John Edwards Stereotypes Black People
Here’s video from Edwards’ MTV/MySpace appearance today:
And the most interesting bit of his comments:
We cannot build enough prisons to solve this problem. And the idea that we can keep incarcerating and keep incarcerating — pretty soon we’re not going to have a young African-American male population in America. They’re all going to be in prison or dead. One of the two.
So…all black people are criminals? Is that what I’m hearing?
If so, Jim Geraghty has some numbers Mr. Edwards should take a look at before he opens his mouth again:
Despite popular misperception and those who find it a convenient talking point to illustrate inescapable racism, there are more young African-American men in college than in prison. In 2005, according to the Census Bureau, there were 864,000 black men in college. According to Justice Department statistics, there were 802,000 in federal and state prisons and jails; between the ages of 18 and 24, however, black men in college outnumber those incarcerated by 4 to 1.
Maybe all those black men who are in college don’t like Edwards implying that they’re all going to end up in prison, or dead, if he doesn’t get elected.
And yes, I am quite certain that Edwards’ words above are an accurate representation of how he feels about black people. Because it’s how most liberals feel about black people. They don’t see blacks as individuals every bit as capable of success as any other racial demographic in this country but rather as victims who won’t be successful at all unless they get special attention.
Special attention huckters like Edwards are more than happy to provide in exchange for votes.
