I ♡ Kelly King
Boy must Rick Sanchez have hated presenting this news item (I’ll replace the vid with a better quality one when available) with every fiber of his being.
For it combines opposition to Obama and minorities, something that, according to mastermind Sanchez, is the sole reserve of race traitors (which has gotta rank as one of the most offensive non-cuss terms in existence).
Officer Kelly King and Sgt. Leon Lashley -- not Barack “Typical white person” Obama -- represent post-racial America. She is calm and lucid, her responses are measured and her civility only makes the hydrogen bomb she drops into an atomic bomb: the first time that she voted for Obama is now also the last time.
Kelly King has just hurt Barry more in two minutes than the Republicans have managed in two years.
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July 27th, 2009 at 23:00
Rick Sanchez, a Cuban-American who grew up in Miami (my hometown) was at one time linked to Alpha 66. Whether or not he actually was a member of the group, the association was made. Sanchez should remember those embattled days of his past and be more judicious when it comes to making accusations or hurling innuendo toward any individual.
July 28th, 2009 at 05:27
Me & Obama have something in common…both of us were born to white moms….yet Obama is hailed as the blackest man in America, savior to the race, theBlack Man in the White House, etcetera ad nauseum. Dude never ever acknowledges he’s just as white as he is black.
And me? I guess I’m just some cracker. Remember, it’s only racism if a white guy says it. If you speak out against Obama ad you’re black, you’re a race traitor. If you’re not black, you’re a racist.
July 29th, 2009 at 21:01
Kelly King comes from a Historic American Family that has worked for racial equity for generations. She is a direct descendant of Mary McCleod Bethune and niece of the late Singer/Humanitarian/Negro Spiritual Historian Joe Carter (http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/joecarter/). She is a brilliant woman and if she says that this wasn’t racial profiling, then it wasn’t racial profiling.
It is important to remember that these comments were taped before Obama took any steps to reconcile with Crowley or take responsiblity for his role in igniting racial tension at the expense of a police officer who spearheaded the efforts in Cambridge to create racial profiling prohibitions and policies. Officer King spoke in a very specific context and may have changed her mind about Obama since her comments. Either way that is her right as a Free American.
She carries on the good work of her family in racial reconciliation as a police officer- challenging America to judge a man by his actions and character rather than the color of his skin- and she applied these treasured American and family principles both to Crowley and Obama alike.
What is most disappointing is that the nation is focused on whether or not she will vote for Obama again- and we have lost sight of everything else Officer King spoke about which inspires all of us to the noble goals of racial reconciliation.
The attacks from the Black Community and Black Media that abound against her are misplaced This misplaced priority is shared with the White Media- namely the primary concern has been over her dissatisfaction with Obama and the possiblity that she may not vote for him again- while ignoring the true nature of her comments and motivation. Who she may vote for is the very least of what she communicated.
To ignore the great ideals of the brotherhood and sisterhood of humankind she models for us and calls us to makes us a part of the problem, not the solution to racial tensions in America.
July 29th, 2009 at 21:39
Chris,
Thank you for the background to Kelly King. You are correct that coverage has focused on the less important aspect of her statement. But it’s a fantastic twofer for people of a conservative tinge, and bringing attention to one part of what she said does give publicity to the other part, as well…