Clinton Faults ‘White People’ and ‘Systemic Racism’ in Wake of Dallas Shootings
In the wake of the deadly Dallas ambush that killed five police officers, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton put the responsibility for addressing America’s divisions squarely on the shoulders of “white people” Friday while also calling for federal guidelines to address “systemic racism” that leads to the shooting of black men by police officers
“I will call for white people, like myself, to put ourselves in the shoes of those African-American families who fear every time their children go somewhere, who have to have ‘The Talk,’ about, you now, how to really protect themselves (from police), when they’re the ones who should be expecting protection from encounters with police,” Clinton said Friday on CNN.
“I’m going to be talking to white people, we’re the ones who have to start listening to the legitimate cries coming from our African-American fellow citizens,” she said.
“We’ve got to figure out what is happening when routine traffic stops, when routine arrests, escalate into killings … Clearly, there seems to be a terrible disconnect between many police departments and officers and the people they have sworn to protect,” she said.
Clinton said federal policing guidelines are needed because some police departments need to address “systemic racism, which is a reality, and to go after systemic bias,” she said.
Many pushed back at Clinton.
Naturally, Hillary Clinton blames all white people. Excuse me, isn't she white also? https://t.co/6IkFuP3g0K
— Conservative Chick (@NaughtyBeyotch) July 9, 2016
A crazed black vet murders 5 police officers…and Hillary blames white people. We "need to change." https://t.co/origUy7iwb
— Wayne Allyn Root (@WayneRoot) July 9, 2016
Writing on Breitbart, Joel B. Pollak said Clinton’s comments were “deeply offensive in the context of an attack where white officers had been targeted, and the very opposite of what a president is supposed to do.”
“Clinton made stark, condescending generalizations about white people and their supposed inability to listen to black people,” he added.
He also noted that in Clinton’s view, forging unity was a one-way street
“… she made no reciprocal requests of black Americans — no need to examine cultural attitudes to police, or the hostile rhetoric of some community leaders,” Pollak added, contrasting her comments with the “measured and sensitive” statement issued by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who called for unity among all Americans and support for law and order to protect everyone. (For more from the author of “Clinton Faults ‘White People’ and ‘Systemic Racism’ in Wake of Dallas Shootings” please click HERE)
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