http://kpearson.faculty.tcnj.edu/Dictionary/hymie.htm

Hymietown, hymietown [1980s +] (U.S.) A derogatory nickname for New York City.

It is unclear whether or not the Reverend Jesse Jackson is responsible for this novel coinage, but the popularity of the term is unquestionably his doing. Apparently in 1984 Jackson referred to NYC by the handle Hymietown in off-the-record conversations with reporters. When he was initially called to task for this anti-Semitic remark he flatly denied having ever said it. Milton Coleman, a trailblazing African-American reporter from the Washington Post, insisted that Jackson had used the expression, and Jackson later admitted his “error,” saying “Charge it to my head . . . not to my heart.” The gaffe has since largely been ignored, but for several years it cast a pall over Jackson’s career, badly damaging his 1984 bid for the presidency. The incident was even lampooned, in song, by comedian Eddie Murphy on Saturday Night Live.

A Chicago radio talk host often plays a Jesse Jackass recorded sound bite where he says,” Excuse me, you are blocking the camera”

The monkey is a macaque. A tad different from macaca, huh?

I write, “Quit bitchin for a start and do what grownups ought to be doing.” as advice for those who are jpe. Don’t take it so personal. (refer to last part of opening para.) It is the old if the shoe fits thing, nothing more.

We’ll keep preaching our message. You keep preaching your race bating message.

We take the concerns of ALL american seriously. Democrats/liberals act like they take the concerns of certain populations seriously and attack conservatives with mean spirited rhetoric.

Will you ever stop doing that?

First, I agree whole-heartedly that people shouldn’t be so sensitive. That said, I wasn’t bitching; I was giving advice to the GOPers, who so desparately want to pick up minority votes, that they should take the concerns of minorities seriously if they want to make inroads into those groups.

This is just stupid. Of course that stuff is racist – but that’s not what the Sistuh had quoted. She was quite clearly saying that it’s racist to call other people racist. Hey, if you’re a bigot, I fully expect you to agree.

BTW, in one of the most wacky episodes of playing the race card, Sheila Jackson Lee once picked a bone with the National Weather Service over the fact that they never picked an African type name for hurricanes. This is someone a bunch of people thought was worthy of their votes.

Leaving ethical conduct out of this for a moment, as politicians provide enough moral relativity in that department, to baffle even the most intelligent and conscientious.

Perception is not necessarily reality. By definition, perception is commonly regarded as an ABILITY to see or hear. Further it’s known as a process of becoming aware, a state of being if you will. This mental impression that has been stamped into the DNA for anything actually, but as in this case, the ways in which this is understood and regarded are foundational to the misinterpretations that are common in people such as yourself.

Do not be offended so damned easily. Ability to be and do, does not equate to whining about near non-existent levels of things in general. “Racist” programs have been in play for nigh on forty years that I’m aware of. While it has enhanced the odds for many, it has also reduced in disproportionate amounts others of the same race/religion/creed. I’ve also seen and heard, through my years of coaching young men, far greater issues than what those who bitch about nearly everything under the sun, proliferated by such “gimme-you owe me” crap. These government controlled quota “programs/ing” don’t work in the short or the long run. Case in point- No child left behind, but that’s another can of worms, deserving of it’s own thread.

Even when Clinton was showing the world what ethical conduct “is”. This self-propogating, self-fulfilling prophetic level of making ant hills into mountains is likely the main reason you choose to be unreasonable. Breeding incapability and carrying on traditional foolishness as matter of habit, leads to frustration and like the dog chasing his tail, no sense of purpose. If you want to change the world, create something. (Presumably you live in America-land of the free) Do something FOR your country, your state, your county, your city, your family, your neighbor, you. Bring into being, fashion something good and useful. You’ll be glad you did. Show the world you have potential to become one who fosters futures. Get a hit or swing for the fence if ya like, but try. Quit bitchin for a start and do what grownups ought to be doing.

Steve Mukherjee, a spokesman for the Washington chapter of the Association of Indians in America, said Allen’s comments were “hurtful,” and he chided the senator for not being more sensitive.

“The world is so volatile and so delicate,” Mukherjee said. “You have to be careful what you say and how you say it. The U.S. is no longer black and white.”

And here’s the real quicker (from MM)

Asked what macaca means, Mukherjee said: “What it means, I don’t know. But it’s going to cause him some grief.“

Race baters. You are the problems.

It’s all about perspective. Liberals seem to have NONE.