powell went on meet the press to express his support for president obama s nominee for defense secretary chuck hagel. powell used the appearance to call out the gop s race baiters, the sarah palins and the john sununus of the party and asked leaders to put an end to the racist talk. there is also a dark a dark vein of intolerance in some parts of the party. what do i mean by that? what i mean by that is they still sort of look down on minorities. how can i evidence that? when i see a former governor say that the president is shucking and jiving. that s a racial era slave term. when i see another former governor after the president s first debate where he didn t do very well says that the president was lazy. he didn t say he was slow, he was tired, he didn t do well. he was lazy. now it may not mean anything to most americans, but to those of us who are african-americans, the second word is shiftless,
the second word is shiftless, and then there is a third word that goes along with it. birther, the whole birther movement. why do senior republican leaders tolerate this kind of discussion within the party? i m joined tonight be dr. james peterson, director of africana studies and professor at lehigh university. professor, i was sitting home yesterday watching this, and i thought you know what? he is doing the republicans a huge favor. who else can tell it like it is from that position of credibility and impact. no doubt, ed, he really is. and you on this show, and i ve been on this show talking about these things throughout the entire presidential election season. we document and wrote about it and spoke about it on tv, each one of these incidents. but to come from general powell and republicans to hear, minorities are no longer the minority anymore. the coalition of these voters that we re talking about is actually becoming the majority here. so hopefully the republican party wil
system functions. he is absolutely lazy. and detached from his job. what people saw last night, i think, was a president that revealed his incompetence, how lazy and detached he is. did you mean to call barack obama the president of the united states lazy? yes. lazy, dumb, incompetent. and general powell said sunday when many of us in the african-american community hear lazy, the next word is shiftless. all of these are stereotypes. felons. and what is most disturbing about this is he was a surrogate for governor romney, the presidential candidate, and not one time did he denounce the statements. sununu has a right to say what he wants, but he was never, ever denounced by the campaign and he was an official representative of the campaign nap is what was so offensive, victoria. it was. and then in talking about this vein of intolerance, it s old
us who are african-americans, the second word is shiftless, and then there is a third word that goes along with it. birther, the whole birther movement. why do senior republican leaders tolerate this kind of discussion within the party? i m joined tonight be dr. james peterson, director of africana studies and professor at lehigh university. professor, i was sitting home yesterday watching this, and i thought you know what? he is doing the republicans a huge favor. who else can tell it like it is from that position of credibility and impact. no doubt, ed, he really is. and you on this show, and i ve been on this show talking about these things throughout the entire presidential election season. we document and wrote about it and spoke about it on tv, each one of these incidents. but to come from general powell and republicans to hear, minorities are no longer the minority anymore. the coalition of these voters that we re talking about is
parts of the party what i do mean by that? i mean by that that they still sort of look down on minorities. how can i evidence that? when i see a former governor say that the president is shuckin and jivin , that s racial era slave term. when i see another former governor after the president s first debate where he didn t do very well, says that the president was hazy. he didn t say he was slow. he was tired. he didn t do well. he said he was lazy. now, it may not mean anything to most americans but to those of us who are african-americans, the second word is shiftless and then there s a third word that goes along with t birther, the whole birther movement, why do senior republican leaders tolerate this kind of discussion within the party? i think the party has to take a look at itself. it has to take a look at its responsibility for health care it has to take a look at immigration, it has to take a look at those less fortunate than us. the party has gathered unto itself a reputation t