This incident, however, was not about civil rights nor was it about racial profiling of a Black man.Cold Beer and Prejudice at the White House so much for baseball apple pie and Chevrolet. Hey, Chevrolet is still an American made car under the Obama administration isn’t it?
What this incident typifies is elitism and arrogance. A noted Black scholar and professor at Harvard thought that he was above cooperating with the police and turned what should have been a simple police call about a mistaken break in into a racial incident.
Oh well any ways, it’s quite an occasion and a teachable moment when the president of Racism pals up with his Black scholar professor friend and play the race card on Cambridge police officer Sgt. James Crowley. Without knowing all of the facts Barack Obama called Sgt. Crowley’s actions stupid referring to the arrest of professor Gates.
Crowley was responding to a 9-1-1 call of a possible break in and entry. He was just doing his duty trying to protect Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. from a reported breaking in at Gates’ address.
Sgt. James Crowley is a police instructor who instructs his fellow police officers on the subject of racial profiling. Sgt Crowley is not the stereotypical redneck prejudge White police officer looking to mistreat Black men in America. You know like the type that Professor Gates and Mr. Obama obviously know so much about. Following president Obama’s statement on the issue (see 3:24 min video) .
Taking the president’s lead on the incident the “Obama news media” weaves a mythical narrative of civil rights violation and racial profiling, Katie Couric reports (see 2:18min video)
This incident, however, was not about civil rights nor was it about racial profiling of a Black man.
What this incident typifies is elitism and arrogance. A noted Black scholar and professor at Harvard thought that he was above cooperating with the police and turned what should have been a simple police call about a mistaken break in into a racial incident.
It was originally reported that the 9-1-1 call noted that there were two black men attempting to break into the house. This was obviously made up to establish racial motivation for Sgt. Crowley’s actions but a review of the 9-1-1 call proves that race was not a factor in the call or in Sgt. Crowley’s initial contact with Professor Gates race only became a factor when professor Gates injected it into the situation (see video 2:45mins)
Indeed Professor Gates turned a reported break in into a racial incident and president Obama turned the elitism and arrogance of a Harvard professor into a racial firestorm.
Fox News analyses the prejudice and racism that emanates from the White House (see 8:08 video)
Stupidity uh yes! But not in the instance of the Cambridge police. If this is a teachable moment then here are the lessons that I learned. No matter who you are or how accomplished you might be it is always best that you cooperate with a police officer when stopped and questioned.
Second if you are the president of the United States of America commenting on any subject without all of the facts is definitely political suicide and a career ender to boot.
Last if you’ve established yourself as a world-wide apologizer then don’t stop short when you’ve make an obvious inappropriate statement about Americans on the Cambridge police force and an individual American Sgt. James Crowley, here's some advice, just apologize stupid!
Usually Cold beer and stupidity just doesn’t mix well, but Barack Obama feels that he can make it work on Thursday. So let’s all hope that Sgt Crowley, the only one who didn’t do anything stupid in this Obama/Gates made racial blow-up, will keep his cool head when he is surrounded by overt ‘60s Racists radicals who obviously are still fighting The White man. Good luck Sgt Crowley!
