Paul decries racism in "poorest zip code" in Michigan
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul
/ AP Photo/The Saginaw News, Brittney LohmillerDETROIT-- Ron Paul on Monday brought his signature libertarian agenda to "the poorest zip code in Michigan," outlining his ideas to reform problems unique to the Motor City.
Speaking to a primarily white audience at the Little Rock Baptist Church here, the Texas congressman and Republican presidential candidate tailored his government-hands-off policies to address topics such as racism and the auto industry. Rev. Jim Holley, who introduced Paul, lauded his "courage" in coming to this part of Detroit, "the poorest zip code in Michigan" and an area deemed by the 2010 Census to be 85 percent African-American.
"There are areas now in this country that still have a lot of racism," Paul told the crowd of about 300. "It's been brought up by me at the debates, but believe me, they don't want to touch it, especially in a Republican primary. Because I think where the most serious, or at least one of the most serious, places where racism still exists is in our judicial system.
"... In the drug war, we know that people get stopped more often and you just look at the consequences of what happens in the courts, if you happen to be a poor minority. Believe me, disproportionately you're going to be arrested, disproportionately you're going to be convicted, disproportionately you're going to end up in prison, and that's not fair," he said to a minute-long standing ovation.
Following the event, Paul went so far as to say he would "seriously consider" granting pardons to people in jail for victimless drug crimes. And seizing the opportunity to advocate his non-interventionist foreign policy, Paul said people in poverty frequently turn to the military "for economic reasons."
"But war," Paul said, "war is a drain, and it never is a benefit. Some will argue that, 'Oh, it'll create jobs, but what you have to ask is, if you didn't spend this money on the war, how would this money have been spent otherwise? It might have been spent building cars here in the country rather than bombs for overseas."
Paul said after the event that his messages about "the waste of money overseas" and civil liberties were well-received. He added that though he encourages his fellow GOP presidential candidates to follow suit and visit areas with high poverty rates and minority populations, he doesn't believe they will because "it's a little bit more complex than the routine Republican politics."
Reminded that his audience for the event was primarily white, Paul said he "can't change images of the Republican Party or what I'm doing with a snap of the finger. But I think there'll be some benefits from it and my goal is to change people's minds."
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No one says that a 100% Asian neighborhood needs more diversity.
No one says that a 100% Muslim neighborhood needs more diversity.
According to anti-Whites, they are already 100% diverse.
ALL White neighborhoods and ONLY White neighborhoods need to be more diverse. White neighborhoods only stop needing to be more diverse when there are no White people left in them.
Diversity is a codeword for White genocide and anti-racist is a codeword for anti-White.
Everybody says there is this RACE problem. Everybody says this RACE problem will be solved when the third world pours into EVERY white country and ONLY into white countries.
The Netherlands and Belgium are just as crowded as Japan or Taiwan, but nobody says Japan or Taiwan will solve this RACE problem by bringing in millions of third worlders and quote assimilating unquote with them.
Everybody says the final solution to this RACE problem is for EVERY white country and ONLY white countries to "assimilate," i.e., intermarry, with all those non-whites.
What if I said there was this RACE problem and this RACE problem would be solved only if hundreds of millions of non-blacks were brought into EVERY black country and ONLY into black countries?
How long would it take anyone to realize I'm not talking about a RACE problem. I am talking about the final solution to the BLACK problem?
And how long would it take any sane black man to notice this and what kind of psycho black man wouldn't object to this?
But if I tell that obvious truth about the ongoing program of genocide against my race, the white race, liberals and respectable conservatives agree I am a naziwhowantstokillsixmillionjews.
They say they are anti-racist. What they are is anti-white.
Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white.
Anti-racist is a code word for anti-White.
I would never vote for someone who would not have voted for the Civil Rights Act, no matter what his libertarian philosophy is. Got it?
Back to my point though, the drug war. This is the most racist policy in our country right now. So you are suggesting that you will not vote for a guy, who supports to repeals of the Jim Crow laws, does not support the weakening of the private property portion of the CRA, and wants to end the most racist policy in this nation, because he wouldn't have voted for the CRAs for weakening private property laws? That's very interesting and properly why our country can't move away from racist policies like this.
ABOUT WHITE GENOCIDE:
"Generally speaking, genocide does not necessarily mean the immediate destruction of a nation, except when accomplished by mass killings of all members of a nation. It is intended rather to signify a coordinated plan of different actions aiming at the destruction of essential foundations of the life of national groups, with the aim of annihilating the groups themselves. The objectives of such a plan would be the disintegration of the political and social institutions, of culture, language, national feelings, religion, and the economic existence of national groups, and the destruction of the personal security, liberty, health, dignity, and even the lives of the individuals belonging to such groups." ~ Raphael Lemkin coined the term "genocide" and was principal architect of the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
Genocide involves the attempt to achieve the disappearance of a group by whatever means. It does not have to be violent, it could be a combination of policies that would lead to a certain group dying out.
~ Prime Minister of Australia 1975-1983 - Malcolm Fraser. "One Nation, One Notion", The Age, 8 July 1997, p. A13.
"Assimilation is genocide." ~ Aboriginal leader Mick Dodson.
"Genocide is genocide, whether accomplished by bullets, mustard gas, or mass immigration and social engineering."
WHITE GENOCIDE:
How is this not genocide:
White countries are being flooded by non-whites. We are told to be
TOLERANT. We are forced to integrate. With assimilation we see the
extinction of one race only, the white race.
Its not funny, not comedy, its white genocide.
How is this not white genocide/ Let's stop white genocide.
"Genocide happens only when it is deliberate and systemic"
Demanding massive immigration and forced integration, for all White countries and only White countries, until only White people are blended out of existence, is deliberate and systematic genocide.
The fact we have raised this issue to your awareness and you are searching for loop holes, so you can continue this White GeNOcide program means, you have just made it deliberate and systematic.
Anti-racist is a code word for anti-White.
No one is forcing Nigeria to bring in Non-blacks and telling everyone to "assimilate".
Only citizens of White Countries like the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and all the countries in Europe are having uncontrolled immigration forced on them.
This "assimilation" or blending is nothing more than an attempt to wipe out my race, the White race. It IS geNOcide.
Those pushing this call themselves "anti-racist" What they are is anti-white.
Anti-racist is a code word for anti-White.
End the Federal Reserve (Corrupt private bank)
No more preemptive wars. We need a strong defense, not offense.
Stop the government from regulating the Internet
Thomas Jefferson
Why is Ron Paul the only one talking about the Private bank that is drowning our country? Ron Paul is the only one calling for an end to the Federal Reserve Bank, because he is the only one brave enough to challenge the status quo.
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Rev. Holley was eloquent and effusive in his praise for Dr. Paul. THe crowd of several hundred was enthusiastic, and moved enough to give RP FOUR standing Ovations! Dr. Paul elaborated on what has caused the economic and social problems in Detroit, and the nation in general, and proposed tough, workable solutions to lift Detroit and other urban areas out of their current morass. He held up Rev. Holley as a shining example of what it takes to effect real, constructive change- citing The Rev.'s Academy School, his extensive Community Outreach Programs, and his dedication to making a difference in the poorest Zip Code in Michigan. Not the type of empty rhetoric you get from the other campaigns, who won't evn speak to urban, minority and other issues that affect the poor, working-class and middle income Americans!