Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Politics / Woods Sen. Diane Black Casts Herself as Friend of Dark-Skinned People Everywhere
Posted by Jeff Woods on Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 8:57 AM
"It absolutely does not reflect any of my beliefs," she says of the email that her staffer sent on a state computer to a bunch of her Republican buddies. "This is, believe me, not at all anything having to do with being derogatory toward someone in a minority."
In fact, Black says, she's "reached out to people all over this world" as a nurse. As evidence of her racist-free heart, she cites her trips to Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Guatemala. She went deep into the jungles of Guatemala like a great white bwana to help babies.
"I spent time in Haiti during the time of Aristide working with people with black skin who needed medical help," she says. And if that's not enough, her family once hosted a Brazilian exchange student in their home. Wow!
This reminds Pith of the time Robin Smith defended herself against accusations of racial insensitivity by telling how she's so amazingly color blind that she took along her son's black friend on a beach vacation.
Are Tennessee Republicans racist? Bloggers keep saying it. They're bringing up the blackbird mailer and the Barack the Magic Negro CD, and the Barack Hussein Obama press release, etc., etc. "That is just silly," Black scoffs.
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So, she has "reached out to people all over the world" (selectively)... What about the people in her own district? Are they too common to deserve her time and attention? The LGBT community certainly did not meet her exotic qualifications.
Notice how she speaks of the people she has helped like a hunter speaks of his kills.
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Now come on! Diane is fine with black people as long as they know their place - such as in Haiti. But President of the US??? Oh, that's just....spooky!
Watch me and my homegirl Taylor Swift tonight on the CMT Music Awards! Yeah, all of us AAs are taking over and stealing your Sumner County daughters! Boo! Scared ya, didn't I?!
The email documents the type of environment Senator Black created in her legislative office. Most people work in organizations where this type of behavior would be utterly unthinkable. Apparently, this is normal behavior for the TN GOP.
I'm looking for Diane Black's congressional compaign. Has anyone seen Diane Black's congressional campaign? Come on, people. I gotta make a pick up here. It's my job to collect the dead.
republicans are the scums of the earth, I cant wait until they all die so humanity will begin to improve
let me tell you EVERY republican looks at these things and laughs, they are all racist
it should be a law to be allowed to kill these people
the scums of the earth are showing their faces, these are the people who supported bush and reagan and the destruction of the USA
death to the republican pig, the scums of humanity
Now the world knows about the TN GOP!!
Shame on TN; this is NOT 1959; this is 2009.
Diane Black should be terminated.
WHY would her aide have such a list in the first place?
Why send something while working in State Government? Her aid is beyond help but Diane Black should know better.
Black should go. Get over it Diane. We have a black president. He has a great face; better than most.
Sen. Black, actions speaks louder than words,you can go to HAITI as many others of your Statue have done in the past and potray yourself as liking people of color,or dark-skinned, that is only a political ploy. You return to the U.S.A and there are qualified (DARK-SKINNED) people living in your District being denied a decent job because he/she is (DARK-SKINNED)
Take your hunched over shoulders, and your helmet haired sidekick and ease on down the road. Your little private Redneck Club has been busted.
LET'S SEE WHO WAS ON THE "RIGHT LIST." People, demand to see who's on the right list.
President Obama, a man of many ethnic backgrounds, is not a bit surprised by this kind of trash. Bet she'll waddle into church this Sunday, though.
"Racist? ...why some of mah best friends are nig..um That's just Silly! Next question?"
classic. and classy. So glad I left TN.
There are some good folk in TN. But this racism hides in the basement when company is over. And heads to the attic just before company leaves. Just enough so we all see it, and everyone knows it's there.
This story broke while i was visiting overseas. I was speechless when I, an African American, was asked about this insult to our president; once again tennessee is the laughing stock of the civilized world.
a comedy that such ignorance festers in high places, disgusting that such hatred goes unchecked.
I look forward to the day when we all stand before the creator to give an account for the way we lived, and how we treated others.
That is why I voted for Jim Hawkins. Diane Black is a stuck up woman who could give a rat's ass about the people she represents. Hawkins had a one on one conversation with me and I don't think Black would ever stoop that low.
It's outrageous. even for Tennessee, that our, tax dollars are being used to pay the salaries and expenses associated with this kind of overt racist behavior.
How much are we paying this 'staffer' anyway?
Wow - you guys are really pathetic. All class and intelligent quotes - not. Diane Black is one of the finest women I know. I wonder how badly I would be degraded had I written the same of B. Hussein Obama. Take the time to study her legislature and her ideas - you might find that she is a human being just like you. Just because her opinion is different than yours, it does not make her wrong.
