Alabama Representative Mo Brooks isn't shy about making controversial remarks, yet he still found a way to raise a few eyebrows with his most recent comment, as he said this with regard to Democrats' critique of Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions:
"It's really about political power and racial division and what I've referred to on occasion as the 'war on whites.' They are trying to motivate the African-American vote to vote-bloc for Democrats by using every 'Republican is a racist' tool that they can envision. Even if they have to lie about it."
I'm sorry, but this comment is stupid beyond words. There is no "war on whites" in this country; there is simply a war on equality led by whites (this includes Mo Brooks). Let's place things into their proper perspective here.
Slavery
Brooks: "War on whites!"
Segregation
Brooks: "War on whites!"
Discriminatory criminal justice system
Brooks: "War on whites!"
Uneven school funding
Brooks: "War on whites!"
Police suspicions (and shootings/deaths)
Brooks: "War on whites!"
Whites, straight white Christian men in particular, have long possessed a great number of privileges in this country, and with that, have taken for granted what many others lack. Marriage rights for the LGBT community isn't a "war on whites," it's a fight for equality. Being seen as the same in the eyes of authority figures and the law, regardless of one's skin color, isn't a "war on whites," it's a fight for equality. Providing similar education and opportunities regardless of a person's skin tone isn't a "war on whites," it's a fight for equality. Mo Brooks can believe whatever he'd like, but any time he even so much as thinks there's a "war on whites," he should read up on unrevised history, come to terms with slavery, and realize he never needed to stand in line to drink from a separate water fountain for "colored people." There isn't a "war on whites;" there's simply a fight for equality because some whites don't want to see their privileges quashed, even if it's for the betterment of society as a whole.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/defending-sessions-gop-congressman-sees-war-whites
"It's really about political power and racial division and what I've referred to on occasion as the 'war on whites.' They are trying to motivate the African-American vote to vote-bloc for Democrats by using every 'Republican is a racist' tool that they can envision. Even if they have to lie about it."
I'm sorry, but this comment is stupid beyond words. There is no "war on whites" in this country; there is simply a war on equality led by whites (this includes Mo Brooks). Let's place things into their proper perspective here.
Slavery
Brooks: "War on whites!"
Segregation
Brooks: "War on whites!"
Discriminatory criminal justice system
Brooks: "War on whites!"
Uneven school funding
Brooks: "War on whites!"
Police suspicions (and shootings/deaths)
Brooks: "War on whites!"
Whites, straight white Christian men in particular, have long possessed a great number of privileges in this country, and with that, have taken for granted what many others lack. Marriage rights for the LGBT community isn't a "war on whites," it's a fight for equality. Being seen as the same in the eyes of authority figures and the law, regardless of one's skin color, isn't a "war on whites," it's a fight for equality. Providing similar education and opportunities regardless of a person's skin tone isn't a "war on whites," it's a fight for equality. Mo Brooks can believe whatever he'd like, but any time he even so much as thinks there's a "war on whites," he should read up on unrevised history, come to terms with slavery, and realize he never needed to stand in line to drink from a separate water fountain for "colored people." There isn't a "war on whites;" there's simply a fight for equality because some whites don't want to see their privileges quashed, even if it's for the betterment of society as a whole.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/defending-sessions-gop-congressman-sees-war-whites
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