Santorum: I never said ‘black people’ shouldn’t get welfare

[Bryanrocks0]

[quote]
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is denying that he ever said he didn’t want to give welfare to “black people.” In fact, he says he doesn’t even use the term “black.”
Earlier this week, the former Pennsylvania senator was [URL="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/02/santorum-tells-iowans-i-dont-want-to-make-black-peoples-lives-better/"]caught on video[/URL] telling a crowd in Iowa that he didn’t “want to make black people’s lives better by giving them other people’s money.”
In an interview on Fox News Wednesday, Santorum told Bill O’Reilly that everyone just misheard what he said.
“I looked at that [video] and I didn’t say that,” the candidate asserted. “What I started to say was a word and then it sort of changed and ‘bluh’ came out. And people said I said ‘black’ and I didn’t.”
“We looked at it and it is a little blurry,” O’Reilly explained. “I’m going to take you on your word.”
“I don’t use the term ‘black’ very often,” Santorum insisted. “I use the term ‘African American’ more than I use ‘black.’ And I as someone who did more work for historically black colleges, I used to — every year I used to bring all the historically black colleges into Washington, D.C. to try to help them.”
“You don’t have to convince me, senator,” O’Reilly replied. “I don’t think you’re a bigot.”[/quote]

[url]http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/05/santorum-i-never-said-black-people-shouldnt-get-welfare/[/url]

[Archangel125]

Conservatism may be a legitimate political ideology, but a lot of very, very prominent Republicans, people actually running for presidency of your land, use conservatism and religion as a veil in attempts to limit or take away the civil rights and social security protecting minorities they consider inferior, whether identifiable by race or by sexual orientation. So does that make the Republican ideology one of bigotry by its very nature? Why is it so powerful in the USA? I may be wrong, but I believe these movements gained power in the aftermath of 9/11, more than ten years ago now, and are still going strong.

Every person has at least a tiny amount of racial or cultural bias. Most good people make attempts to identify these biases and eliminate them. For people like Santorum, however, these biases appear to be a private source of pride, publicly unacknowledged or denied. No doubt he believes himself especially clever in seeing the 'true nature' of blacks, hispanic people, and others.

[Used Car Salesm]

"We shouldn't give black people other people's money!"

"I never said black people shouldn't get welfare."

Santorum is and remains a bigoted ass.

Also bonus of O'Reilly saying "I'll take you at your word." Anyone else still need proof that Fox doesn't employ journalists?

[Elecbullet]

[quote]“I don’t use the term ‘black’ very often,”[/quote]

[quote]And I as someone who did more work for historically [b]black[/b] colleges[/quote]

sure as hell didn't take you long to do just that

[BusterBluth]

I really wish people wouldn't act as though the word "black" itself is offensive.

[thrawn2787]

To be honest I can see that just be a "blah" after watching the video.

[quote] I really wish people wouldn't act as though the word "black" itself is offensive. [/quote]

If that's really what he said then black isn't the offensive part

[BusterBluth]

[QUOTE=thrawn2787;34069831]To be honest I can see that just be a "blah" after watching the video.

If that's really what he said then black isn't the offensive part[/QUOTE]

I know the fact that he said black isnt the offensive part but when he says that he uses the word "African American" over the word black it implys that the word black is offensive in some way.

[[Seed Eater]]

See, I don't know why he's doing this. He obviously said black, and truthfully, while the quote was taken out of context, it makes sense from a conservative point of view. It wasn't a radical statement, except that he was speaking about black people specifically, and it wasn't racial. It seems like a reasonable thing to say, and makes sense politically from a conservative standpoint.

Just save yourself the trouble, Santorum, you're only hurting yourself, because when you say this stuff, it looks like you're guilty and making up stupid excuses.

[Toomanyhumans]

Bill O Reily defended him.. HAHAHA.

He's most definitively a bigot and a racist.

[rrkpp_]

[quote]What I started to say was a word and then it sort of changed and ‘bluh’ came out. And people said I said ‘black’ and I didn’t[/quote]

i was about to express the thoughts in my head verbally but dont worry i caught myself

[icantread49]

his smile looks so fake

[editline]6th January 2012[/editline]

so what DID he say then?

"we shouldn't give blahh people other people's money" ??

[fekedout]

what did he mean to say then

[JaegerMonster]

[QUOTE=BusterBluth;34069886]I know the fact that he said black isnt the offensive part but when he says that he uses the word "African American" over the word black it implys that the word black is offensive in some way.[/QUOTE]

To be honest, the term "african american" is far more assuming and ignorant than just "black".

[Gmod3ever]

[QUOTE=JaegerMonster;34070114]To be honest, the term "african american" is far more assuming and ignorant than just "black".[/QUOTE]

I've always thought this, too. I've always found the term "African-American" to be a racist term, because it implicitly assumes that all black people were born in Africa and immigrated to the United States and earned citizenship.

I've never understood the reasoning as to why we just don't use "dark-skinned" and "light-skinned" to describe individuals, seeing as they're a lot more accurate than "white" (only very pale people are actually "white") and "black" (only [B]very[/B] dark-skinned people are actually "black"), and the terms are entirely objective.

[Unreliable]

I say, "My white friends." why can't I say my black friends and not be haggled about it?

[Gmod3ever]

[QUOTE=Unreliable;34070287]I say, "My white friends." why can't I say my black friends and not be haggled about it?[/QUOTE]

I say "my friends."

[Kung Fu Jew]

[QUOTE=Gmod3ever;34070407]I say "my friends."[/QUOTE]

"my black friends" still isnt an inherently racist thing to say

[JaegerMonster]

I just say "my nigger"

Just kidding, please I don't want to go to hell

[Snake7]

Those goddamn bluh people, always trying to take away money from hardworking Americans.

[Kung Fu Jew]

[QUOTE=JaegerMonster;34070509]I just say "my nigger"

Just kidding, please I don't want to go to hell[/QUOTE]

ur going to hell for made a joke on the internet JaegerMonster prepare to hell

[LCBADs]

oh yeah i totally believe him

shame on you liberals for trying to smear his good name

[Curls]

[video=youtube;wMRIPfP4Tok]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMRIPfP4Tok[/video]
ALSO:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzzDrOR30U8[/media]
And he believes he isn't a [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic5EAO8RqVE"]bigot[/URL]?
OH LOOK WHO SHOWED UP WHEN I GOOGLED BIGOT
[thumb]http://thefightmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/FinalFight.jpg[/thumb]
SOMETHING SMELLS A LOT LIKE HOT FRESH SANTORUM

[lulzbocksV2]

I highly doubt that he said "black" people. It would have made no sense at all for him to say that. He had not brought up race before that, and he was not talking about a certain minority. It does really sound like he said black from the video, but it wouldn't make any sense. He kind of mumbled the word there as if he was looking for the right word to say, just for a moment. Just watch the video please, it makes a lot more sense.

[SevenFiveSeven]

Snipped, I can't read.

[Zero-Point]

[QUOTE=Gmod3ever;34070223]I've always thought this, too. I've always found the term "African-American" to be a racist term, because it implicitly assumes that all black people were born in Africa and immigrated to the United States and earned citizenship.

I've never understood the reasoning as to why we just don't use "dark-skinned" and "light-skinned" to describe individuals, seeing as they're a lot more accurate than "white" (only very pale people are actually "white") and "black" (only [B]very[/B] dark-skinned people are actually "black"), and the terms are entirely objective.[/QUOTE]

You've got black people, brown people, chocolate people, caramel people, brown-sugar people.
And then there's Obama, who's more nougat-colored.

[Squad]

The whole "Black" vs. "African American" thing is one of the reasons I hate political correctness.

If I am white, then they are black.

I know plenty of black people who were born right here in America. They aren't from Africa at all. If we go back in time to where people originally came from, then I am European american. And if the suggestions are correct, we are ALL African Americans if we go back far enough.

[Zero-Point]

[QUOTE=Squad;34071777]The whole "Black" vs. "African American" thing is one of the reasons I hate political correctness.

If I am white, then they are black.

I know plenty of black people who were born right here in America. They aren't from Africa at all. If we go back in time to where people originally came from, then I am European american. And if the suggestions are correct, we are ALL African Americans if we go back far enough.[/QUOTE]

I'm an odd one, I usually just call people "people".

[Curls]

[QUOTE=Squad;34071777]The whole "Black" vs. "African American" thing is one of the reasons I hate political correctness.

If I am white, then they are black.

I know plenty of black people who were born right here in America. They aren't from Africa at all. If we go back in time to where people originally came from, then I am European american. And if the suggestions are correct, we are ALL African Americans if we go back far enough.[/QUOTE]

I hate "African American" because... what about white people who are directly from Africa?

[Archangel125]

[QUOTE=J!NX;34071870]I hate "African American" because... what about white people who are directly from Africa?[/QUOTE]

Or black people from the Carribean!

[Kung Fu Jew]

theres black people from london too what shold we call those