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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
He's saying he's too attached to the crime because he's black. Not because he's a man, not because he's an american and not because he's the attorney general, it's because he's black and has experienced racism himself.
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You are correct, but he also stated would this whole issue be happening if the officer was also black? Not entirely a terrible thing to state. He sounded like anyone picking through people for jury selection, except this happens to be the Attorney General. The whole issue is obviously racially charged, this does not make him racist.
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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Nage, racism is the belief that a person is superior or deficient based solely on their racial appearance, and the inherited qualities of that race.
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Absolutely correct.
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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
The host believes the top prosecutor in the united states is unfit to oversee an investigation because of a supposed biased due to his blackness.
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Nope, the fact he is black and dealt with racism himself he thought was the reason he was heading towards this town, which was dealing with a very racially charged incident. He was corrected by his guest (who said the chief of police requested his presence). Again, the accusation was that this person was emotionally attached to the case and should that person not have stepped back and assigned someone else? I don't agree with the host by the way, especially since his presence was requested.
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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
That he recognized existing racism and racial tension in the United States 5 years ago during his swearing in makes him, in the eyes of the host, unfit to judge others (in this scenario specifically, whites), supposedly because he will be unable to remain impartial, due to his blackness.
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Again, this goes to partiality, an issue that is repeated in every court room in canada and the United States. Could Holder not do his job because he was black? Holder, who we know is black, is in charge of the entire justice system which is apparently also locking up many black people. The fact the host assumed Holder was only showing up because it was a racially charged issue was a mistake, I don't believe he thinks Holder cannot do the job because black people are not capable.
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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
The host believes the Attorney General is inherently unable to apply justice evenly because of his race.
That.Is.Racist.
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I disagree with your summary of the interview, but I am very clear with your point of view which I certainly do not think is outside the realm of possibility. I just don't think racism is that 'vague', but we are certainly splitting hairs. We are throwing lots of assumptions at this.