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Re: NYC's Racist Councilman...

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From: ratchet
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 21:58
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NYC is a mongrel hellhole and simply deserves persons like Barron.

Rick


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> Op/Ed - New York Post
>
> POL PLAYS HOST AT RACIST MONSTER'S BALL
>
> Fri Sep 13, 3:06 AM ET
>
> By ANDREA PEYSER
>
> AT LEAST City Councilman Charles Barron only said he wants to slap a
> white person.
>
> Robert Mugabe, president of Zimbabwe, doesn't share Barron's delight
> in white-bashing banter. He prefers action.
>
> Under Mugabe's orders, land belonging to white farmers in the African
> nation has been seized and redistributed to Mugabe's unskilled black
> supporters - promising starvation to citizens of all races.
>
> Last March, amid copious reports of the torture of Mugabe's opponents
> - and the systematic rape of their daughters - the United States
> refused to recognize his re-election.
>
> So where does an international pariah go if he needs a hug?
>
> Why, into the arms of Councilman Barron and other members of the City
> Council's Black and Latino Caucus, of course!
>
> Yesterday, the caucus threw a reception, inside your City Hall, in
> Mugabe's honor. Apparently, some councilmen believe that this
> unapologetic racist, who's drawn power by blaming whites for his own
> failings, can teach New York valuable lessons in good government.
>
> The caucus has planned a "fact-finding" trip to Zimbabwe, paid for by
> the impoverished nation.
>
> You might say Barron, an ex-Black Panther with a knack for a quick
> quip, is Mugabe's ideological brother.
>
> Barron has studied the playbook of Al Sharpton: He uses everything
> he's got, however offensive, to win attention. He knows he'll never be
> taken to task for his words, because responsible people tend to
> underestimate him.
>
> But Barron is turning into a potentially dangerous presence in city
> government.
>
> Chairman of the council's higher-education committee, he's vowed to do
> away with City University's tougher standards - standards that make a
> degree meaningful. He says they're "racist."
>
> During a speech at last month's rally in Washington for slavery
> reparations, Barron went over the top, even for him:
>
> "I want to go up to the closest white person and say, 'You can't
> understand this, it's a black thing,' and then slap him just for my
> mental health."
>
> He dismissed his words as "black hyperbole." Imagine the uproar if a
> white man said he'd like to slap Barron.
>
> New York has come a long way since the Crown Heights race riots of
> 1991. Scapegoating whites is not just hurtful. It is plain lazy.
> Councilman Barron, there's no room in this city for a racist despot.
>
>
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