CPAC tackles issue of race; results not pretty

[Hober Mallow]

From the What-Did-They-Honestly-Think-Was-Going-to-Happen? file:

A panel at the Conservative Political Action Committee on Republican minority outreach exploded into controversy on Friday afternoon, after an audience member defended slavery as good for African-Americans.

The exchange occurred after an audience member from North Carolina, 30-year-old Scott Terry, asked whether Republicans could endorse races remaining separate but equal. After the presenter, K. Carl Smith of Frederick Douglass Republicans, answered by referencing a letter by Frederick Douglass forgiving his former master, the audience member said “For what? For feeding him and housing him?” Several people in the audience cheered and applauded Terry’s outburst.

From there, things got a little out of control.

The full title of the panel was "Trump the Race Card: Are You Sick and Tired of Being Called a Racist and You Know You're Not One?"

Other sources: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/03/cpacs-trump-race-card-panel-derailed-actual-segregationist/63173/
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/16/cpac-panel-on-transcending-racist-label-breaks-down-into-verbal-chaos.html
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/towson/bal-towson-student-advocates-for-segregation-at-cpac-event-20130316,0,2592318.story
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/15/race-debate-cpac-slavery-slur

[Rerun]

Can't bear to read the whole thing but until the media stops pointing out everyones race ... everyone will keep noticing..... 

The suspect in the murder is Black, or White or Hispanic.   So, I guess we need to know these things if we are to be on the "lookout"....

I personally think by NOW everyone has equal opportunity.  Except the "UGLY" they will never have a chance.  (I should know)

           

[cariad]

Yuck. Ironically, this session was entitled "Trump the Race Card: Are You Sick and Tired of Being Called a Racist and You Know You're Not One?"

Are we to assume that Scott Terry knows he's not a racist? Are racists now sick and tired of being called racists? Do they think the solution to that is to attend a seminar to learn some secret tricks to avoid being called what they are? Indeed, HM, what did they honestly think was going to happen!

I don't see how the media can possibly be blamed here. Racism existed long before we had media coverage. It's but one way that people divide themselves into groups, and then argue that their group is better than that other group.