[Vision2020] Reverse Racism?

[Joe Campbell]

According to this definition, any kind of affirmative action would be  
an instance of discrimination and racism. That strikes me as absurd.

Joe Campbell

On May 30, 2009, at 8:10 AM, "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> Courtesy of Wikipedia at:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_racism
>
> "Reverse discrimination (sometimes called "reverse racism") is, in its
> simplest form, the practice of favoring members of a historically
> disadvantaged group at the expense of members of a historically  
> advantaged
> group."
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
>
>>
>> What is "reverse" racism?
>>
>> Ellen A. Roskovich
>>
>>> Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 21:02:19 -0700
>>> From: bear at moscow.com
>>> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>>> Subject: [Vision2020] Reverse Racism?
>>>
>>> This article appeared on the KLEW website, and I'm printing it  
>>> here with
>>> a
>>> question for the Visionaries, is it a case of reverse racism?
>>>
>>> LEWISTON - A Nez Perce Tribal elder and paralegal says law  
>>> enforcement
>>> overstepped its bounds during a shooting on Cottonwood Creek Road  
>>> last
>>> week.
>>> Randall Vernon Ellenwood died and Ricardo Daniel Rodriguez was  
>>> injured
>>> when they were shot by the officer in what is described as a traffic
>>> stop
>>> and ensuing physical altercation.
>>> In a news release issued Tuesday, ISP said their trooper, who  
>>> allegedly
>>> fired the shots at the men, had jurisdiction on the county road.
>>> But the owner of the property where the shootings happened, Clifford
>>> Allen, says when the trooper stepped on Indian-owned land, he was
>>> nothing
>>> more than "A mad man with a pistol in his hand."
>>> "For him to do what he did was absolutely illegal," said Allen.  
>>> "What he
>>> should have done was stopped down at the highway and waited for his
>>> backup, which was the Tribal Police."
>>> Allen said he wasn't home until about 15 minutes after the  
>>> shooting took
>>> place, and has not seen video of the actual incident. He says that  
>>> video
>>> may exist though.
>>> Allen doesn't deny reports that the men fled ISP after a previous
>>> traffic
>>> stop, but says the men "sensed a hatred" in the trooper and felt the
>>> need
>>> to flee to a "sanctuary" or "safe place."
>>> "I wasn't home and so they just kind of stopped and did things on  
>>> their
>>> own," said Allen. "Unfortunately had I been there, they'd probably  
>>> still
>>> be alive."
>>> ISP says the officer opened fire after being attacked and  
>>> overpowered by
>>> the two men. The officer involved has not been identified.
>>> Allen said Ellenwood was a family friend who went to school with his
>>> children.
>>> Allen says he is acting as Rodriguez’ consultant, as the FBI con 
>>> tinues
>>> its
>>> investigation.
>>> Allen said he is meeting with attorneys at the end of the week to  
>>> pursue
>>> legal action against the state and county officers on his property  
>>> that
>>> day.
>>> "We'll have to do something of that sort in order to prove that  
>>> their
>>> liable by trespass, and if that's the case, they have to pay for
>>> damages,"
>>> said Allen.
>>>
>>>
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