Racism in the Press

The Daily Beast has just published an opinion article about the voter ID protests by the NAACP in North Carolina that clearly reflects the racism of the press.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl.../articles+(The+Daily+Beast+-+Latest+Articles)

Of course the answer is simple for anyone that knows of the historical opposition to civil rights in the South. North Carolina law requires a person to always have government issued photo identification on them. To avoid harassement by law enforcement, that is viturally a tradition in Southern states like North Carolina, the NAACP requested that those participating carry this identification because they could be arrested if they didn't have it.

The NAACP was attempting to avoid any excuse for possible harrassment by law enforcement during its demonstration. They've experienced this harrassment in the past and was taking precautions against it even today because anti-black discrimination by law enforcement throughout the United States still exists and no where is it worse than in the Southern States.

 

Isn't the NAACP by itself discriminatory about who it benefits and who becomes members?
All I see is racist people crying wolf. Let them be eaten

 

You have to wonder if these media outlets even care that they may be wrong or shallow in their interpretation of the news, or do they just want to score points with their faithful readers - portraying what they might think of as a larger, unspeakable truth: Black people/liberals are idiots and/or evil.

We see that a lot here, too.

 

Racism in the closet, racism under the bed, racism lurking in the shower stall, racism in the head! Racism! Racism! Raci-- Oh damn! Just wore out yet ANOTHER patented leftwing deck of Race Cards. Oh well . . . the Dem Party leadership AND the leftwing Mainstream Media always hand them out for free. So . . . no problem there.

 

No. Their goal is equality, not privilege.

 

african americans already have equality/

 

We all have IDs here and they are not regarded as racist,we use them at public services , the bank and they also count as travel documents to travel inside the EU .
I think you are making an issue out of nothing.

 

Right. Because they fully expect to run into Bull Conner with dogs and fire hoses at their protest.

 

The question I have about this is, if NC already requires its citizens to carry government issued photo ID at all times, why is voter ID in NC even an issue?

 

that's a steaming load and i think we all know it. if that were really the case, this would have been a march to ensure all people had easy access to the required identification, free if necessary. instead it was a play to the victim mentality of "their people", tossing out the race card in an attempt to gain further advantage for their chosen party.

 

So your complaint is who actually was protesting?

 

not at all. i encourage everyone to protest often and as loudly as they can. what i object to is the hypocrisy of so many of these protests and the lengths that people will go to in attempting to justify that hypocrisy. the first question i asked was whether it is actually racist to insist that only qualified voters take to the polls. next is how best to implement safeguards to ensure that each man gets one vote and that their vote really belongs to them. despite the constant whining to the contrary, there is nothing inherently racist about a system that demands proof of qualification to vote, as long as that proof puts no undue strain on the voter. the protests should be over any inability for qualified voters to attain the necessary proof, not just this ridiculous whining over the need for any type of proof.

one has to wonder what the reasons are for any group to protest over the elimination of fraud in our electoral process. the kindest answer i have been able to come up with is that such people are simply misguided, led by others whose purpose is to gain power over them by catering to their fears. the alternative is that those who seek that power are attempting to hide their own fraud and that their followers are complicit in this fraud, a conclusion many have already come to.

 

Taxcutter says:
Cuba has equality. Equality of poverty.

 

It is impossible to find news in the USA which is not biased in some form or fashion!

It's buyer beware but unfortunately most of the buyers are pleased to suckle from their favorite biased media.

It's an ignorance in society which is detrimental to society.

Each from their own perspective are so righteous about their positions even when their positions are rooted in nothing but bias.

Facts and truth are now trumped by personal bias.

Since facts and truth and common sense have become irrelevant...it's impossible to find consensus.

If we can't find majority consensus then we cannot solve our critical problems.

And the vicious cycle above continues...

 

Taxcutter says:
Maybe this "vicious cycle" is better than a "consensus" formed from information being controlled by a tiny number of people on Manhattan's Upper West Side.

We are leaving a regime where information flow was closely controlled (not a conspiracy theory - just the consolidation phase of the business cycle at work) and could easily be manipulated into a "consensus" by a very small group of people and into a period more resembling the information flow (number of sources if not speed) more familiar to the Founding Fathers.

 

Because if leftwing race-baiters and agitators of the poor in general do not periodically stir shat then there will not be that fragrant political aroma in the air . . . and then their low-information voters might just begin thinking for themselves . . . ooooops!

 

Anyone can become a member of the NAACP and it's policies advocate equality for all persons. The fact that it specifically focuses on African-Americans that have always been denied equality in the United States does not undermine the greater understanding and advocacy that all persons are entitled to equality in the nation.

Why are so many "conservatives" opposed to equality for African-Americans that the NAACP advocates?

 

Is the just being facetious or is this an expression of complete ignorance?

Even leaders in the GOP have admitted that the Republican voter laws being passed are about suppressing the vote of minorities and the poor, often targeting African-Americans, because overwhelmingly these demographic groups have never and will never support the proposition that the United State is a country of white men that will always be governed by white men as expressed by Andrew Johnson that is the foundation of political ideology of the Republican Party today.

 

That is a requirement in virtually every state in the union. If that's the only example you've got of racism in the press then you have completely failed.

 

That is an interesting spin on it.

 

Like the rest of the United States about 11% of the voting age US citizens, predominately poor people that are generally members of minorities that statistically vote against Republicans, can't afford the government issued photo ID. They risk arrest of course, and many African-Americans do suffer under discriminatory law enforcement practices because they can't afford the ID, but it is a risk they take. Given a choice between "eating today" or "purchasing ID" that might prevent them from being rousted by law enforcement tomorrow many logically choose eating. Can you blame them for wanting the eat?

Yes, it is an issue because the Republicans are specifically targeting racial groups (predominately African-Americans) to gain a political advantage by disenfranching them from their Right to Vote. These are Jim Crow voting laws, just like poll taxes and literacy tests, that were used in the past to prevent African-Americans citizens from voting. Jim Crow is alive and well in the Republican Party.

 

I really don't care what Andrew Johnson, or these supposed "republican leaders" say. What does this have to do with the NAACP being racially discriminatory?

 

Can't afford an I'd? What's it cost $20? No one is that poor. So they cant afford ID but they can afford time in jail and Court fines when they get caught without one? genius, pure genius. are you on any medication?

 

None of that applies in this case since NC is giving out the IDs for free.

http://www.dmv.org/nc-north-carolina/id-cards.php

 

In NC, the state in which I live, government issued ID cards are free of charge. I would be astonished to learn that any state requiring ID to vote, would not also offer no-charge IDs to it's citizens. Also, if you are not already registered to vote, your will be able to register as part of the ID application process.