Pitts Targeted by White Supremacists

[jgmacg]

A terrible, frightening story.

http://www.miamiherald.com/519/story/146399.html

 

[Big Chee]

Hmm...I wonder if the Black KKK targeted Whitlock.....

 

[pseudo]

Sadly, not surprising.

As for Mr. White and his 280-knucklehead-strong "national" party, the world would be a better place without them in it.

 

[alleyallen]

Bad news. Anyone have a link to the column in question? The last line alone is certain to draw ire, whether it's valid or not.

 

[jgmacg]

Bad news. Anyone have a link to the column in question? The last line alone is certain to draw ire, whether it's valid or not.

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070605/OPINION03/706050339/1068/OPINION

 

[The Big Ragu]

What the hell is the matter with people?

 

[Pastor]

What the hell is the matter with people?

Do you honestly not know?

 

[Big Chee]

Bad news. Anyone have a link to the column in question? The last line alone is certain to draw ire, whether it's valid or not.

The last line is incendiary if one disconnets the dots written in the article which lead up to that last line.

Unfortunately, too many people subscribe to that type of selective skimming and allow one "line" or "comment" to embody the article

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

Here is the SportsJournalists.com thread on the June 3 column:

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/42562/

 

[jgmacg]

What the hell is the matter with people?

Check with these kids. Maybe they know.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/21/us/21racism.html

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

The subject line has the words "white supremacists," and the Google ad I'm looking at on this page is an offer to receive Ann Coulter's "articles" free by e-mail. I know it will change after I refresh the page, but I found that interesting.

 

[armageddon]

Bad news. Anyone have a link to the column in question? The last line alone is certain to draw ire, whether it's valid or not.

The last line is incendiary if one disconnets the dots written in the article which lead up to that last line.

Unfortunately, too many people subscribe to that type of selective skimming and allow one "line" or "comment" to embody the article

Sorry, but the last line was sure to **** off the people (nutjobs, IMHO) to whom Pitts was sending the message.

Had I written the column I might have used a similar statement to summarize my feelings on the matter.

But do you think the intention of that line was to make nice?

 

[Big Chee]

Bad news. Anyone have a link to the column in question? The last line alone is certain to draw ire, whether it's valid or not.

The last line is incendiary if one disconnets the dots written in the article which lead up to that last line.

Unfortunately, too many people subscribe to that type of selective skimming and allow one "line" or "comment" to embody the article

Sorry, but the last line was sure to **** off the people (nutjobs, IMHO) to whom Pitts was sending the message.

Had I written the column I might have used a similar statement to summarize my feelings on the matter.

But do you think the intention of that line was to make nice?

I think the last line was to sum up his feelings towards the unrealistic painting of white victimzation that's been over dramatized.

And trust this, there are plenty of good hearted, average everyday americans who subscribe to the reagan era inspired mantra of white victimhood.

Even your point shows how people are apt to disconnect the points which leads to a comment.

Sorry, but its doesn't dwarf the overall body and candor of that truthful piece.

Like I said in the past, it's one of the biggest worries many black writers currently face. One or two rock the boat comment stirs enough waves that the body of their work is washed away by it.

 

[bostonbred]

not really surprising, that pitts article was blatently craving for attention and some idiots stepped up to the plate.

 

[Big Chee]

not really surprising, that pitts article was blatently craving for attention and some idiots stepped up to the plate.

I could see if there was blatent disregard for the truth, but that article seemed blatent in its naked honesty and TRUTH.

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

Sadly, not surprising.

As for Mr. White and his 280-knucklehead-strong "national" party, the world would be a better place without them in it.

There have to be directions available to where that guy lives, right?

 

[Oz]

Interesting that the white supremacist quoted in that story, his last name is "White."

 

[alleyallen]

Let's hold up here on the whole connect-the-dot talk and the failure to read the piece argument. I clearly said in my post that I needed someone to post the entire article. That one line, by itself, certainly could be incendiary, but I recognized the absolute need to read the WHOLE article.

Now that I've had a chance, Pitts makes some good points, but he's failed on a couple, as well.

I will say that the concept of something being "underreported" is largely a subjective term. I, for one, had heard quite a bit about the Knoxville murders, although he points to claims by whites that it has been underreported. But the only reason why I knew about it was because I saw a headline somewhere and followed it up. So there is that part of it.

And in reference to the Duke case, I would say that a couple of points stood out. The fact that the alleged victim was black and had been "victimized" by whites got quite a bit of play, and those guys were pretty well demonized for being rich, spoiled, etc. Whether the charges were true or not, those guys were hammered pretty hard.

But as someone who actually agrees that blacks get a raw deal, even today, Pitts' column did little to further that belief. I'm guessing a lot of white readers, those he's trying to stir to action, aren't going to react quite the way he'd hoped.

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

not really surprising, that pitts article was blatently craving for attention and some idiots stepped up to the plate.

I could see if there was blatent disregard for the truth, but that article seemed blatent in its naked honesty and TRUTH.

Pitts is my favorite columnist. Have written that many times.

But I thought he was a little pugnacious with this column, given how absolutely awful these two deaths were.

I thought the final line was WAY too cavalier and flip, especially given his previous body of work.

Let's be clear here, Leonard Pitts is color blind in his writings. He has ripped African-Americans many more times than Ruben Studdard Jr. has.

Mr. White and his klan need to be carpet bombed.

 

[Big Chee]

And in reference to the Duke case, I would say that a couple of points stood out. The fact that the alleged victim was black and had been "victimized" by whites got quite a bit of play, and those guys were pretty well demonized for being rich, spoiled, etc. Whether the charges were true or not, those guys were hammered pretty hard.

No one would deny that. But, myself knowing one of the accused in the Central Park trial, their parents weren't given 60 Minutes specials and up to the minute updates of possible evidence to their innocense.
The duke boys rightfully received that coverage.

Blacks and poor people in general don't receive even an ioda of that balance, no matter how uneven the scale tilts.