This Van Jones stuff
“You’ve never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, ‘We can’t believe it happened here. We can’t believe it’s these suburban white kids.’ It’s only them.”
A black man said this. What do you think? I think if you’re someone like Matt Drudge, who has an audience sensitive to racism against whites, you’d take the quote out of context and present it as part of a wider controversy about this person. (Never mind whether the statement is true.)
Here is what the black man, Van Jones, said back in 2005.
All of a sudden, it does not sound so bad.
I don’t know whether Mr. Jones can be vindicated of all silliness, so time to do some research. Wish me luck as I try to distinguish between truth and exaggeration from right-wing sources while figuring out the left-wing has to say about him.
Cool clip–gives some context to the sound bites that were pulled out of it. I get a creepy feeling about this guy, though–he would be happy to “reeducate me” so I would be enlightened about where the love is…
Reply to Roberthe gives me the creeps too but I think it’s just the handwaving and the way his voice is (that lisp!). but if i just hear his words without looking at him, it’s easier to focus on the message and his words ring true. “lacking male leadership that is not brittle or harsh”… very succinct description.
Reply to annie@Robert: Yeah, I don’t think I share a whole lot of viewpoints with this guy. It seems there were better things to target him with than the non-racist racist quote.
@Annie: Bald guys always give me the creeps.
Reply to Donnie