Three Democratic congressmen — all black — say they heard racial slurs as they walked through thousands of angry protesters outside the U.S. Capitol. A white lawmaker says he heard the epithets too. Conservative activists say the lawmakers are lying.
It was March 20, near the end of the bitter health care debate, when Reps. John Lewis, Andre Carson and Emanuel Cleaver say that some demonstrators, many of them tea party activists, yelled the N-word as the congressmen walked from House office buildings to the Capitol.
Stung by the charges of racism, conservatives and tea party activists insist it never happened. And one of them is offering big money if anyone can prove it did.
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-politics/20100413/US.N.Word.Feud/
I do love controversial issues, and the health care debate mixed with alleged racial slurs really shows the heat and how people will bring things forward to negate the primary issue.
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Wow, you're right. It is difficult to even tell why the lawmakers were originally meeting because of all the hype around the 'N-word' being said. The article it states something about it being 2010 and that people know better than to say that word, especially the media. The media would have picked that word up right away, and there really isn't even any proof of it being said.
ReplyDeleteEither way, I am going to agree that it is 2010...and I had to think for a moment what 'N-word' they were talking about because it is never used and is a completely unacceptable term.
I agree! The word is so archaic (except within the right nationality) that for it to be mentioned in such a public way is nearly unthinkable. I mean, if the word truly was said, the media would have jumped on that person. I completely agree with you.
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