From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Fri Aug 10 2001 - 12:58:27 MDT
Spike Jones wrote:
>
> ...Jesse Jackson, who in 1994 said, "There is nothing more
> painful to me at
> this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear
> footsteps and
> start thinking about robbery. Then look around and see someone
> white
> and feel relieved."
>
> There is more than one way to interpret this comment by the good
> reverend Jackson. His detractors have accused him of blatant
> racism, but look at what he actually *says*. He hears footsteps.
> These are his own, since he is walking down the street. He
> thinks about robbery. He is after all, a politician of sorts. Perhaps
> this robbery will take the form of increased taxation, to support
> the reverend's many social programs.
Well, then his fear wouldn't be based on rational information, unless
there are far more black IRS agents than white ones... and thus it WOULD
be racism....
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