[Peace-discuss] Fw: Whites only?

Sun May 23 04:11:52 CDT 2010

On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 4:00 AM, E.Wayne Johnson <ewj at pigs.ag> wrote:

>  Jennifer,
> I think this is just plain silly and I am disappointed
> that people get sucked into this wave of hysterical
> thinking that Stossel of all people, and Rand Paul are
> racist because they are Libertarian.
>
> It doesnt make any sense at all and it should be
> an embarrassment to make this sort of unwarranted accusation.
>
> The strangest thing about race baiting is that there are
> willing participants ready to chase the bait.
>
> EWJ
>

What would be the reason, then, EWJ, why libertarians would want to exempt
businesses from the various pertinent civil rights acts?  Who exactly would
the businesses be wanting to exclude or discrimate against?

>  ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13 at yahoo.com>
> *To:* Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
> *Sent:* Sunday, May 23, 2010 11:49 AM
> *Subject:* [Peace-discuss] Fw: Whites only?
>
>   You'll all want to sign this, and to $upport Color of Change as well --
> they are a force to reckon with!
>  --Jenifer
>
> --- On *Sat, 5/22/10, James Rucker, ColorOfChange.org <
> no-reply at colorofchange.org>* wrote:
>
>
> From: James Rucker, ColorOfChange.org <no-reply at colorofchange.org>
> Subject: Whites only?
> To: "Jenifer Cartwright" <jencart13 at yahoo.com>
> Date: Saturday, May 22, 2010, 10:02 AM
>
>     Fox's Stossel: Businesses should be able to discriminate. "*It should
> be their right to be racist*."
>
> <http://act.colorofchange.org/go/253?id=2143-1141418&akid=1465.394109.LrvSHS&t=1>
>
> *Help us hold FOX accountable now:*
>
> [image: Click here]<http://act.colorofchange.org/go/253?id=2143-1141418&akid=1465.394109.LrvSHS&t=2>
>
> Dear Jenifer,
>
> On Wednesday, Rand Paul, the GOP’s US Senate candidate for Kentucky
> repeated his claim that a central piece of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was
> wrong, and that *businesses should be free to discriminate against
> whomever they please.*1 Paul and his supporters don’t seem to care that
> without federal intervention, Black people might still be second-class
> citizens in many aspects of American life: where we eat, where we work, even
> where we live.
>
> *Then, on Thursday, FOX anchor John Stossel went even further, calling for
> the section of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that applies to business to be
> repealed.*2 And he’s refused to back down.
>
> While Paul may have started this outrage, he can be taken care of at the
> ballot box — FOX News can’t.
>
> *Stossel’s position is an affront to Black America and everyone in this
> country who believes in racial progress.* It’s one thing to be a candidate
> with backwards views. It’s another to be employed by a supposed news network
> and to use that platform to push hateful ideas that our nation repudiated
> decades ago.
>
> *It’s time that FOX drop Stossel.* If people like you stand up in huge
> numbers and FOX does not act, it will be clear that FOX stands with Stossel
> and his values — and we'll go directly after the network with a public
> campaign unlike anything we’ve pursued to date.
>
> Can you add your voice to the call to fire Stossel? And please ask your
> friends and family to do the same. It takes only a moment — just click
> below:
>
> *MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from
> "act.colorofchange.org" claiming to be*http://www.colorofchange.org/stossel/?id=2143-1141418<http://act.colorofchange.org/go/253?id=2143-1141418&akid=1465.394109.LrvSHS&t=3>
>
> FOX has a history of providing a platform for bigoted views and
> race-baiting. Most recently you helped us hold FOX accountable by stripping
> Glenn Beck of more than 100 of his advertisers, after Beck called President
> Obama a “racist” with a “deep-seated hatred for white people.”3
>
> But Stossel has arguably gone beyond Beck, echoing segregationist arguments
> from the Jim Crow era:
>
> *"It’s time now to repeal that part of the law because private businesses
> ought to get to discriminate. And I won’t ever go to a place that’s racist
> and I will tell everybody else not to and I’ll speak against them. But it
> should be their right to be racist."*
>
> Stossel went on to argue something that history has disproved time and
> again — that private business will do the right thing, without being
> compelled by laws, because no one would patronize a business that
> discriminates. It’s a blind belief in market fundamentalism that just isn’t
> in sync with reality. In the '60s, white-owned businesses that allowed
> Blacks as customers lost business. Market forces actually perpetuated
> discrimination; they didn’t combat it. Simply put: segregation would still
> be active in parts of this country if government hadn’t stepped in.
>
> And recent history has shown that the public accommodations section of the
> Civil Rights Act is still needed. In 1994, it was used to hold Denny’s
> Restaurants accountable, after the chain repeatedly refused to seat Black
> customers.4 Just last year, it was used to go after a Philadelphia pool
> that prevented Black children from swimming there.5
>
> It’s time for FOX News to make a choice. Are they going to give Stossel a
> platform to revive dangerously outdated perspectives? Or will they move with
> the rest of the nation into the 21st century? Please call on FOX News to
> fire John Stossel. And once you do, please ask your friends and family to do
> the same:
>
> *MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from
> "act.colorofchange.org" claiming to be*http://www.colorofchange.org/stossel/?id=2143-1141418<http://act.colorofchange.org/go/253?id=2143-1141418&akid=1465.394109.LrvSHS&t=4>
>
> Thanks and Peace,
>
> -- James, Gabriel, William, Dani, Milton and the rest of the
> ColorOfChange.org team
>    May 22nd, 2010
>
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> References:
>
> 1. “Rand Paul On ‘Maddow’ Defends Criticism Of Civil Rights Act, Says He
> Would Have Worked To Change Bill,” Huffington Post, 5-20-10
> http://act.colorofchange.org/go/246?akid=1465.394109.LrvSHS&t=7<http://act.colorofchange.org/go/246?akid=1465.394109.LrvSHS&t=6>
>
> 2. “Stossel calls for repeal of public accommodations section of Civil
> Rights Act,” Media Matters, 5-20-10
> http://act.colorofchange.org/go/247?akid=1465.394109.LrvSHS&t=9<http://act.colorofchange.org/go/247?akid=1465.394109.LrvSHS&t=8>
>
> 3. “Beck’s UK broadcast runs without ads; over 100 companies have ditched
> Beck,” Jack and Jill Politics, 2-16-10
> http://act.colorofchange.org/go/248?akid=1465.394109.LrvSHS&t=11<http://act.colorofchange.org/go/248?akid=1465.394109.LrvSHS&t=10>
>
> 4. “Denny’s Restaurants to Pay $54 Million in Race Bias Suits,” 5-25-94
> http://act.colorofchange.org/go/251?akid=1465.394109.LrvSHS&t=13<http://act.colorofchange.org/go/251?akid=1465.394109.LrvSHS&t=12>
>
> 5. “Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Huntingdon Valley,
> Pennsylvania, Country Club Alleging Discrimination,” US Department of
> Justice press release, 1-13-10
> http://act.colorofchange.org/go/252?akid=1465.394109.LrvSHS&t=15<http://act.colorofchange.org/go/252?akid=1465.394109.LrvSHS&t=14>
>
> Additional:
>
> “Dancing with the Devil,” ColorOfChange.org, 3-14-07
> http://act.colorofchange.org/go/249?akid=1465.394109.LrvSHS&t=17<http://act.colorofchange.org/go/249?akid=1465.394109.LrvSHS&t=16>
>
> Summary on FOX News and coverage relating to Black Americans
> http://act.colorofchange.org/go/250?akid=1465.394109.LrvSHS&t=19
>
>

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