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Denzel Washington doesn't

artappraiser — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 02:51:32 +0000

In reply to So, a black expert fly-fisher

Denzel Washington doesn't come up to his level? True American hee-roe?

So, a black expert fly-fisher

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 18:19:10 +0000

In reply to This is unrelated in any

So, a black expert fly-fisher, all around nice guy, senior VP, and ex-Asst Director of FBI. What else ya got?

This is unrelated in any

CVille Dem — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 15:09:41 +0000

In reply to The phrasing really puzzles

This is unrelated in any level of importance, but I went on a camping trip with Michael Mason and his kids a couple of times when my kids were in high school. He was a very impressive guy. Handsome, sweet to his kids, and was the only one of the 14 of us who could catch a fish!

The phrasing really puzzles

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 05:40:00 +0000

In reply to March 2015 piece cites Comey

The phrasing really puzzles me - "Michael Mason, a black man who retired..." Uh, that's bizarre - he's a black *executive*, currently SVP & CSO (chief security officer) of Verizon, formerly Executive Asst Director at the FBI. I suppose we can list Obama as a "black man who happened to be president", but I would never write it quite like that, and if we flip it to "Louis Freeh, a white man who retired in 2004", we might notice that we'd never structure it like that, nor ignoring the impressive current credentials that typically would bolster the evidence from that person's point of view. It's like they want an average joe in the end.

March 2015 piece cites Comey

artappraiser — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 05:21:48 +0000

In reply to I can't even say this makes

March 2015 piece @ The Marshall Project cites Comey talking about working on the race problem:

Why Is the FBI so White? The nation diversifies. The bureau, not so much.

then there's this

Blacks and Latinos are less likely to have the required four-year college degrees, according to U.S. Department of Education. They are also less likely to have high credit scores, and more likely to have a criminal history— red flags at the FBI. Candidates with family or friends who are undocumented immigrants or have felony convictions undergo tough questioning.

Also, the bureau insists that new agents move to another city upon hiring. According to Garcia, the residency rule is a deterrent for Latinos, whose cultures may place a premium on staying close to their extended families.

“This problem is more complex than people realize,” says Michael Mason, a black man who retired in 2012 as the FBI’s fourth-in-command. Mason, 57, was the bureau’s executive assistant director and oversaw the agency’s criminal investigations.....

I can't even say this makes

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 05:13:00 +0000

In reply to This is what happens when

I can't even say this makes them racist - they use every single facet of life to stir up fear of the other in which they're the daddy figure to protect from the onslaught. It can be ethnicity, it can be "socialism" with health care & chewing up the normal functioning of government, it can be "religion" with their shifting sands from contraception to abortion. They're opportunist power-hungry marauding sociopaths. This is just 1 more avenue.

This is what happens when

rmrd0000 — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 02:30:50 +0000

In reply to Lawmakers Confront F.B.I. Director Over Report on Black Extremists

This is what happens when racists are elected, This is what happens when voters who claim not to be racists cast votes for a racist.