Gook: John McCain's Racism and Why It Matters watch!
youtube.com — "I hate the gooks," McCain said in 2000. "I will hate them as long as I live." Chinese-American author Irwin Tang says "had he used the n-word rather than the g-word -- 'gook' -- we would've disqualified John McCain for the presidency immediately."
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- MattJhsn, on 07/23/2008, -3/+0How can Tang write a whole book on one racist word McCain (formerly) uses? That's talent.
- MorganMghee, on 07/23/2008, -0/+3I guess because McCain has such a public history, wishes to speak for Americans as the most powerful leader in the world. Couldn't hurt that he's not the only person that may have been effected, so that adds a bit more to write about. And related stories, other forms of racism and how they might effect the country..that would take up some space too. Probably not all that hard to fill a book really.
- Chuckumentary, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1Much more than one word, Matt. The author talks about McCain's pattern of racism in other contexts (voting against MLK, associating with white supremacist organizations) and how it relates to his war-leaning policies. In short, yes you bet it's worth writing a book about how a McCain presidency could be a very bad thing for peoples of color around the world.
- balbeit, on 07/23/2008, -1/+0McCain has stated multiple times times that he "was referring to my prison guards." ****** is almost always used to condemn the entire black race, and is thus reprehensible. McCain, on the other hand, is using it to refer to a very specific set of Vietnamese people who tortured him and other Americans - people who deserve to be condemned.
* I live in a country where there is freedom of speech.- balbeit, on 07/24/2008, -0/+0And, I should add, the prison guards tortured their fellow Vietnamese people.
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