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He should try to start a white male caucus.
Tancredo: Ban minority caucuses
By Anne C. Mulkern
Denver PostWashington - Colorado's Tom Tancredo wants to abolish the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Black Caucus and Asian Pacific American Caucus.
Tancredo, a Republican congressman from Littleton, repeated his call today for the elimination of all special interest factions within Congress that are pegged to ethnic groups. He first asked for a rule change to ban the groups in 2003.
"It is utterly hypocritical for Congress to extol the virtues of a color-blind society while officially sanctioning caucuses that are based solely on race - and restrict their membership based on race," Tancredo wrote in a letter to Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald, D-Calif, who is in charge of the House's numerous caucuses.
When Tancredo previously said the caucuses should be eliminated, a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus called that statement "more race-baiting" by Tancredo. The black, Hispanic and Asian-American caucuses exist because few members of Congress come from those racial groups and they need a unified voice, said Rep. Raul M. Grijalva, D-Ariz.
This is the same guy who favors building a 3,000 miles fence along the whole U.S. and Mexico border. Tancredo is also a vocal supporter of vigilante groups along the Arizona and Texas Mexican border.
He should try to start a white male caucus.
I hear Tancracker is mulling a presidential bid.
That's precisely the reason the others should be banned. Racial caucuses are racially discriminatory and, in federal ins ution like Congress, that should be -- if it's not -- a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
If it's a violation, Tancredo should sue.
Otherwise, I don't see why it's such a big deal. It's a caucus.
"racially discriminatory"
the Repug and Dem members in Congress make up "groups" just like ethnic caucuses, nobody is calling the Repug and Dem parties discriminatory. People are free to assemble into whatever the groups they want to assemble into. But I'm not surprised a right-winger racist nutter is against ethnic caucuses.
"It is utterly hypocritical for Congress to extol the virtues of a color-blind society while officially sanctioning caucuses that are based solely on race - and restrict their membership based on race,"
It's pretty hard to argue with that statement.
that's too logical for the libs. It just doesn't "feel" right to them.
These are the kinds of groups that banded together after a certain races oppression.
So, you'd be okay with a Congressional White Caucus?
And, not a one among 'em is suffering oppression now. Why? Because the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbids discrimination on the grounds of race.
You'd think a race that fought so hard to realize that simple principle would also realize how stupid it is to form a exclusive race-based caucus.
Yeah, that civil rights act has left the country without even a hint of racism.
Obviously not, we have the racist Congressional Black Caucus.
Sure, which of your buddies would be in it?
"you'd be okay with a Congressional White Caucus?"
sure, why not? The Southern Repugs are already a de facto White Supremacy Caucus.
Except that we don't actually live in a color blind society. Extol away, but it doesn't exist.
Typical GOP stunt, though. I'm betting that the members who "wanted" to join would have beat feet, quicktime, had they actually been offered membership. They don't really want to spend time around minorities, just pandering to their racist base.
why pick a fight?
Because it's all he knows how to do.
I thought they had one. It's called the GOP.
I didn't know discriminating against moonbats was a crime.
Why are they racially discriminatory? They don't possess any meaningful power; they're largely social clubs of similarly-situated individuals who can do little more than discuss particular problems and desired solutions.
If you're claiming that they're discriminatory because they disinclude those who aren't similarly-situated, do you have proof that a group like the Congressional Black Caucus affirmatively excludes those who aren't black, or is that just your assumption?
They do. I believe a white Democrat from a black-majority district tried to join and was turned down.
I agree that it's not a big deal. Just something else Republicans are playing up out of Obamaphobia.
It's going to take more than a white Republican to eliminate these groups, and I don't think it will ever be successful if it's attempted by force.
White Supremacy Caucus? That's pretty ing ignorant, considering most of those 'southern' Repugs come from populations that have a lot of minorities.
328,382,103rd time you've talked out of your ass, so I guess what's new?
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