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CLASSIC “I KNOW PEOPLE OF COLOR SO OBVIOUSLY I’M NOT A RACIST” RESPONSE. Though I don’t know Representative Kern’s “true spirit” her action in voting for the proposed constitutional amendment was in fact a racist one.
More on the apology from News9 here.
(via oklahomahateswomen)
Her original comments were:
“Is this just because they are black that they are in prison, or could it be because they didn’t want to work hard in school,” said Rep. Kern. “And white people often times don’t want to work hard in school, or Asians don’t want to work hard in school, but a lot of times that is what happens. I taught school for 20 years and I saw a lot of people of color that didn’t want to work as hard. They wanted it given to them.”
“Matter of fact, I had one student who said to me I don’t need to study. You want to know why? The government’s going to take care of me. That’s kind of revealing there.”
Kern also took aim at women, saying they earn less than men because “women tend to think more about their family, wanting to stay at home more, wanting to be with their family, have more leisure time.”