Corey Washington Author of Plain Talk
Is the Tea Party Synonymous with Racism and Bigotry? (just look at the signs)
Much has already been written about the ignorant actions of a segment of the Tea Party. � There are some who would argue that the Tea Party is nothing more than a dressed up version of the Klu Klux Klan. � Some would argue that if you went to a Klan meeting a Tea Party might break out. � Are people typecasting the Tea Party because of the racist actions of a few knuckleheads? � Should those people be discounted as a fringe group who are not associated with the Tea Party movement?
People wouldn’t categorize the Tea Party as racist if they would hand le their business in-house. � When racist actions occur within the Tea Party, the Tea Partiers should be the first to repudiate them. � If you go to a rally and someone has a racist sign, then someone within the Tea Party should grab the sign and rip it up in their face and tell them they are not welcome to protest. � If some idiot starts saying anything that could be perceived as racist, then they should tell them to go home. � In other words, don’t let a vocal minority dictate the image of your movement.
Instead of the actions that I described in the above paragraph, we get people in the Tea Party making excuses. � We get people saying that the people who hurled racist epithets at black congressmen like Lewis (GA) and �Cleaver (MO) were planted by democrats. � Most people in the Tea Party have done everything but face the reality of racism within the movement. � Remember the Black Panthers and the demise of Huey Newton. � When those within the movement started to get involved in criminal activity, it wasn’t long before the movement lost it’s steam. � I hope the same thing happens to the Tea Party movement. � If your movement is not strong enough to expunge those few �weak minded individuals, then is it a movement worth having around?
I want to leave you with an experience that happened to me recently that illustrates my point. � I posted a Yahoo article about the racist incidents that happened recently in D.C. �at a Tea Party protest in front of the Capitol. � A black lady named Veronica Foxx, a Tea Party supporter, disputed the story. � She said she was �in attendance �and did not see or hear any reports of racist activity. � She also said there were 30,000 people there so how would she know about everything that went on. � She refused to believe that people in the Tea Party could be so racist. � I find that hard to believe since we are always seeing racist signs at these Tea Party rallies. � She became so agitated that she accused me of being a racist for even bringing the matter up and disputing her claims. � The final straw came when she said she was going to call my employer (Tutt middle school) and tell them they have a racist poisoning the young minds of Augusta, GA. � That goes to show you how blind some people are to racism. � I gave the lady my info and told her to go right ahead and make a fool of yourself, but she never called. � With self-hating vindictive people like that representing the Tea Party, it’s easy to see why people assume the worst when it comes to the Tea Party. � as Rob Redding Jr. would say: � Get off the Political Party Plantation, where’s my whip, stuck on stupid, etc.
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