Reply #41: I think I heard the gangsta comment on Ed Shultz [View All]

[ampad]

Totally uncalled for. Yes this is an aspect of race. I am so sick and tired of people telling black folks to stop being so sensitive. People can be racially insensitive and not even know it. There is a closed thread in GD to prove that. It does not necessarily make them bad people.

In regards to the gagnsta comment I have heard callers make that comment several times. When I first heard it I was totally taken aback but the show went on without a beat. Without the host ( I believe it was Shultz) calling them on it. As far as the dude thing I think Jon was just in his element. I raised an eyebrow but I would not consider it racist or racially insensitive. Just Jon in his element trying to be cool. I think it was just an age thing.

One other thing I notice is that people are quick to say that black people play the race card in regards to this president. The race card slogan comes from a place of racism. In the UK, during the 60's, when a conservative was trying to gain votes by using racism to gin up his base. I never understood why people in the United States thought it was appropriate to use that slogan, seeing where it came from.