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60. At least on of the kids that died was African American. nt

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Cornell West On Sandy Hook: ‘We Can’t Just Shed Tears For Those On The Vanilla Side Of Town’ [View all] Jamaal510 Jan 2013 OP

I thought the exact same thing. nt Deep13 Jan 2013 #1

The question is why since malaise Jan 2013 #19

Tradition. Deep13 Jan 2013 #50

Little Ana was slaughtered and there was a little Asian girl as well malaise Jan 2013 #56

Dr West: If this is what it takes for real change to happen, please just stfu Hekate Jan 2013 #2

And I hope he realizes we would be equally outraged TexasBushwhacker Jan 2013 #5

I think he is saying that we have not been just as outraged. merrily Jan 2013 #7

That's because the shooting of one person at a time doesn't have the same impact as 26. n/t pnwmom Jan 2013 #29

Perhaps, but 26 instances of one person shooting to death one other person does Major Nikon Jan 2013 #67

After watching the contortions DU'ers went through to attack Trayvon Martin? Scootaloo Jan 2013 #9

I disagree. cali Jan 2013 #11

Correct. kentauros Jan 2013 #24

+1 and Co-sign Mdterp01 Jan 2013 #32

Amen ReRe Jan 2013 #6

Around the bend is correct. FSogol Jan 2013 #23

West and Limbaugh! elleng Jan 2013 #3

Limbaugh is trying to distract focus; West is trying to attract attention Scootaloo Jan 2013 #10

Not much love for Dr West here on DU and it has been going on for a while now stultusporcos Jan 2013 #12

+1 You need to post more. Scuba Jan 2013 #16

Perhaps not much love or room on DU for truth and reality some days either stultusporcos Jan 2013 #45

On the other hand, Le Taz Hot Jan 2013 #73

All too true... haikugal Jan 2013 #28

One only has to think of the missing blond girl of the month to know there is plenty of truth TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #72

You are not trying to make any kind of comparison between West and Limbuagh sabrina 1 Jan 2013 #44

I took it more to be a comparison on that one salient point Major Nikon Jan 2013 #64

Yes, I definitely agree with you on the fact that the media doesn't bother to cover sabrina 1 Jan 2013 #71

Obama has remarked on this too, even in relation to Sandy Hook. freshwest Jan 2013 #4

I don't know about his particular point, but I do know that people merrily Jan 2013 #8

I got into it with a local activist recently about this... Earth_First Jan 2013 #13

That is a horrible statement. zellie Jan 2013 #14

The nation would have been just as shocked if 20 young children had been gunned down bluestate10 Jan 2013 #61

Some Legitimate Points, Dr. West. Now Shut The Fuck Up. (nt) Paladin Jan 2013 #15

This was the subject of an early West Wing episode in 1999. ananda Jan 2013 #17

I don't think what he's saying is so outrageous gollygee Jan 2013 #18

Yes - it is leftynyc Jan 2013 #20

I don't see the two as being equivalent gollygee Jan 2013 #21

All I can tell you is how it looked to me leftynyc Jan 2013 #26

The purpose of identifying privilege is not to allow those without it a free pass Major Nikon Jan 2013 #74

Page 6? Bjornsdotter Jan 2013 #48

OK you so obviously didn't read it gollygee Jan 2013 #49

Not arguing the crime rate Bjornsdotter Jan 2013 #53

It wasn't anything by him gollygee Jan 2013 #54

You'd think a PhD would be bright enough to count dmallind Jan 2013 #22

Really? Casey Anthony? any of those other white kid of the month abductions/slayings? Sirveri Jan 2013 #77

Really? More false equivalency? dmallind Jan 2013 #78

If Dr. West lay aside his racist bullshit... Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #25

Jeff, I agree the *per day* is the important point Hekate Jan 2013 #40

In Chicago, where they just had 500 homicides last year Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #41

I usually roll my eyes at Dr. West but... Mdterp01 Jan 2013 #27

I feel the same way Major Nikon Jan 2013 #75

Anytime you use language like that, expect your audience to tune you out. Hosnon Jan 2013 #30

Cornell West is a racist. He should join the teabaggers still_one Jan 2013 #31

Completely misreading the intent here CakeGrrl Jan 2013 #46

I am not just basing it on this, though his "vanilla" comment a disparaging racial remark, and it is still_one Jan 2013 #55

No...he said you guys don't pay attention unless it's "the vanilla side" of town. Pretty racist. Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #70

so he does`t care about "vanilla" kids? madrchsod Jan 2013 #33

he didn't say that at all bigtree Jan 2013 #35

That's not what he said. He actually said the following.... OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #52

good points made -- not digging the rhetoric, tho bigtree Jan 2013 #34

P-Funk: "God bless Chocolate City and its vanilla suburbs" 1975 n/t deutsey Jan 2013 #37

I have the Parliament album, somewhere bigtree Jan 2013 #38

That's a cheap shot tularetom Jan 2013 #36

Adam Lanza did not give a shit about the color of his victims, or the racial make-up of those kids riderinthestorm Jan 2013 #39

The point is that the media and lawmakers apparently DO discern by color CakeGrrl Jan 2013 #47

Birmingham Sunday. Those girls were black. I remember.... Hekate Jan 2013 #42

He is the chocolate antithesis of Ann Coulter. There, I said it. Say anything outrageous. nt mfcorey1 Jan 2013 #43

West has a point. Further, one reason guns are so entrenched is that bigoted right wingers Hoyt Jan 2013 #51

Use any gun death obama2016202428 Jan 2013 #57

I understand his point but using the terms he did to describe this doesn't help his cause. Arcanetrance Jan 2013 #58

This I agree with Mdterp01 Jan 2013 #65

Innocent Babes vs. Gang Warfare? cbrer Jan 2013 #59

At least on of the kids that died was African American. nt bluestate10 Jan 2013 #60

Sorry I cannot go there Trailrider1951 Jan 2013 #62

This debate should be about gun control... not race. nt Comrade_McKenzie Jan 2013 #63

It should be about both Major Nikon Jan 2013 #68

It's like Sandy and Katrina. Americans say Katrina was NOTHING compared to Sandy. RB TexLa Jan 2013 #66

That's helpful. nt Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #69

One the one hand... DonCoquixote Jan 2013 #76