A Racist at the Sun Times
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When Jimmy the Greek uttered these notorious words,
bred to be the better athlete because, this goes all the way to the Civil War when ... the slave owner would breed his big woman so that he would have a big black kid
not only was he fired by CBS but his entire career was ended. He lived out the rest of his days in infamy generating little to no income. Such was the fate of a white person that was branded with the term of racist.
If the Chicago Sun Times were to hire David Duke it would likely face uncontrollable and intense protests. Their business would grind nearly to a halt and the company would likely go under. Such is the fate of any newspaper hiring a white racist.
Yet, the Chicago Sun Times has absolutely no problem and faces absolutely no criticism for hiring an African American racist in Mary Mitchell. I first noticed the incendiary and racist thoughts of Mary Mitchell in a column that started as such
Black people get it, white people don't, now let's move on
Outside of my own criticism, I didn't pick up on anger from anywhere. Despite the outrageous and racist tone of the column, Mary Mitchell and the Sun Times faced absolutely no criticism. It appears in the world of news, while hiring a white racist is a taboo, an African American racist is perfectly fine.
Thus, it should come as no surprise that this racist has just finished yet another racist column.
This is a sad day for Black America.
At a time when African Americans are on the cusp of watching a barrier come crashing down, up jumps a divisive issue that is being driven by those outside of the black community.
Obviously, Wright's timing for a press conference about his sermons couldn't have been worse. Still, when Obama says he is "offended" by Wright's latest comments -- given in defense against an orchestrated assault on his character and on his ministry -- he's opening up a can of worms.
There is no institution in the black community more respected than the black church. And the notion that white pundits can dictate what constitutes unacceptable speech in the black church is repulsive to most black people.
Now, let's try an experiment...
This is a sad day for White America.
At a time when Caucasians are on the cusp of watching a barrier come crashing down, up jumps a divisive issue that is being driven by those outside the white community.
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There is no institution in the white community more respected than the white church and the notion that African American pundits can dictate what is acceptable speech in the white church is repulsive to most white people.
The first quote will likely be viewed as provocative and the second would be shocking and racist. It appears that in America if you are an African American racist with a gift for putting words together you can be a columnist or commentator, while if you switched that around, you would be shunned.
Mitchell used the term "repulsed as part of her diatrobe. I will tell you what repulses me. What repulses me is that a major newspaper in a very large city would legitimize her racism by giving her a regular platform. Furthermore, I found this particular article at Real Clear Politics which gives it even more credibility. What is repulsive to me is that major media outlets choose to legitimize racism by giving it a platform.
Jimmy the Greek uttered one racial thought and his entire career was ended. Mary Mitchell makes those thoughts a career.
The stakes could not be higher. If racism pays, it will encourage more racism. Mary Mitchell will spawn the next generation of African American racists looking to cash in on their racism. She will create more proteges who will continue to spew more of the same filth and continue to poison the waters through their incendiary language. The simple fact of the matter is that society should never stand for a racist no matter their color, and certainly racists should not make racism their profession. The Chicago Sun Times has offered just such an outlet for one and it is unacceptable. Mary Mitchell's racism is no longer in question. The only question is how much longer she will continue to earn a living from it.
Having been the victim of false racism charges, I am all too familiar with the standard that only whites can be racists though.
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Mike-
Didn't you read the Sun Times this morning? MM has once again outdone herself. I wouldn't recommend the latest tripe for everyone, but since you seem to have an intererst....
http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/925567,CST-NWS-mitch01.article
It's actually mildly entertaining, since its not really a coherent column, just a rambling (dare I say bitter- better get her a gun and a bible) rant about politics/the election/the candidates.
There was one little nugget that I thought was classless and petty in the extreme even for Ms. Mitchell's ridiculously low standards:
"And I'm already tired of McCain's ram-rod, every-hair-in-place, toothpick of a wife."
I have to ask what the hell Cindy McCain has done so far to be such an irritant. Just being thin and wearing her hair pulled back is enough I guess. Maybe she could get some cornrows going and find her way onto Mitchell's good side.
is not old news but current news. It is time she be held to account.
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you "wouldn't recommend the latest tripe for everyone," I took the bait and read the column. The poor lady is both trite and miserable. She's sick of everything, bored with life.
There's nothing we can do about this, so who really cares? She ought to find a new line of work, one with which she can be excited.
All this whining. We're turning into a nation of at-least-semi-informed Andy Rooneys.
helping her find a new line of work. I have had it. She cannot continue to make a living being nothing more than a racist.
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Obama's tailspin from the Wright fallout.
If you want a sense of what things will look like if the SuperD's give Hillary the nomination, take the unhinged whining of that column and multiply it by a million.
Right after Rev Al is held to account for starting race riots where innocent Jews (or is that Jooooooooooos?) were murdered.
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CongressCritter™: Never have so few felt like they were owed so much by so many for so little.
I cannot crusade against all the ills of the world, however she is in my city, and Mitchell is one I will hold to account.
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"There is no institution in the black community more respected than the black church. And the notion that white pundits can dictate what constitutes unacceptable speech in the black church is repulsive to most black people."
Is she validating the rantings of Rev. Jeremiah Wright and saying that his speech is 'acceptable' in the most respected institution in the black community? And what is 'repulsive' to most blacks is not the anti-American/anti-white/paranoid conspiracy musings of a 'man of God', no-what is repulsive is that 'white pundits' are offended by those rants? If what she says is true then 'White America' has truly been asleep, for I thought we had come a long way in putting racism behind us. Little did I know that nothing has changed for blacks in 40 years and not only have they not reached the mountaintop spoken of by Martin Luther King Jr. but they haven't even begun the ascent.
I propose a solution to my black brothers from other mothers: Abandon the Democrat Party and disavow yourselves of liberalism forever. It has obviously done you no good. Embrace conservatism and join the Republican Party. If you truly believe, as Mary Mitchell says you do, and you agree in part or in whole with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, then you must abandon the leadership that has failed you and come home* to the G.O.P.
*The Republican Party was the party of blacks in the late 19th to early 20th centuries, and remained so until Democrats, through intimidation and false promises, convinced blacks to join their party. That is when the term "Uncle Tom" was born. It was a derogatory name used primarily by black women (who couldn't vote) against black men who left the party of Lincoln and joined the Democrats in exchange for favors and empty promises.
along with racism. It is rather obscene to annoit yourself the spokesperson for the African American race the way she did.
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would wear the moniker as a badge of honor, one can only counter this by referring to her as Racist Columnist Mary Mitchell every time we comment on a story by Racist Columnist Mary Mitchell so that one day when she wakes up and Googles herself, her name cannot be found without her proud title.
Bill Dupray at The Patriot Room
however this is only my first in a series. I am dedicating myself to making sure that she finally isn't able to profit from her racism.
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Bill Dupray at The Patriot Room
At least that's what I've been told before.
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