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Town's White Police Official Calls Obama N-Word [W:301]

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Town's White Police Official Calls Obama N-Word - ABC News

Wolfeboro Police Commissioner Robert Copeland, who's 82 and white, has acknowledged in an email to his fellow police commissioners he used the racial slur in describing Obama.

Imagine that.

This sounds familiar with old people who haven't evolved into the modern day.

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/Town-s-white-police-official-calls-Obama-N-word-5480252.php

Town resident Jane O'Toole, who moved to Wolfeboro four months ago, said she overheard Copeland say the slur at a restaurant in March and wrote to the town manager about it. Copeland, in an email to her, acknowledged using the slur in referring to the president and said he will not apologize.

"I believe I did use the 'N' word in reference to the current occupant of the Whitehouse," Copeland said in the email to his fellow police commissioners, part of which he forwarded to O'Toole. "For this, I do not apologize — he meets and exceeds my criteria for such."
WHOA!

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Stories like this just make me laugh because of how absurd the racists are. Even so, it's unfortunate that this guy is a Police Commissioner considering that the amount of power he has probably means that a fair amount of black people have been held back from jobs and promotions because of him. There's probably also been a fair amount of racism in police activity in his area due to him as well. That is the saddest part of this.

That said, the kind of racism demonstrated by stories like this is not the type of racism that concerns me. Such overt racism is mostly a relic of the past and it's literally dying out. What concerns me is the pervasive form of racism in our society that is more covert, or subtle. I'm talking about the type of racism expressed by the vast majority of white Americans where they tell denigrating racist jokes in one breath and then claim to be colorblind in the next.
 
Stories like this just make me laugh because of how absurd the racists are. Even so, it's unfortunate that this guy is a Police Commissioner considering that the amount of power he has probably means that a fair amount of black people have been held back from jobs and promotions because of him. There's probably also been a fair amount of racism in police activity in his area due to him as well. That is the saddest part of this.

That said, the kind of racism demonstrated by stories like this is not the type of racism that concerns me. Such overt racism is mostly a relic of the past and it's literally dying out. What concerns me is the pervasive form of racism in our society that is more covert, or subtle. I'm talking about the type of racism expressed by the vast majority of white Americans where they tell denigrating racist jokes in one breath and then claim to be colorblind in the next.
White people hate all non-white people. You see it in our eyes, you hear it in the tone we take. We only tolerate you less subhumans because we need people to mow our lawns and do our laundry.

/smh
 
White people hate all non-white people.
No, modern racism isn't about hate. That's the point. If you're going to mock something, then at least understand it before you do.
 
Stories like this just make me laugh because of how absurd the racists are. Even so, it's unfortunate that this guy is a Police Commissioner considering that the amount of power he has probably means that a fair amount of black people have been held back from jobs and promotions because of him. There's probably also been a fair amount of racism in police activity in his area due to him as well. That is the saddest part of this.

That said, the kind of racism demonstrated by stories like this is not the type of racism that concerns me. Such overt racism is mostly a relic of the past and it's literally dying out. What concerns me is the pervasive form of racism in our society that is more covert, or subtle. I'm talking about the type of racism expressed by the vast majority of white Americans where they tell denigrating racist jokes in one breath and then claim to be colorblind in the next.

One of the most ridiculous and unsubstantiated posts I've ever seen on racism.
 
He probably just wants to run for congress.
 
Stories like this just make me laugh because of how absurd the racists are. Even so, it's unfortunate that this guy is a Police Commissioner considering that the amount of power he has probably means that a fair amount of black people have been held back from jobs and promotions because of him. There's probably also been a fair amount of racism in police activity in his area due to him as well. That is the saddest part of this.

That said, the kind of racism demonstrated by stories like this is not the type of racism that concerns me. Such overt racism is mostly a relic of the past and it's literally dying out. What concerns me is the pervasive form of racism in our society that is more covert, or subtle. I'm talking about the type of racism expressed by the vast majority of white Americans where they tell denigrating racist jokes in one breath and then claim to be colorblind in the next.

A black guy and a white girl meet up on the dancefloor of a nightclub. They dance and dance until things start getting intemate. They get closer and closer and each one of them starts feeling hoter and hoter. At one point both of them just rush out to a cab to take them to her place. When arriving they rush up to her appartment whilest losing their clothes. As they arrive and the black guy is abbout to pull of his pants, she says: "Wait! Is it true what they say about black people?" He smiles and says: "Sure it is Baby"

Then he pulls out a knife, stabs her 3 times and runs away with her purse.


That joke was told to me by a black guy, the son of Nigerian imigrants to Germany. Your entire notion of covert racism just reeks of over the top political correctness and moral policing.

What is the difference between your views on inforcing moral obligations concerning race in language, and Rick Santorum who wants a catholic gestapo watching you having sex?
 
A black guy and a white girl meet up on the dancefloor of a nightclub. They dance and dance until things start getting intemate. They get closer and closer and each one of them starts feeling hoter and hoter. At one point both of them just rush out to a cab to take them to her place. When arriving they rush up to her appartment whilest losing their clothes. As they arrive and the black guy is abbout to pull of his pants, she says: "Wait! Is it true what they say about black people?" He smiles and says: "Sure it is Baby"

Then he pulls out a knife, stabs her 3 ttimes and runs away with her purse.


That joke was told to me by a black guy, the son of Nigerian imigrants to Germany. Your entire notion of covert racism just reeks of over the top political correctness and moral policing.

What is the difference btween your views on inforcing moral obligations concerning race in language, and Rick Santorum who wants a catholic gestapo wathing you have sex?
Your story is an example of internalized racism. Next.
 
This is the face of racism in America? This guy and Bundy are faces of the right's racism? This explains a lot.
 
The internalization of racist attitudes towards people of one's own race.

How does this joke suposedly show an attitude considering that what is made fun of is an inherint trait of a race???

If anything, comedy mocks such attributes.
 
This old dude meets and exceeds my criteria for being a jackass, but since he's 82 years old we probably won't hear many more reports about him.

You know shrubnose, I wonder why and how. Why people like this haven't been found out about long ago before they're placed into positions of trust, and how they've gotten through their whole lifetimes being the way they are and never changing their feelings or opinions about other people.

I have to admit, I've never known a person who has held similar beliefs as this guy, that ever changed. I wonder if people ever do?
 
How does this joke suposedly show an attitude considering that what is made fun of is an inherint trait of a race???

If anything, comedy mocks such attributes.
I won't do all the work for you.
 
Stories like this just make me laugh because of how absurd the racists are. Even so, it's unfortunate that this guy is a Police Commissioner considering that the amount of power he has probably means that a fair amount of black people have been held back from jobs and promotions because of him. There's probably also been a fair amount of racism in police activity in his area due to him as well. That is the saddest part of this.

That said, the kind of racism demonstrated by stories like this is not the type of racism that concerns me. Such overt racism is mostly a relic of the past and it's literally dying out. What concerns me is the pervasive form of racism in our society that is more covert, or subtle. I'm talking about the type of racism expressed by the vast majority of white Americans where they tell denigrating racist jokes in one breath and then claim to be colorblind in the next.

Excellent points.
 
One of the most ridiculous and unsubstantiated posts I've ever seen on racism.

Don't you believe that people don't keep their thoughts and feelings inside of them for years? You know, covertly? Pretending to be accepting while not really being accepting of different people?
 
Don't you believe that people don't keep their thoughts and feelings inside of them for years? You know, covertly? Pretending to be accepting while not really being accepting of different people?

That works great for politics and those who want to live their lives as paranoids.
 
One of the most ridiculous and unsubstantiated posts I've ever seen on racism.
It's actually substantiated by a plethora of research on modern racism in the United States which is much more credible than whatever anecdotal evidence forms your views on race.
 
That works great for politics and those who want to live their lives as paranoids.

It must have worked for this guy then. He didn't develop his point of view overnight. If he did, I wonder what he was watching or listening to that changed his mind from being accepting to being a racist.
 
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It's actually substantiated by a plethora of research on modern racism in the United States which is much more credible than whatever anecdotal evidence forms your views on race.

OH, I know... lies, damn lies, and statistics just blow personal experience right out the water...:roll:
 
I must have worked for this guy then. He didn't develop his point of view overnight.

We're not talking individuals like this guy, we're talking about the allegation in the post I responded to stating all these Americans with their secret racism doing underhanded stuff to black people. It's great political fodder and good for paranoid idiots.
 
It's actually substantiated by a plethora of research on modern racism in the United States which is much more credible than whatever anecdotal evidence forms your views on race.

Oh research, no doubt by white PhD at universities. I'll bet their papers are even peer reviewed, right?
 
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