Want To See A Cop Shoot A White Unarmed Teenager’
Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winning author Toni Morrison took a harsh view on the issue of racial disparities in the justice system during a recent interview.
“People keep saying, ‘We need to have a conversation about race,” Morrison, 84, told The (U.K.) Telegraph.
“This is the conversation. I want to see a cop shoot a white unarmed teenager in the back,” Morrison said. “And I want to see a white man convicted for raping a black woman. Then when you ask me, ‘Is it over?’, I will say yes.”
The comments come following a series of high-profile cases in which white police officers have killed black men.
Morrison, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama in 2012, has focused almost exclusively on race and racial issues in her work. She began her literary career as an editor in the 1960s for black liberation activists such as Angela Davis and Huey Newton. In 1970, she released her first novel, “The Bluest Eye,” about a young black girl who felt inferior because she had blue eyes.
“Race is the classification of a species,” Morrison told The Telegraph.
“And we are the human race, period. But the other thing – the hostility, the racism – is the money-maker. And it also has some emotional satisfaction for people who need it.”
“They don’t stop and frisk on Wall Street, which is where they should really go.”
Napolitano: Bribery Allegations Against Hillary Clinton Are 'Truly Damning'
Judge Napolitano: Bribery Allegations Against Hillary Clinton Are ‘Truly Damning’ [VIDEO]
Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano said on “The Kelly File” Monday the allegations that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton exchanged favors in return for donations to the Clinton Foundation are “truly damning.”
He also said the Obama Justice Department must launch a criminal investigation. (VIDEO: Napolitano: Hillary Clinton Faces ‘Three Years In Jail, Per Document’)
NAPOLITANO: These allegations are far more serious than those for which Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey was indicted. And they essentially form the same type of allegation, a quid pro quo: You give cash to me or someone else on my behalf, and I exercise my official governmental judgment in favor of you.
Now I haven’t seen the book; we haven’t seen it. But we’ve read a version of it in the New York Times– or a summary in the New York Times– and the allegations are truly damning. They are clearly enough to trigger an investigation. The allegations showed timelines of contributions to the family foundation and decisions made by Mrs Clinton favorable to the contributor. Or contributions to the family foundation and sky-high– $500,000 a speech, unheard of in this business– speaking fees to her husband. Or contributions to the family foundation and two years later, sky-high speaking fees to Mrs. Clinton.
Look, the essence of bribery is the quid pro quo. you do something for me or in my behalf, and I exercise my official governmental powers in favor of you. That’s what Senator Menendez was indicted for, having to do with visas and Medicare reimbursement. This has to do with the foreign policy and arguably the security of the nation.
KELLY: You’re saying that this is not only potentially unethical, but she may have actually committed felonies while in office?
NAPOLITANO: I am saying that if the version of the book that we have read stands up under scrutiny, the Justice Department must commence a criminal investigation of Mrs Clinton’s behavior about the time period about which the book is written.
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I don’t know what Peter Schweizer, the author– I don’t know what his motivation may be… But if the evidence is sound there, the Justice Department will have no choice but commence an investigation or endure the mocking the of the legal community that the Justice Department of the United States of America is not there to enforce federal law against a popular — they perceive to be popular — political figure.
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9 Uncomfortable Questions For Hillary Clinton
The media have a new favorite question for Republican presidential aspirants.
“You believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman, but if someone in your family or in your office happens to be gay and they invite you to their wedding, would you go?” Univision’s Jorge Ramos asked 2016 GOP contender Marco Rubio Wednesday.
Since then, the question has spread like ISIS, replacing “do you believe in evolution” as the hot query for media types trying to make Republicans look like neanderthals. So far, Ted Cruz, Rick Santorum, Scott Walker and John Kasich have all been asked variations of the question. (For those keeping score, like Rubio, Kasich and Walker said they would attend — in fact, Walker said he has attended a gay marriage ceremony — while Santorum said he would not. Cruz crafted his answer to say nothing at all.)
You might complain that Ramos posed a “gotcha” question with no relevance, but if you run for president, you should be prepared to answer just about anything. Almost nothing is or should be out of bounds. The real problem is similar questions are not often asked of Democratic contenders. (RELATED: Politicians Complain About ‘Gotcha’ Questions, But What Exactly Are They?)
When Rand Paul was recently asked about whether he believed there should be any exceptions to his anti-abortion stance, like in cases such as rape or incest, he fired back at the media for failing to ask Democrats comparable questions on social issues like abortion.
“Here’s the deal — we always seem to have the debate way over here on what are the exact details of exemptions, or when it starts,” he complained. “Why don’t we ask the DNC: Is it OK to kill a seven-pound baby in the uterus? You go back and you ask Debbie Wasserman Schultz if she’s OK with killing a seven-pound baby that is not born yet. Ask her when life begins, and you ask Debbie when it’s okay to protect life. When you get an answer from Debbie, get back to me.”
In that spirit, here are 9 uncomfortable questions for reporters to ask Hillary Clinton — that is, if she ever gets around to submitting to an interview:
1.) What would you say if your daughter came out of the closet as a born again Christian who opposes gay marriage?
2.) Should a Christian baker be forced under penalty of law to bake a cake for a Satanist wedding ceremony?
3.) Do you oppose male only golf clubs? If so, do you also oppose female only gyms, like Curves? If not, why not?
4.) What is the appropriate pay ratio for CEOs compared to their workers? Should that ratio also apply to the Hollywood actors who have donated to your campaign compared to the crew that produce their movies?
5.) Speaking of greedy CEOs, is there a level of speaking fee which we should consider rapacious? If so, is it more or less than your speaking fee of $300,000?
6.) Would you accept the endorsement of someone who helped spark an anti-Semitic riot like, say, Al Sharpton? Or do you confine your association with him just to friendly correspondence on his birthday?
7.) Do you believe that global warming is, as John Kerry has said and as you’ve intimated in the past, the greatest threat to mankind? If so, explain in detail how you sought to curb greenhouse gas emissions in your own life? Also, while president, will you set an example by grounding Air Force One?
8.) Do you think a candidate should be disqualified from running for president if they consider a former Ku Klux Klan leader as their mentor? If so, how do you justify your continued presence in the race considering you called the late Sen. Robert Byrd, who once served as a KKK recruiter, a “mentor” of yours?
9.) Do you believe that women should have the right to choose a cosmetic or sex-selective abortion?
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