Comments on: Prof Gates Has Used ‘Yo Mama’ Before

By: Chinnubie

Chinnubie — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:47:28 +0000

I’m mystified by the way he used the contradicting remark of Clarence Thomas, a black man admittedly claiming he was able to get into Yale because of affirmative action, and by their actions on stage were making him (Thomas) out to be an “Uncle Tom”.
Wasn’t affirmative action brought about to give the minority an ability to stand on equal footing with the “White Man”? This guy could care less if minorities are given that boost up, unless when you get to where you are going you must continue to keep the chip of racism on your shoulder.
A minority is worthless to have the ability to think any other way than to claim racism at every chance they get.
Plain & simple Gates saw an opportunity to fuel the flames of racism, although the officer that arrested him wasn’t a racist, which is why this entire episode has blown up in his face.
Parting thought, where is Gates significant other through all of this? I didn’t see a wife or girlfriend there. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Was the GUY that was with him, breaking into the house, a “Friend”? Just curious……

By: Liberals Demise

Liberals Demise — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:59:35 +0000

Now we are seeing the “WE ARE OWED” dictated from the oval office and those that ruffle feathers are labeled “TEA BAG” unAmerican right wingers.

Next …….. AmeriCorp brown shirts and ACORN door pounders!!

By: JohnMG

JohnMG — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:25:42 +0000

I said this back in November of ’08. Obama has set race relations in this country back 50 years. I, for one, am not going to roll over for these hucksters. Every black of any influence who uses the accusation of racism as a bludgeon will preside over a self-fulfilling prophesy.

By: canary

canary — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:29:21 +0000

Gates challenging the police man with fighting words “Yo Mama” along with his other threats and yelling throwing a tantrum, were just that. He was doing everything to bully and scare the police officer.
I think with racist mentality of Obama and Gates ongoing obcession with racism being one way, need something simple before they understand and can feel a tiny fraction of the violent man the police were forced to deal with. A tiny fraction could be understood if police officers around the country, wore “YO Mama, O bama” t-shirts.

By: TwilightZoned

TwilightZoned — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:15:39 +0000

There’s just so much wrong in his thinking. If Gates still believes what he conveyed in this speech, he is a bitter man with a big chip on his shoulder.

Regarding his referencing Affirmative Action…

Sure I suppose there was a need and people benefited from Affirmative Action when it first began, but now it seems to be a crutch. As long as a group, or individual, see themselves as victims, refuse to assimilate, perpetuate and ingrain racism into future generations, and have an entitlement mentality; that group, as a whole, will never be able to compete on merit and the individual generally considered less competent. Doesn’t every one deserve the very best people a profession has to offer? People who are awarded a job they are not qualified for due to quotas, which if we’re honest happens way too frequently, generally cost businesses more money. There is usually of the need for additional training beyond the norm, constant error corrections doubling the work and taking the task twice as long to complete, or the need to assign another person to oversee the incompetent. Talk about a waste of money which is always passed on to the consumer, including the government in the form of taxes.

“…yo mama and daddy criticism which we blacks have mastered for 250 years…” or something to that effect. Yes, he definitely mastered that criticism; may even have a PhD in it.

By: catie

catie — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:06:45 +0000

There really is two Americas. Here we have that clown Robinson saying Gates is a “Big Cheese” and we must all kowtow to the “Big Cheeses” we run across. And of course Crowley is lying about that “yo momma” thing even though other minority officers heard it too, but they’re just sticking up for whitey because you know, he may come down from the big house and whip his butt. What’s happened to my country?

By: proreason

proreason — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:16:11 +0000

“one of the preeminent academics in — in America”

wow.

Get your tents ready. We may not even live in houses 10 years from now.

By: curvyred

curvyred — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:30:15 +0000

Does Chrissy also have a tingle running up his leg for the Good Prof?