Nine door-to-door solicitors were working in the almost all-white Utah community of Jeremy Ranch. Eight were African-American, one was white. They were soliciting without the required business license. Law enforcement arrested the eight African-Americans and gave a verbal warning to the white co-worker.
The African-American population in Summit County, where the arrests occurred, is less than .5% of the county's population. Actually, according to the 2010 census, there are fewer than 30,000 African-Americans in the entire state of Utah. There are about 100 white people for every African-American in the state.
They would sure stand out to the Summit County law enforcement. They would stand out to the entire community, especially if a group of them are, gasp, going door-to-door.
Why was the white woman not arrested? Well, some defenders and apologists for the Summit County's Sheriff, are suggesting that the white woman is fabricating her story to make it appear that the sheriff's department is racist.
Somehow the sheriff's posse was able to run down sales people of color, but the white woman going door-to-door was somehow invisible to them? The local cops do not notice white people going door-to-door in their community.
Really?
I doubt it. I remember once stopping at a restaurant in Summit County. My boys were with me. No other customers were in the restaurant. The only visible employee of the restaurant refused to acknowledge our presence. We were sitting right in front of her. She had no intention of serving us. This was only about 10 years ago.
Sure there is no such thing as racism anymore. It has taken on new forms and new names. In Utah it does not exist. If a person of color even thinks that she/he has been a victim of racism then they are only playing the race card. After all, we now have a black President, so there is no more racism.
Sure just like the ending slavery put a finish to the racism in the South.
Take a few seconds to read the comments on the story on KSL-TV's web site. Not one person contributing their opinion thinks that it was racist that only the people of color were arrested. They almost all accuse the white woman of fabricating her story. Racism just is not an option.
"Heck, no, we ain't no racist rednecks 'round here.We like dem negro folks, especially when they come to play ball at our college."
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I watched the news report. Because the gender distribution included 3 women (including the Caucasian lady), it did raise some questions, to be sure.
ReplyDeleteSmall towns, just by their nature, often have issues with anyone is obviously an outsider. Once you factor in a color issue, that adds to the individual responses as well as the arrests.
Becoming invisible when trying to get service, in your case, is probably one of the most common forms of racism. There is no name calling, no spitting in your face, no words that can be quoted -- just the clear message that you are not wanted and to be disregarded.
Our lack of knowledge regarding the historical experiences of visible minorities here also does not help, as their contributions and trials have often been omitted from the fabric of what people think of as our "history." For example, I was talking to a friend of mine, not from Chicago, and she was surprised that we had such a large African American population. I told her we were part of the Migration destination. She didn't know what the Migration was.
Dee from Texas : Right Wing Conspiracy Theory against Latinos with Fake Group "Chicanos Unidos Arizona" that announces "Race War in Five Years" to reconquer lost territories in the United States. This is all Fabrication, Fake and Slander.
ReplyDeleteA Concoction in order to deceive fools : falsehood, untruth, falsity - Anti Immigrants ( Jan Brewer, Russell Pearce et al ) have been discredited. Now, their friends are fabricating Conspiracy Theories.
Immigration Talk with a Mexican American
Discuss Immigration Issues with a Mexican American. Truth, Honesty and the American Way!
Dee from Texas
September 4, 2011
http://immigrationmexicanamerican.blogspot.com/2011/09/tea-party-republican-right-wing.html
Some excerpts :
The Tea Party Right Wing Groups are getting DESPERATE!
They MADE UP a FAKE Reconquista Group -- "Chicanos Unidos Arizona"
The Extremist Right Wing Websites (aka: the Examiner) has posted an article by their MADE UP Reconquista Group, proclaiming there will be a RECONQUISTA WAR in 5 Years. They CLAIM FAKE Associations with NCLR and MECHA.
Of course this doesn't surprise me given the amount of trickery being conducted by Karl Rove's legions of Watergate Type paid hackers.
I CHALLENGE their FAKE Group's Leader: Miguel Perez to reply to me or to NCLR (who he claims membership) or to MECHA (who he ALSO proclaims membership) and PROVE his Membership.
Sadly, HE CANNOT! Why? Because he is NOT a member. HE is a FABRICATION!
A Right Wing Conspiracy!
A LIE!
His LIE: He writes that Latinos in America will start a "Reconquista War" in America. (LIES!)
The FAKE Group "Chicanos Unidos Arizona" has NO Website! No Facebook page!
If you doubt what I am saying, I ask that you to Google these words "Latino group claims Aztlán war in next five years" and VIEW all of the EXTREMIST RIGHT WING Tea Party Groups that are proclaiming this story. Also note: There are NO supportive articles for this group from NCLR or MECHA. NONE!
I also ask you to google: "examiner illegal immigration" and view ALL of the ANTI Latino articles that appear from this heinous, right wing RAG!
BEWARE THESE RIGHT WING HATE WEBSITES! THEY LIE! The Examiner and ANTI Latino HATE Websites should be ASHAMED of themselves! They are stirring up their ugly, ugly Agenda of HATE and WAR and VIOLENCE! How typical of these extremists!!
Latino Friends: Please REPOST this to as many Websites as possible. Let's see if we can OUT this FAKE website once and for all! Let's get them to write me!
dee_perezscott@yahoo.com
or write to: NCLR or MECHA
Let's see if they have the GUTS to Out Themselves!!! THE LIARS!
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