Who is the racist?

Of course, the person who made the racist remark is the racist. It's not racist to be aware of race and be willing to point it out. It sounds from your comment like you think people of colour should ignore what they think is racist.

Okay, let's dissect that statement a little. The "increase in the number of people receiving food stamps" is a factual statement. The unemployment rate has gone up and the number of people on food stamps has gone up. These numbers can be verified. So this part of the statement is not racist because it a verifiable fact. We can also point to another verifiable fact. A disproportionate amount of those who are receiving food stamps are black. Again, this can be verified with numbers. It is not racist when you are pointing out a verifiable fact. It is in fact making a blatant observation. The unemployment numbers have also hit black families harder than other ethnic groups. They are also finding it harder to get back to jobs. These facts are verifiable in the break down of unemployment numbers. So apparently, Newt Gingrich is a "racist" for making an observation that is factual in nature. As far as "the Food Stamp President" goes, I think that labeling should actually go to the President who signed the Food Stamp Program into existence. But Newt being Newt, it obviously came out the wrong way. This is actually one case where the facts outweigh the charges of "racism."

Wow, once again I'm reminded of how stupid those morons at salon.com are. I mean, you really have to reach to say the racial demographic of Detroit is the reason we don't want the country to look like it. Seriously, would this place be any more or less appealing based on the racial makeup? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6WKMNmFsxM As Sierras pointed out, it's a fact that we have a record number of people on Food Stamps during the Obama administration. Politifact has verified that. http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/may/16/newt-gingrich/newt-gingrich-defends-calling-barack-obama-food-st/ So who's the racist? Well none of us are mind readers that I know of. Unless you can read Newt's mind, and know for a FACT that he was saying this with racial overtones, I'm going to have to go with the FACTS that I know, as stated above, and those support his statement with no racism involved. Turning innocent statements into racism however, is what I call projection. This moron at Salon is projecting their own racism onto Newt. Based on Newt's reaction to this, I really think he's genuinely stunned by the accusations. Anyone who immediately thinks of black people when they hear the words "Food Stamps" should consider their own racism and prejudices instead of attacking others who have made no such connection.

When it comes to Obama, anything short of lavish praise is a racist remark. The Food Stamp remark made no mention of race and I don't care what they think Reagan said or didn't say (when I was growing up, the word "buck" could refer to any young man). Harry Reid can refer to Obama not using a "Negro dialect" and no one thinks that is racist, in fact, even I figure he's just really old and grew up talking like that. But if Reid had been a Republican, no matter how ancient, they would have ripped him to shreds. As far as I know, there is no law that limits Food Stamps to blacks only and there are plenty of people of all races on Food Stamps. I just read of a guy in Michigan who won a $2 million lottery and is still getting Food Stamps. I don't think the article mentioned his race. Why? Because it was about dishonesty, not color. So sick and tired of this racist crap. I am afraid it's going to lead to more racism and real racism. This faux racism the left uses as a political accusation and tool is dangerous because it frustrates people, whips up hysteria and keeps any real dialogue from occurring.