the subject at hand, people probably would have responded to them. They aren't, so they were ignored.
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Really, I covered what I figured would be excuses for this judge's actions and brought up MLK quotes to show the bullshit factor:
Here's the post (with the quotes) let the following posters make the decision if they are relevant. I'm sure to those making excuse for the judge they aren't relevant because they would be proving their own bullshit excuses as bullshit excuses.
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Originally Posted by pan647
let's see: was what the judge did segregation?
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Segregation is the adultery of an illicit intercourse between injustice and immorality.
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Why did he not lecture ALL there that day?
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All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Was it an injustice, intentional or not?
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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963
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Was it ignorance or stupidity?
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Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love, 1963
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Was he judging by the color of skin and not by the content of character?
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I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
Martin Luther King Jr.
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I would argue on this day we SHOULD be addressing racial problems. He sacrificed his life to do so and it would be unconscionable and disrespectful not to address racial problems on this day. IMHO. |
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The bottom line: the white people asked to leave were not injured in any way. They weren't persecuted. They're fine. The judge wanted to address members of his own race. Ch'i just explained it perfectly and trust me he knows more about black culture than either you or I will ever know.
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Well, again, outside of a courtroom, outside of his job ok..... inside a courtroom using his position.... WRONG. A courtroom and a judge are not supposed to know race, religion, sex, ethnic background and so on.
Again, let's take a look at his record, see how he ruled in cases.
Now if you say that it would be ok for ANY judge to single out his certain "people" and do this..... it'd still be an abuse of power in my eyes, but I wouldn't be able to call the racist bullshit excuses, and that would be fine for me.
IMHO, it's bullshit racism and an abuse of power. There is no excuse for this behavior in ANY courtroom under ANY circumstance.