Juan Williams an him remarks bout di fuss lady

[jah_yout]

Re: Black Commentator Blasts First Lady

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: A_lil_Jazz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">But what he is saying is not a disagreement - it is not about policy

it is a personal attack on the First Lady. </div></div>

...it is his opinion and why cant a black person have a differing opinion about another black person widdout being a sellout? do we as blacks so believe that any one of us reaching anywhere is such an aberration that no criticism can be made juss incase ... </div></div>

ok maybe sellout too strong a word? a black man calling a black woman who hasn't done anything wrong un-american is in my opinion sellout-ish type behavior;
at least wait to see how she conducts herself while in the whitehouse and not just as a private citizen before him start run awf him mout

[Dr.Dudd]

Re: Black Commentator Blasts First Lady

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: A_lil_Jazz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Well mi nevva call him a sellout - but I do believe that he is being divisive and feels threatened that the white house is housing a smart woman who has her husbands ear. </div></div> he is true to form sell out. althought he consideer himself hispanic anyway.

[jah_yout]

Re: Black Commentator Blasts First Lady

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Juan Williams, an African-American commentator on the conservative FOX News channel, described First Lady Michelle Obama as a militant who could harm the president with her “blame America,” “I’m-the-victim” attitude.



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did he highlight any references where she 'blamed america' and said she's a 'victim'?

[jah_yout]

Re: Black Commentator Blasts First Lady

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: A_lil_Jazz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Well mi nevva call him a sellout - but I do believe that he is being divisive and feels threatened that the white house is housing a smart woman who has her husbands ear. </div></div> he is true to form sell out. althought he consideer himself hispanic anyway. </div></div>

and being on fox news not helping his image as a non-sellout

[Dr.Dudd]

Re: Black Commentator Blasts First Lady

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jah yout</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: A_lil_Jazz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Well mi nevva call him a sellout - but I do believe that he is being divisive and feels threatened that the white house is housing a smart woman who has her husbands ear. </div></div> he is true to form sell out. althought he consideer himself hispanic anyway. </div></div>

and being on fox news not helping his image as a non-sellout </div></div>He was a regular on PBS,but always antiblack.

[kia027]

Re: Black Commentator Blasts First Lady

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: A_lil_Jazz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Well mi nevva call him a sellout - but I do believe that he is being divisive and feels threatened that the white house is housing a smart woman who has her husbands ear. </div></div> he is true to form sell out. althought he consideer himself hispanic anyway. </div></div>

so is dat why he was the host of Americas Black Forum?

he always considered himself black

[jah_yout]

Re: Black Commentator Blasts First Lady

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: A_lil_Jazz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If I EVER buck im u si - I gwine gi im wan rashtid BAX...

some men just feel impotent at the sight of a strong woman. Ole jrancrow </div></div>



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Meanwhile, appearing on The O'Reilly Factor, Williams wouldn't touch O'Reilly's Quote of The Week:

And I couldn't get over the fact that there was no difference between Sylvia's restaurant and any other restaurant in New York City. I mean, it was exactly the same, even though it's run by blacks, primarily black patronship.

Days later, on September 30, Williams appeared on C-SPAN's Washington Journal, and a caller very specifically asked him to address that quote. Williams though, ripped it out of context and told viewers that O'Reilly made that comment as a way to compare the peaceful scene at Sylvia's to the ugly stereotype of black America that's portrayed through gangsta rap videos. But that's simply not true. The discussion O'Reilly and Williams had about rap video images came well after O'Reilly made his initial comments about Sylvia's. It's simply not accurate to suggest O'Reilly told the &quot;no difference&quot; story about Sylvia's amidst a larger discussion about gangsta rap. But Williams, playing defense for the Fox News host, did his best to re-tell the story in an O'Reilly-friendly way.

http://mediamatters.org/columns/200710020005

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[remo]

Re: Black Commentator Blasts First Lady

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jaded</div><div class="ubbcode-body">[quote][i can see how a couple of things she's written and said could make some Americans &quot;nervous&quot;. Nothing bad mind you..just some candidness and &quot;transparency&quot; that could make some uncomfortable </div></div>

Is it possible to provide some of those things she has said/written that would make some americans uncomfortable?

[Tuff Gong]

Re: Black Commentator Blasts First Lady

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: remo</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jaded</div><div class="ubbcode-body">[quote][i can see how a couple of things she's written and said could make some Americans &quot;nervous&quot;. Nothing bad mind you..just some candidness and &quot;transparency&quot; that could make some uncomfortable </div></div>

Is it possible to provide some of those things she has said/written that would make some americans uncomfortable? </div></div>...you know what I am so glad it not <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'">divisive TG</span> that asked this question!

[tsophra]

Re: Black Commentator Blasts First Lady

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tuff Gong</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: remo</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jaded</div><div class="ubbcode-body">[quote][i can see how a couple of things she's written and said could make some Americans &quot;nervous&quot;. Nothing bad mind you..just some candidness and &quot;transparency&quot; that could make some uncomfortable </div></div>

Is it possible to provide some of those things she has said/written that would make some americans uncomfortable? </div></div>...you know what I am so glad it not <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'">divisive TG</span> that asked this question! </div></div>

but yu knoe I was waiting for yu!!

welll..that comment about been a proud of america for the first time in her adult life...
yep..that made some nervous

an remember her thesis?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Obama, who concentrated in sociology and received a certificate in African-American studies, examined how the attitudes of black alumni have changed over the course of their time at the University. &quot;Will they become more or less motivated to benefit the Black community?&quot; Obama wrote in her thesis.

After surveying 89 black graduates, Obama concluded that attending the University as an undergraduate decreased the extent to which black alumni identified with the black community as a whole.

Obama drew on her personal experiences as an example.

&quot;As I enter my final year at Princeton, I find myself striving for many of the same goals as my White classmates -- acceptance to a prestigious graduate school or a high-paying position in a successful corporation,&quot; she wrote, citing the University's conservative values as a likely cause.

&quot;Predominately White universities like Princeton are socially and academically designed to cater to the needs of the White students comprising the bulk of their enrollments,&quot; she said, noting the small size of the African-American studies department and that there were only five black tenured professors at the University across all departments.

Obama studied the attitudes of black Princeton alumni to determine what effect their time at Princeton had on their identification with the black community. &quot;My experiences at Princeton have made me far more aware of my 'Blackness' than ever before,&quot; she wrote in her introduction. &quot;I have found that at Princeton no matter how liberal and open-minded some of my White professors and classmates try to be toward me, I sometimes feel like a visitor on campus; as if I really don't belong.&quot; </div></div>

[jah_yout]

Re: Black Commentator Blasts First Lady

i still don't see this as 'blame america' and 'i'm the victim'...i would be more suspicious if she never ever commented on race in america;

at least this shows she is a real person...

[evanovitch]

Re: Black Commentator Blasts First Lady

could also be the taped interview of dem where she says that she did not want him to go into politics...she told him that he was young, goodlooking, well-educated, so why did he want to go bak to Illinois an do wat he said he wanted to...be a community organizer...

[tsophra]

Re: Black Commentator Blasts First Lady

personally I don't see it as such, jy

but i can see where someone coming from a different POV could perceive her to be &quot;rebellious&quot;..

[Jazz]

Re: Black Commentator Blasts First Lady

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jaded</div><div class="ubbcode-body">personally I don't see it as such, jy

but i can see where someone coming from a different POV could perceive her to be &quot;rebellious&quot;.. </div></div>

or free thinking... not afraid to challenge the status quo??

[Dyoll_73]

Re: Black Commentator Blasts First Lady

In her senior thesis at Princeton, she talked about how black students can feel a sense of alienation on that Ivey League campus, and in other ways, a distance from the black community, and in the primaries, she said that for the first time in her life she felt proud of her country, a comment magnified beyond what she said was her intent. Are these the musings of a militant?

Not in the least!

It's the &quot;angry black woman&quot; label to discredit the first lady. I'm still waiting for her &quot;whitey&quot; comments captured on tape. Of course I won't hold my breath.