Comments on: Is this racist?

By: gerald miller

gerald miller — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:04:28 +0000

needs a bigger noose, (so it doesn’t fall)

By: Hooda Thunkit

Hooda Thunkit — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:33:52 +0000

Seems to me like the neighbors understood the intent and have no problems with it.

But that pesky media. . .

By: -Sepp

-Sepp — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:17:24 +0000

I still think the reporter was chosen for confrontational purposes since it makes “better” news. I think Rob Packard got there AFTER the guy’s father had been accosted by the media and clearly had enough. I think the local media is trying to escalate this and incite somebody into some kind of reprisal.

By: neighborhood concerns

neighborhood concerns — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:51:15 +0000

“If anyone thinks that having this little statue removed is going to change this persons views or anyone else’s views on race is sadly mistaken.”

It may change one and then another and so on and so forth.

One little step can create a movement of greater thought and understanding.

By: LisaRenee

LisaRenee — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:26:19 +0000

On the Fox Toledo reporter assignment, that happened because it was the way the rotation for assignments went rather than it being planned to have a black female reporter be the one to head down to Clyde from what I've heard. I also missed hearing about NBC24's confrontation when Rob Packard went to Clyde. Looks like Fox's reporter got a much nicer welcome...

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:21:54 +0000

It appears to me that as a United States citizen, we need to find better things to get upset about than some moron with a black lawn jockey. My parents used to tell me if someone bothers you, ignore them. It seems to me that for things as trivial as this, that is excellent advice.

If anyone thinks that having this little statue removed is going to change this persons views or anyone else’s views on race is sadly mistaken.

By: LisaRenee

LisaRenee — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:19:28 +0000

Those are some of the exact questions I wondered AHole after I discovered the lawn jockey had been like that for that many years. Robin, I heard and read that from the various reports I found when searching this story this morning. One neighbor stated the family was Hispanic, though that’s not been confirmed.

By: Drew

Drew — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:18:39 +0000

It is clearly racist. I am not sure how anyone could say otherwise.

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:20:38 +0000

I wasn’t sure what to make of it… I did see an interview, with one of the home owner’s neighbors who said that the statue had been like that for years. And that the guy who lives there never bothers anyone.

By: TheAssholeLawyer

TheAssholeLawyer — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:55:10 +0000

The timing of the media coverage related to this picture is similar to what I thought was interesting, and niavely shocking, about the Jena 6 issue.

Three years and it didn’t make news. Now it does. I was surprised to learn that the Jena, LA, incidents took place LAST YEAR. It apparently is only out now because of Jessie Jackson’s comments about it regarding Barrock Obama’s response. My question was (because I was niavely shocked that such blatant racims still happens) was WHAT TOOK SO LONG FOR THE OUTCRY!?

Is that type of racial behavior so common in the south it goes unnoticed? Is the establishment (democrat) so adept at hiding this sort of thing that the issue was succesfully kept out of the public eye?

I am one of those people who say “If you search for racism you will find it where it doesn’t really exist,” But, the Jena example is not one of those. The picture above, may be racially motivated it may not, it definately has glaring racial implications, but the owner may just be niave and or stupid.

Most importantly is the issue, “Why do these examples get noticed, publicized, and taken advantage of months or years later when politically beneficial?”

The A-Hole.