Originally posted by: Starbuck1975
For the love of god there's nothing wrong with saying that the stimulus should be tailored to touch all elements of society. You're just so determined to see racism everywhere (probably because it's so ingrained in your life) that you can't accept that. I'm sure if Obama went to Black Angus for dinner you would freak out.
Had Reich made that statement...that we should tailor the stimulus to touch all elements of society...that would be a fair, balanced and reasonable statement.
But that is not what Reich said.
What Reich did do was call out white construction workers...we will never truly achieve a balanced, color blind society, so long as certain political leaders feel the need to suggest that whites live on some privileged plateau. If we do, please let me know...somehow I missed out on the preferential treatment.
No compensation today can make up for the sins of our nation's past. What Reich said is no better than those who make blanket statements about minority communities based on certain stereotypes.