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Man on CNN almost refers to black people as slaves

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Icolin

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The man in question is Andrew Beveridge, a professor of Sociology at Queens College who holds a PhD and is the CEO of Social Explorer. And...





It's pretty goddamn blatant


Lock if this has already been posted. Looked through and didn't find anything similar, although I'm a moron so
 
Einchy

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HotHamBoy

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How'd did I know it would be that guy without knowing who any of the people in the picture were
 

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Man, in the second video, there's a little boy in the room.

God damn, imagine seeing this shit on TV at that fucking age.
 
Beartruck

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In politics, a Gaffe is what happens when you say what you feel is the truth.

That's a hell of a gaffe.
 
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Icolin

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maluma baby! said:
"almost"
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That was the language used in the first tweet I saw of this (couldn't put it in the OP because of the limit on embedded media on ResetERA posts). Yeah, more like he straight said it. Apologies, y'all

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HotHamBoy said:
How'd did I know it would be that guy without knowing who any of the people in the picture were
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The Yakubians are going brazy

The audacity of this caucasity
 
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Was it fine in the sense he was referring that the amendment allowed "slaves" to be treated as citizens? From a historical standpoint this isn't exactly wrong, just not really tasteful.
 
Ketch

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That's fucking disgusting, did anyone call him out? Like immediately? Like "i'm Sorry, did you just say slaves?"
 
Slayven

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LOL the way he spits out blacks is more telling then the slave thing.
 
Banana Aeon

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Too blatant.

I wish I could understand how it's so easy for these people to hate people just for their looks. It just baffles my mind.
 

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chronic_archaic said:
Was it fine in the sense he was referring that the amendment allowed "slaves" to be treated as citizens? From a historical standpoint this isn't exactly wrong, just not really tasteful.
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Considering he corrected himself from "slaves" to "blacks" rather than trying to list them as separate categories, I don't think that's what he was going for.
 
Sacrilicious

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The 14th amendment was ratified right after the Civil War (1868) largely to establish the rights of recently freed slaves, and Confederate states were strongly opposed to it on that basis.

He obviously screwed up here but I don't think this is a sign of veiled racism. From a historical perspective, the 14th amendment was quite explicitly targeted at the abolition of slavery and literature about it tends to specifically refer to it giving rights to former slaves.

If he's conflating black people in general with slaves, that would clearly be reprehensible, but if he's associating the 14th amendment with the abolition of slavery (which is pretty much the standard when looking at it from a historical standpoint) then using the term in this context was stupid mistake but not a malicious one.
 
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Sacrilicious said:
The 14th amendment was ratified right after the Civil War (1868) largely to establish the rights of recently freed slaves, and Confederate states were strongly opposed to it on that basis.

He obviously screwed up here but I don't think this is a sign of veiled racism. From a historical perspective, the 14th amendment was quite explicitly targeted at the abolition of slavery and literature about it tends to specifically refer to it giving rights to former slaves.
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It's definitely not a sign of racism. The guy is a professor in urban sociology


http://www.asanet.org/news-and-even...gy-asa-award/andrew-beveridge-award-statement

ProfessorBeveridge's scholarly work and contributions to the Times are closely related to his active community involvement. As President of the Yonkers (NY) Board of Education, he fought to bring the school system into full compliance with court decisions mandating integration.He frequently serves as an expert witness in court cases involving housing discrimination, affirmative steering, rent stabilization and affordability in support of such organizations as the ACLU, NAACP, New York City Environmental Justice Alliance, U.S. Justice Department Civil Rights Division, and the legal services programs of several cities and counties.He applied his expertise in sociology to informing numerous federal and state jury system challenges and court cases on employment and religious freedom discrimination.
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I mean come on guys
 
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Sacrilicious said:
The 14th amendment was ratified right after the Civil War (1868) largely to establish the rights of recently freed slaves, and Confederate states were strongly opposed to it on that basis.

He obviously screwed up here but I don't think this is a sign of veiled racism. From a historical perspective, the 14th amendment was quite explicitly targeted at the abolition of slavery and literature about it tends to specifically refer to it giving rights to former slaves.

If he's conflating black people in general with slaves, that would clearly be reprehensible, but if he's associating the 14th amendment with the abolition of slavery (which is pretty much the standard when looking at it from a historical standpoint) then using the term in this context was stupid mistake but not a malicious one.
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Considering the guys background in civil rights work, I really think this is the case. I'm not one to usually let that sort of shit slide, but his brain clearly connected the 14 and slavery.
 
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Fiction said:
Considering the guys background in civil rights work, I really think this is the case. I'm not one to usually let that sort of shit slide, but his brain clearly connected the 14 and slavery.
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Co-signed. He was thinking 14th Amendment and made the connection. This is not a bad dude...
 

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I dont think this was intentional to be honest. He was talking about some amendment, and his brain was stuck in that time period's framework for a second.
 
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If dude actually hates black people to the point where he can't even say "black" without retching, he's spent his entire professional career doing a damn good job of hiding it. Lmao @ yall
 
Foffy

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It makes his remarks elsewhere rather interesting...

"All of the districts with noncitizens in them and all of the districts with kids in them would have less representation," said Andrew Beveridge, a demographer at Queens College in New York, who called the idea the "holy grail" for Republicans seeking to maintain a partisan advantage.

Man, white, old, conservative, and racist? The perfect mix. Holy grail of what? White men?
 

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Upon rewatching and better hearing the context of it being related to the 14th Amendment, I can see this conceivably being a simple slip-up.
 
LQX

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Hate to be that guy, but the fact he was sort going off the inception of that 14th amendment I think made him lose track for a moment.
 
Kirblar

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If this guy's a racist, he's like, the most incompetent racist ever judging by his resume. :-P
 
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