Should Sen. Warren Resign So the Governor Can Appoint a Person of Color to the U.S. Senate?

Elizabeth Warren, Speaking to Black Graduates, Warns ‘the Rules Are Rigged’

[quote]BALTIMORE — Senator Elizabeth Warren, in a commencement speech Friday at historically black Morgan State University, mixed her trademark language denouncng economic inequality with more explicit indictments of racial discrimination, giving what could be a preview of a possible appeal to black voters should she run for president.

The system is rigged, Ms. Warren said, but it’s particularly pitted against minority communities — and politicians must recognize those unique challenges and address them.

“Under the rules of commencement speakers I am required to say, ‘Work hard.’ And you should,” Ms. Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat, said. “But I’m here with a bolder message: It’s time to change the rules. Let me say that again for those in the back. Change. The. Rules.”[/quote]

Kind of ironic coming from Warren, considering that the only African-American nominee since at least World War II for a Senate seat from Massachusetts was a Republican (Edward Brooke).

I really HATE this type of pandering in politics.

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Burnley123 · 41-45, M

I don't think you are being fair. I think its OK for white people to acknowledge that racism is a problem without having to torpedo their careers. If I acknowledge that white-privilege exists (which it does) then I shouldn't have to give up my degree and live in a cardboard box because I have inadvertently benefitted from it.

She is talking about systemic problems and if affluent white people like her are serious about tackling that stuff then its a good thing.

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Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@SumKindaMunster Wanker. 😂

SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M

@Burnley123 [big]🖕[/big]

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@Burnley123 [quote]I don't think you are being fair. I think its OK for white people to acknowledge that racism is a problem without having to torpedo their careers. If I acknowledge that white-privilege exists (which it does) then I shouldn't have to give up my degree and live in a cardboard box because I have inadvertently benefitted from it.

She is talking about systemic problems and if affluent white people like her are serious about tackling that stuff then its a good thing.[/quote]

It's not the "rules" that are the problem. It's people like her (meaning politicians in general) who are in charge of overseeing or enforcing them.

But, anyway, Lizzy Warren should be one of the last people to talk about what's "fair" or not, given how she hood-winked senior citizens out of their homes when flipping houses in the '90s.

I wonder how Lizzy's speech would have gone over if Mary Hickman was black instead of white?

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

Warren comes from a minority group anyway because she is Native American. 😇

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SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M

@Burnley123 I'm making a serious point. If you don't like the way I speak you are welcome to move on and stop responding.

...you'd think you would have learned that by now. What is this, the 5th? 6th? time where you have responded to me, I have responded in good faith, and you get all offended and run off.

Block me if you don't like me Burnley. Your contributions are nothing but warmed over MSM propaganda, I certainly don't need you to give me that perspective, the entire MSM spews it daily.

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

Gee whiz Burnsie. The gentleman tries to be complementary and you get all prickly. Let’s have some holiday spirits 😀 @Burnley123

SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M

@jackjjackson Burnley is a rank hypocrite and gets offended when people speak to him in the manner he speaks to others he does not agree with....

...yet another tiresome brit who thinks he knows American politics because he exposes himself to MSM propaganda.

Here's a key difference between him and I:

He spends a lot of time posting about Brexit and offering his analysis. I do not challenge him on such things, whether I agree or not, because quite frankly, I have not chosen to look into the issue with any depth as I do not care to pretend to be informed about the issue because I have read a few articles that cater to, and support my already existing biases.

He does.

And then he gets offended when I treat him in the same manner as he treats those who do not agree with him.

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

if you think she will use it I’ll write Mrs Warren’s resignation letter.

Too bad there isn’t video of the audience rolling their eyes and hurling tomahawks.

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