Found some info on one of Ron Pauls racist allegations

[Napolean]

I don't think this has made as many rounds as it needed to, but it's a little extra information for whenever you're debating someone who wants more proof that Ron Paul isn't a racist, and shrugs off the youtubes of his minority supporters as "propaganda".

The newsletters are one thing, and everyone has the same defense that Ron Paul has disavowed the racist articles.

So people think they are clever and find those 1996 interviews of him defending some content in the newsletters and the spin is "see, he is racist, he didn't take back what he said and even insisted it was true!".

The quote I'm talking about is:

On Thursday, USA Today reported that Paul told the Dallas Morning News in 1996 that the claim in the newsletters that 95 percent of black men in Washington, D.C., "are semi-criminal or entirely criminal" was accurate.

Citing a 1992 study, he said, "[g]iven the inefficiencies of what DC laughingly calls the criminal justice system, I think we can safely assume that 95 percent of the black males in that city are semi-criminal or entirely criminal."

Not all articles say he's citing a study, the ones that do, leave it at that, or say it was an unspecified study.

The study however, is called "Hobbling a Generation: Young African American Males in D.C.'s Criminal Justice System" by J G Miller

The study was published through the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives

It's really hard to find the 1992 study and the 1997 follow up, I did find something from 1998 though: Article: Hobbling a generation: young African American men in Washington, D.C.'s... | AccessMyLibrary - Promoting library advocacy

Five years have passed since the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives (NCIA) discovered that 42 percent of the young African American men 18 to 35 years of age in the District of Columbia (D.C.) were under criminal justice supervision--in prison or jail, probation or parole, out on bond or being sought on a warrant (Miller 1992). The finding provoked a national outcry. People were astonished that nearly half of the young African American men in the nation's capitol were under government control. Today, the percentage of young African American men under justice supervision has reached 50 percent. Things have gotten worse.

Ron Paul was citing this and defending his comment about it because it's right in line with his message that the government has gotten too big and is intruding too much into our lives.

The media had it spun as if he were stating only 5% of african american's were upstanding citizens, completely taking it out of context.

So when a guy calls in on Glenn Beck making great points, I hate how he gets stuck on this issue and Glenn gets to get back on his high horse.

The tale of two Ron Paul supporters: Best Paul supporter to ever call into radio? – Glenn Beck

A real shame, the guy almost had Beck pinned.

 

[soulbyproxy]

RP isn't a politician. Nuanced statements have no place in American politics.

That guns and bibles shit is still biting Obama in the ass, but he's clever or shifty enough to issue a mea culpa for the meaning that his words took on out of context.
Paul doesn't do shit like that.
Its an asset and a liability; more the latter when the people you need to vote for you are a bunch of drooling simpletons.

 

[papajohn56]

Paul still didn't write the actual newsletters, it's coming out now a current editing director of Forbes may have.

 

[lukep]

Ron Paul was citing this and defending his comment about it because it's right in line with his message that the government has gotten too big and is intruding too much into our lives.

You and I know that this is likely to be the case, but people who don't understand or beleive in Paul's message will see this as a made-up excuse.

It's best to spend your energy getting new people introduced to Paul, not defending him from simpletons who think that this is a sign of real racism, despite his 30 year record of extreme fairness and freedom for all. Such people don't have the cognitive skills to find their way out of a wet paper bag.

 

[Dresden14]

who cares? There's nothing wrong with racism. People can be racist, and not hate. People can only grow to their fullest potential when separated. When will people realize that forced integration doesn't work? People cannot grow to their fullest potential when forcibly integrated. All Hail Ron Paul. I hope he wins and starts operation deport el mexicano's.

 

[monies]

who cares? There's nothing wrong with racism. People can be racist, and not hate. People can only grow to their fullest potential when separated. When will people realize that forced integration doesn't work? People cannot grow to their fullest potential when forcibly integrated. All Hail Ron Paul. I hope he wins and starts operation deport el mexicano's.

yea them gat dam jews and them gat damn mexicans and them gat dam muslamics all needa go back to their gat dam country cuz they taking our jobs and ruining our merican christian values

 

[Rage9]

Fuck yourself, that is all.

 

[paradigmcontent]

It's best to spend your energy getting new people introduced to Paul, not defending him from simpletons who think that this is a sign of real racism, despite his 30 year record of extreme fairness and freedom for all. Such people don't have the cognitive skills to find their way out of a wet paper bag.

Yes, exactly, Paul needs more votes, not more time wasted on non-supporters. Just like marketing. Talk to the people who are interested, and let the rest go.