N.C. mayor doesn't apologize to blacks

[Mrs Behavin]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- The mayor said he stands by his comments that black youth are imitating gangsters, despite a call from the local NAACP to apologize.

Mayor Pat McCrory, who is white, said he was accurate when he wrote that "too many of our youth, primarily African American, are imitating and/or participating in a gangster type of dress, attitude, behavior and action."

His remarks came in a July 5 letter to the city manager in which McCrory congratulated police for their presence the night before, when 169 people - mostly black - were arrested.

The mayor painted "African American youth with a broad swath that cuts deep in many of our communities," said Ken White, president of the Charlotte branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

"Mr. McCrory's comments reinforce that stereotype especially to those inclined to hold on to racist thinking and behavior," White said.

McCrory told The Charlotte Observer that he understands his remarks offended some people, but he cited statistics that more than 60 percent of Charlotte's gang members are black.

"My role as mayor is to communicate what I consider to be concerns and in doing so you have to step on some toes," he said.

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[TheOriginalJames]

If an African American mayor said that about Caucasion kids it would be fine.

I'm all for Af. Am. activists - but enough is enough.

 

[GuesSAngel]

people are getting so damn touchy with this subject...they have to get over it.

 

[IntruderLS1]

Holy hell. Somebody who isn't afraid of being smacked around with the racist stick!!

I wanna know when he's running for president. lol

 

[Boomer]

He didnt put it all on blacks. I think its true that the majority IS in fact African American. Even my cousin thinks so. He isnt taking offence to this at all.

 

[Dodge_Sniper]

I find it odd that black people can call us crackers, but if we call them...that...they call the racist shit on us. What the hell? Some black guy got in a fight in front of the mall a few weeks back, and when they arrested him, he yells, "It's cause I'm black, ain't it?!". Bullshit, it's because your a jackass.

 

[GraceAbounds]

If what the Mayor is stating is factual in his city, then those are the facts and he stated nothing wrong.

 

[HottyToddyChick]

If the NAACP doesn't like the fact that the mayor was making a justify remark based on provable evidence, then maybe they should try harder to adjust the way in which Af. Am. present themselves.

And did anyone else notice the rep for the NAACP was Ken White?

 

[Homer]

good for the mayor maybe the NAACP should try and fix the problem instead of crying about the truth , the sad thing is i see more and more white kids doing the same thing .:spank::spank: :spank::spank::spank::spank: :spank::spank:is what they all need.

 

[All Else Failed]

good for the mayor maybe the NAACP should try and fix the problem instead of crying about the truth , the sad thing is i see more and more white kids doing the same thing .:spank::spank: :spank::spank::spank::spank: :spank::spank:is what they all need.

What exactly is the problem? What are white kids doing?

 

[Homer]

open your eyes if you can't see whats going on around you i can't help you.

 

[All Else Failed]

open your eyes if you can't see whats going on around you i can't help you.

Well if its so obvious you should be able to help me. You don't like white boys dressing "ghetto" or something?

 

[GuesSAngel]

do you live in pleasantville or something?? what about the drug dealings and shootings...maybe murders? i think that's where homer is going with that...doesn't take much to figure that out.

 

[All Else Failed]

do you live in pleasantville or something?? what about the drug dealings and shootings...maybe murders? i think that's where homer is going with that...doesn't take much to figure that out.

Seeing as how those crimes are all pretty much caused by poverty, and have nothing to do with color.....I don't see what he was getting at with the "white kids" comment.

 

[GuesSAngel]

maybe there are 'white kids' in poverty too then that are doing the same crimes as every other kid.

 

[Homer]

Well if its so obvious you should be able to help me. You don't like white boys dressing "ghetto" or something?

no i just don't like whate kids.

 

[All Else Failed]

no i just don't like whate kids.

Oh well that explains it.