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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]To Jeff's post above: Two wrongs don't make a right. As someone belonging to a minority community, I am appalled at White's behavior, when you fight for rights and equality you are fighting for all minorities not just some cherry picked ones. The message he is sending is that racism is okay if it's done by black people but the other way around is unacceptable. Can you get more hypocritical than that?[/quote]

That is neither my point nor White's message. I was responding to someone suggesting that if a white person acted in a manner similar to White, there would be millions of people protesting. I provided an example in which a white mayor acted like Council Member White and there are no such protests.

Second, White has not been claiming that his anti-Semitism was acceptable. T[b]o the contrary, he first pled ignorance that his remarks were anti-Semitic, apologized repeatedly, and took steps to educate himself and built bridges to the Jewish community. [/b]

For the record, I have advocated for White's resignation from the minute I first heard that he believed in a conspiracy to control the weather. But, he should be opposed on factual grounds, not misstated ones as you are doing.
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But these comments were equally ignorant, he doubled down on them after the docent replied, and then he walked out of the event designed to educate him on why his interpretation was wrong.

Do you really think it would be OK for a Jewish politician to say anything similar about exhibits about the conditions of slavery in the new African-American Smithsonian Museum and then walk out midway through the tour? Or would we all be pretty clear there was racism behind the refusal to understand what the person was looking at, and the refusal to stay long enough to confront any discomfort the exhibit might be causing?

Attending a seder is like attending a black church service; there's nothing uncomfortable there. It's just a big hug and thank-you-for-coming.[/quote]

I was responding to the allegation that White was saying that "racism is okay if it's done by black people". Someone sending that message would not apologize for his remarks, would not attend seders, would not visit the Holocaust Museum, etc. Your argument is that his response has not been satisfactory or sufficient or, perhaps, is not heart-felt. That is a different discussion.

You and other posters seem hung up on White being treated with some sort of double standard. I have a hard time seeing how that is the case. Politicians take anti-black actions every day of the week and don't suffer any consequences. I provided one example earlier in this thread. That is not to mention the anti-Muslim activities that many politicians not only don't get punished for, but are rewarded.

I never said it was okay for White to walk out of his tour. I'm not sure why you think I believe such a thing. I also wouldn't think that it would be okay for a Jewish politician to walk out of a tour of the National Museum of African American History & Culture. But, if that Jewish politician represented a district that was almost entirely Jewish, I don't think he would suffer any consequences either.
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