Sarah "Stillson" Palin ... The Racist
Following up on the earlier post ...
We've been suspecting it for quite a while now - yet the following article clearly lays outStillson's Palin's racism. No wonder she is so at ease, all smiling and congenial, while she shamelessly smears Barack Obama's name and good standing as a citizen. It's all about intellectual sloth-driven ignorance - including with regards to Obama.
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We've been suspecting it for quite a while now - yet the following article clearly lays out
You make the call:
Palin's Racist Remark
"I Don't Mess With Black Men"
By Linn Washington, Jr.
It’s that character thing, Sarah Palin declares.
The GOP’s VP candidate defends her increasingly strident verbal assaults on Barack Obama as legitimate questions about the Democratic presidential candidate.
Well, for Charles Greg Royal, it’s that character thing also.
This internationally renowned jazz musician recently utilized the National Press Club in Washington, DC to recount a flirtatious encounter he had in Alaska with a woman who identified herself as Sarah Heath.
Royal said this encounter ended after a racist remark by the woman now known as Gov Sarah Palin.
Making that racist remark, Royal contends, coupled with Gov Palin’s disengaged relations with racial minorities in Alaska speaks volumes about her character.
“When you view what happened with me in the context with what is happening with blacks and other minorities in Alaska under Gov Palin, it is clear that what I encountered was not a fluke. It shows her character,” Royal said during an interview hours after that press conference in DC where he directs the American Youth Symphony, Inc.
While that racist remark reflects character, Royal said, the flirtation by a woman who did not reveal at the time that she was both married and pregnant speaks to “mortality and fidelity.”
Royal said that in 1990, when performing with the Duke Ellington Band in Anchorage, the trombonist struck up a conversation with a woman at a fast food restaurant who initially identified herself as Sarah. During that conversation, Sarah volunteered that her last name was Heath, Royal said, after he mentioned the acclaimed jazz musician Percy Heath. Palin’s maiden name is Heath.
Royal said the conversation went smoothly until some of his fellow Band members came over to the table. Sarah’s entire demeanor changed.
While Royal is a light skin black man sometimes mistaken as white by whites, his fellow jazzmen causing Heath’s attitude shift were dark skin.
“You could see it…the body language. There was a visceral reaction,” said Royal who asked Sarah if something was wrong.
According to Royal, Heath’s response to his inquiry was, “Excuse me, but I don’t mess with black men.”
Royal said he told Heath, “I’m a black man” and Sarah responded, “But, you’re not really black.”
Royal, who admits trying to “hit on” Sarah, said he ended the conversation telling her not to worry about it and have a nice day.
Royal said he began connecting dots between that encounter 18-years ago and the current GOP VP candidate after watching a biographical report about Palin on television.
“I did not know Palin was the person I spoke with until I saw the MSNBC program,” Royal said. “My reaction was Holy Shit!”
When asked how he could possible remember a brief encounter so many years ago, Royal said, “there are a lot of details I do not remember but the key triggers are things anyone could remember and when a person says “I don’t talk to black guys” when the black guys are not actually trying to date you or talk to in anyway that is not a dating comment but a racist one.”
Gov Palin’s Press Secretary, Bill McAllister, did not respond to an emailed request for comment on Royal’s claims.
This encounter with Palin that Royal revealed comes at a time of revelations about dissatisfactions voiced by racial minorities in Alaska about the governance policies and practices of Palin, a former mayor of a small city elected as that state’s chief executive two years ago.
Eleanor Andrews, board chair of the Anchorage Urban League, said she is unaware of any programs or outreach to Alaska’s black community by Palin.
“It’s not a disengagement. It’s just no connection. She does not have relations with African Americans,” said Andrews, a businesswoman and 44-year resident of Alaska.
While Gov Palin has twice refused to either attend or even formally recognize an official state holiday in Alaska important to African-Americans, she delivered a video-taped address this year for the convention of the Alaskan Independence Party, a group pushing secession of Alaska from the United States. Palin’s husband, Todd, belonged to this Party for seven years.
“People say that when [Palin] took over as governor blacks lost jobs in state government,” said attorney Rex Butler. “It seems that the posture of her administration with blacks is: Don’t need them – Don’t worry about them.”
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"I Don't Mess With Black Men"
By Linn Washington, Jr.
It’s that character thing, Sarah Palin declares.
The GOP’s VP candidate defends her increasingly strident verbal assaults on Barack Obama as legitimate questions about the Democratic presidential candidate.
Well, for Charles Greg Royal, it’s that character thing also.
This internationally renowned jazz musician recently utilized the National Press Club in Washington, DC to recount a flirtatious encounter he had in Alaska with a woman who identified herself as Sarah Heath.
Royal said this encounter ended after a racist remark by the woman now known as Gov Sarah Palin.
Making that racist remark, Royal contends, coupled with Gov Palin’s disengaged relations with racial minorities in Alaska speaks volumes about her character.
“When you view what happened with me in the context with what is happening with blacks and other minorities in Alaska under Gov Palin, it is clear that what I encountered was not a fluke. It shows her character,” Royal said during an interview hours after that press conference in DC where he directs the American Youth Symphony, Inc.
While that racist remark reflects character, Royal said, the flirtation by a woman who did not reveal at the time that she was both married and pregnant speaks to “mortality and fidelity.”
Royal said that in 1990, when performing with the Duke Ellington Band in Anchorage, the trombonist struck up a conversation with a woman at a fast food restaurant who initially identified herself as Sarah. During that conversation, Sarah volunteered that her last name was Heath, Royal said, after he mentioned the acclaimed jazz musician Percy Heath. Palin’s maiden name is Heath.
Royal said the conversation went smoothly until some of his fellow Band members came over to the table. Sarah’s entire demeanor changed.
While Royal is a light skin black man sometimes mistaken as white by whites, his fellow jazzmen causing Heath’s attitude shift were dark skin.
“You could see it…the body language. There was a visceral reaction,” said Royal who asked Sarah if something was wrong.
According to Royal, Heath’s response to his inquiry was, “Excuse me, but I don’t mess with black men.”
Royal said he told Heath, “I’m a black man” and Sarah responded, “But, you’re not really black.”
Royal, who admits trying to “hit on” Sarah, said he ended the conversation telling her not to worry about it and have a nice day.
Royal said he began connecting dots between that encounter 18-years ago and the current GOP VP candidate after watching a biographical report about Palin on television.
“I did not know Palin was the person I spoke with until I saw the MSNBC program,” Royal said. “My reaction was Holy Shit!”
When asked how he could possible remember a brief encounter so many years ago, Royal said, “there are a lot of details I do not remember but the key triggers are things anyone could remember and when a person says “I don’t talk to black guys” when the black guys are not actually trying to date you or talk to in anyway that is not a dating comment but a racist one.”
Gov Palin’s Press Secretary, Bill McAllister, did not respond to an emailed request for comment on Royal’s claims.
This encounter with Palin that Royal revealed comes at a time of revelations about dissatisfactions voiced by racial minorities in Alaska about the governance policies and practices of Palin, a former mayor of a small city elected as that state’s chief executive two years ago.
Eleanor Andrews, board chair of the Anchorage Urban League, said she is unaware of any programs or outreach to Alaska’s black community by Palin.
“It’s not a disengagement. It’s just no connection. She does not have relations with African Americans,” said Andrews, a businesswoman and 44-year resident of Alaska.
While Gov Palin has twice refused to either attend or even formally recognize an official state holiday in Alaska important to African-Americans, she delivered a video-taped address this year for the convention of the Alaskan Independence Party, a group pushing secession of Alaska from the United States. Palin’s husband, Todd, belonged to this Party for seven years.
“People say that when [Palin] took over as governor blacks lost jobs in state government,” said attorney Rex Butler. “It seems that the posture of her administration with blacks is: Don’t need them – Don’t worry about them.”
(Keep reading ...)
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