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Originally Posted by Willravel
There's a reason I've never heard of any of those. Their roles in society are quite small compared to the work the NAACP.
Beck's race-baiting and race based fearmongering are a serious issues. When Beck said President Obama has "a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture", what he was doing was not informing people of factually verifiable information, but was inventing an issue where it doesn't exist with the clear intent of causing racial tensions. There are already going to be racial tensions when we elect our first non-100%-white president, but exacerbating it by giving racists validation is inexcusable. This is something people need to take seriously.
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I'm coming around to your point that it is indeed race-baiting - encouraging whites to feel threatened by him (based on the fact that they are white). I can see that been a potential side effect of his statements. I am white and I don't believe that Obama is a threat to me because of that fact. He is a threat to me because I have a dollar in my pocket.
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Originally Posted by dippin
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Not the same, those were minorities (as to origin) coming into this country. I am a member of a German group, whose origin links back to the first German families in my town looking out for each other. The group still exists, but does not serve that purpose any longer - it's a social organization now.