tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245311370075626678.post6645935524341751438..comments2023-12-15T06:43:44.329-05:00Comments on Little by Little(hales): Henry Louis Gates and the Unwritten LawsBret Littlehaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09673324807003717781noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245311370075626678.post-25321782820655688122009-07-23T13:11:23.653-04:002009-07-23T13:11:23.653-04:00You are right, Z. According to the cop, Dr. Gates...You are right, Z. According to the cop, Dr. Gates did yell and say "things about (the cop's) mother." So yeah, Dr. Gates did probably give him a hard time. And you're right, the cop probably did get pissed off and took the attitude that no one talks to a cop that way, especially a (heaven forbid) black man. What an unfortunate mess. And the swim club, that's too stupid to even comment on. Where do these stupes come from?!SueWhohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00588145603407921714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245311370075626678.post-41737357771381620202009-07-23T12:56:27.431-04:002009-07-23T12:56:27.431-04:00I heard about this on NPR last night! It's re...I heard about this on NPR last night! It's really, really interesting to me. I'm getting so sick of privileged white folk evoking the "there is no more racism, look who's President" card so in a way I'm almost glad every time something like this comes up; after all, it at least makes people who believe that kind of garbage take a moment and think about it.<br /><br />I actually have a feeling that Dr Gates did give the police officer a hard time. I think, honestly, that he had a right to. I think he may have been indignant and pissed off at having to get his ID and the cop is extending that into "refused to show his ID"; I think he might well have berated the cop after proving that he was who he was, which I'm sure pissed the cop off to no end because Nobody Speaks To An Officer Of The Law That Way! at which point he decided to lure him out of the house so he could get a "disorderly conduct" charge stuck on him. Too bad Gates took the bait and followed him out.<br /><br />I'll lay even money that the cop thinks he would've treated anyone like that and that race is not a factor. Pfft.<br /><br />Did you hear about the swimming club in PA? That one is a mess of thorns...zebeckrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04345492395584663884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245311370075626678.post-32435798688782036082009-07-23T11:41:31.773-04:002009-07-23T11:41:31.773-04:00I don't think The Post can print the word &quo...I don't think The Post can print the word "asshole". But thanks!Bret Littlehaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09673324807003717781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245311370075626678.post-80309215023840183602009-07-23T11:34:13.420-04:002009-07-23T11:34:13.420-04:00This is awesome! You should submit this to the Was...This is awesome! You should submit this to the Washington Post.SueWhohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00588145603407921714noreply@blogger.com