. @michaelharriot adds: “What they’re saying, quite clearly [is], 'I want more black and brown people to die.’”
Posted on 04/19/2020 4:58:25 PM PDT by jazusamo
A panel of CNN guests accused Americans who want to see their country reopen of hating certain minority groups and wanting "more black and brown people to die." The ignorant and hateful comments were spewed on Joy Reid's Sunday episode of "AM Joy."
Renee Graham, an opinion writer for the Boston Globe, believes the protestors aren't really upset about losing their jobs and businesses or being told they no longer have the freedom to associate, buy certain products, watch sports, receive certain medical treatments (don't worry, abortion is safe), send their kids to school, attend churches, or even enjoy certain outdoor activities. What Graham thinks when she sees "a bunch of white people" protesting is that surely they must want more black and brown people to die.
"One thing I think is really interesting is how these protests have started after all the headlines last week or so about the disproportionate effect the virus is having in communities of color, and so when I look at these protests what I see are a bunch of white people essentially saying 'oh, it's affecting those people, so why do I have to change my life for them,'" said Graham.
Senior writer for The Root, Michael Harriot, then told Joy Reid that the protestors are saying "quite clearly," they "want more black and brown people to die."
"If you want the government to open up, then you want more black and brown people to die," Harriot added.
President Trump, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Surgeon General Jerome Adams and others in the administration have all raised the issue of racial disparities in the Wuhan coronavirus data. It is a tragedy that the coronavirus isn't killing all ethnicities equally. But it also appears to be the case, as it should, that the disparities are a top concern for the task force, the administration, and local governments.
But does Harriot really think the government shutdown hasn't affected white people, or white people are somehow immune from the Wuhan coronavirus? The coronavirus is also disproportionately affecting the elderly and people with certain underlying medical conditions. We know African Americans suffer from some of those underlying conditions to a greater extent than whites. And some people are actually hopeful the protesters will catch the virus and die. Are they racist?
Liberals bent over backward to prevent any stigma directed toward Asians after China unleashed the deadly coronavirus on the world. But the same people are quick to accuse whites of genocide simply because the protesters miss their freedoms, having spent weeks in isolation, and question the government's decision to continue the lockdowns into the indefinite future.
. @michaelharriot adds: “What they’re saying, quite clearly [is], 'I want more black and brown people to die.’”
MSNBC is the MOST HATEFUL place on TV!! And it has the UGLIEST people on TV!
Couldn’t care less if “government” opens, but we need to get everything else open yesterday.
ROFL
Damn someone spilled the beans.
How’d they know? I didn’t tell them.
These holier-than-thou talking heads have no concept of how real people of all colors and races are struggling.
It’s easy for No-Joy Reid with her cushy TV job to sit and whine that everything needs to stay close. As bad as she wants to be, she’s not the official spokesperson for blacks. And I bet if you polled the majority of black people who work jobs that their government overlords have told them are currently off limits (restaurant, retail, etc.) they would vehemently disagree with this hack’s statements because they have bills to pay and families to feed and they don’t get the luxury of doing their “job” from the confines of their living room on a ZOOM session.
But what do I know, I’m just a “racist” old white coot.
Anybody who still believes MSNBC by now is beyond all rational thought, anyway
Oh Lord! How low low can the leftist commie racists get ?! They’re sicker then any virus infectees — by far
They don’t need the virus. The blacks in the inner city areas are doing enough killing on their own. The virus and white people don’t have to lift a finger. Next the brainless morons will blame white people for black and brown unemployment after democrats crash the economy over the flu virus.
Well, it was inevitable that the left would search for a way to include the “racist” narrative into their coverage of this Chinese Pox.
They’re settling on this particular angle, so it must be polling well with the groups that they are targeting.
I am black and I want the lockdown lifted like 2 weeks ago. Not to mention I have no intention of popping off just yet, from coronavirus or anything else.
i actually don’t want govt to ipen
i want everything else to open
if libtards cared anout black and brown people, they’d defund planned parenthood
It’s like one of those puzzles. They give you the end result (it’s racist), then tell you to figure out a way to get there.
Obsession about racism is a mental disorder.
Just easier to agree with them. Yes, yes we do! Once you agree with them, what are they going to argue with you with. Yes we are all racists and want people to die, except babies which is what you want to kill.
LOL you racist Flubros!!!
I’m kidding.
Everyone wants the economy to open. Flubros want to open it NOW and damn the mitigation efforts.
The more sane people want to make sure the lock down accomplishes what it was designed to do, and that we are prepared for the next mitigation efforts when we do reopen. Which hopefully won’t be long.
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