This question for the CNN/YouTube Republican Debates is based on an article I found in the Houston Chronicle and dated May 23, 1996. In the article, which I present below and has this link: Houston Chroncle Ron Paul Article.
Given its nature, I felt it necessary to share with this audience. Some may feel that Paul's statements were not racist, but I disagree. The pure form problem is that he takes a whole group of people and generalizes them and then bases his policy arguments on that mistaken belief, which comes from essentially putting an entire group of people down based on skin color.
This question for the CNN/YouTube Republican Debates is based on an article I found in the Houston Chronicle and dated May 23, 1996. In the article, which I present below and has this link: Houston Chroncle Ron Paul Article.
Given its nature, I felt it necessary to share with this audience. Some may feel that Paul's statements were not racist, but I disagree. The pure form problem is that he takes a whole group of people and generalizes them and then bases his policy arguments on that mistaken belief, which comes from essentially putting an entire group of people down based on skin color.
Statistics can be designed to tell lies. For example, there's a myth that there are more Blacks in prison than in college. Well the truth is that there are more Blacks in college than in prison for the age group that normally goes to college. The study in error took all Blacks 18-55 that are incarcerated and compared them with the Black college student population, which is up to about 22 in age. A large error that produced a stupid assumption that others quote as if it's the truth. But why?
It seems that Congressman Paul may be one of those people who used such flawed data to maintain a racist point of view. I'd like to hear what he says about this. Here's the article...
Copyrighted article deleted and diarist banned. And while I was at it I replaced the autoplay with regular YouTube - MissLaura
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Someone wrote that his statements were "true." Well, that's not so at all. The studies Paul reffers to are unidentified and anyone believing this is looking for some "emprirical" reason to hold a racist viewpoint. Racism is a mental illness that must be treated and eliminated. Congressman Paul must deal with this question of racism because it's based on material produced by him and his campaign.