Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Discusses Mother's View on Race

[wenithboy]

i see why henry gates has his views he must have despised his mother,

[chsn09]

Henry Louis Gates Jr reminds me so much of my uncle lol and the way he looks.

[Introspective91]

Arrest him!

[message2blackwomen]

If you throw you MOM under the bus? WTF!!! How can you be respected

[ukendcx2000]

@message2blackwomen Absolutely! and how could have been suprised, or taken off gaurd by her reactions? What did he expect, particularly at that time?

[Rahab111222]

@message2blackwomen

He's being objective. 

[MrFryguy001]

Why is it that people bash on this dude for being married to a white women? For some reason both black and white people don't like the fact that he's married to one.

[shieldsff]

I agree with Dr. Dyson's statement that if Crowley been a black officer who made a similar error against a famous white Harvard Professor (say for example Henry Kissinger) he would have been placed on extended assignment as a traffic cop. I really don't see why Pres.Obama saw the need to have a so-called 'beer summit'. Can all citizens of police abuse and complaint expect the same? You shd see the YT series about police being a big "street gang"

[JimmyDistant]

Your mother was the wicked witch of the west and kolonzohart who thinks black cannot be racist is a dumb nigger from the ghetto. Why can a black person walk thru any white section of american cities but a white person would be robbed raped or murdered if they walked thru a black section. and you call yourselves civilized? why are all the bad sections of american cities the Black section? dont forget it took congress to pass laws to accept the blacks they never really gained respect on their own.

[Insey06]

u need some more knowledge over what you are saying ,believing and most of all persuading / those words those qwestion no one can answer cause there simply are based at SORTEN situations ,events... Still iam african doesn't mean i agree what every black man/woman says. U know why cause unlike u i see people by there ideas and individualities thats where i lay my opion on..iam not fulled with hate, maar laat de emmer niet overlopen.

[IrishAustrianCath]

Macome X was half white and Celtic white at that. There has been many Celtic leaders who were able to inspire people. Fidel Castro, Napoleon, William Wallace, JFK, Hitler, Francisco Franco, Charlemagne, Constantine the great, Patton, Ronald Reagan, Robert E Lee, George Washington,Richard the Lionheart, Duke of Wellington and Ernesto "Che" Guevara

In reference to Che's "restless" nature, his father declared "the first thing to note is that in my son's veins flowed the blood of the Irish rebels.

[NewbianGem7]

@IrishAustrianCath Wasn't half white, his mother was. And the rest of the people listed besides Che and Castro are all white. So what exactly is your point? Che and Castro were definitely NOT inspired by Celtics, nor was Malcolm....

[JeffTheDude777]

Gates is a bitch, and a liar.

[leftista08]

Cool! See why I'm on Dictator Obama's prestigious Enemy List. Check out the controversy!

WHAT PROFESSOR GATES DOESNT WANT YOU TO HEAR (AUDIO FROM ARREST).

Listen to the verbal abuse that came out of Professor Filthy Mouth!

[Sanbar4]

Congrats to the Professor for stating what is common knowledge to the average citizen, that is to say that the bias and hatred and prejudice is not race specific. Black America is every bit as much the racist as White America.

[Sanbar4]

I would suggest that you travel the world a little before you make statements like "Racism is the white man's sin and burden" as if it's unique unto the whites. There is no doubt of the sins of the past my friend but there are many thousands of whites that have worked and forfeited much to remedy these past actions. Racism is certainly not their burden.

[Sanbar4]

You are correct that it is not right to assume but I base this assumption on your printed words. If you, like I, have traveled the world and specifically the continent of Africa from Senegal to Sudan, Ethiopia to Somalia, Zimbabwe to Namibia and countless more countries in between then again, the words you write declaring racism as the "white mans burden" would seem comical to you also.

[Sanbar4]

Racism, of any kind, is indefensible "kalonzohart". I hope we can agree on that point. The worst type of racism is slavery and that horror still exists today on a scale that most in this country don't realize or don't want to acknowledge. There are millions STILL enslaved on the African continent ...by Africans.... that have practiced this horror for centuries. White mans burden? I think not.

[Averyofthemain]

no, it silly hairsplitting. if racism is systemic, then a person cannot be racist, only a system. but keep antagonizing well-meaning whites...you're hopelessly outmanned and outgunned, that's real smart of you.

[Averyofthemain]

Whites are only a global minority if the if the paradigm is white vs all others....and it isn't, you've tried frame the arguement with the term 'people of color' a stupid orwellian phrase, but you and the race socialists are the only ones that believe it. Your pathetic attempt to get non-whites to gang up on whites only makes you look like a loser. The chinese don't look at themselves as non-white, they look at themselves as Chinese, YOU and only YOU, see yourself as non-white. Hahahaha.

[Averyofthemain]

Oh we fought some brutal people in our day. Your canard about what WE have done is muted by what our enemies have done. You seem angry that we're so successful. Even so, you aren't talking about whites, you're talking about USA which is mainly white. What about the germans at dresden, or the italians at sicily, we killed them too. While we were bombing Japan we were bolstering china, while we were relocating one indian tribe we were arming another, no whiteness, just war. Enjoy life, loser.

[ibilldavis]

henry gates is a racist!

[ibilldavis]

self hating white

[Steadno]

pt 2?

[Ediva75]

THANK U CSPAN FOR SHOWING THIS!!! Right wing bigots are distorting this clip to fit their own agenda. Hannity doesn't even showcase the 3 minutes of this clip you have shown. The clip makes very clear of Gates talking about his mother's experience of hatred of white people! Something millionaire bigots like Hannity will never understand!!

[andid]

I'm sure Hannity saw the whole clip and understands the truth, he just doesn't have an interest in showing it in context. It would mean less ratings, which is all that really matters to those people, especially Fox News.

[ThunderAppeal]

So youre saying that his mothers views didnt have an affect on him?

[Ediva75]

I am quite sure they did but umm what part of what Gates stated during the timeframe of the 1950's he is talking about did U not understand? Black folks and what was dealt with to them in the 1950's was a difficult and rough period. So stop trying to label this man as a racist and understand the context and period he was referring to. Sometimes I feel like today is like a throwback to those times with bigotted rantings @ an all time high!!

[Alderon714]

Interesting ~ Thanks for sharing

[kpopgrrl]

Where's the rest?

[wildpeachatl737]

I think the feeling that Mr. Gates' mother held isn't very different from the experience of many Blacks who have relatives who carried the scars of racism and racist acts. Not saying it's right to hate anyone, but this might explain why some Black feel the way they do. This is simply a by-product of what racism can leave behind.

My grandmothers on both sides all had horrible stories about the South, where they hailed from, and although they(and myself) I can forgive, I can never forget.

[jx14aby]

That's why that beer on the white house lawn was such a good idea.

I hope.

[imaginepeace63]

The diplomacy was a good idea but not beer. Obama should have picked a non-alcholic drink.

[utubesucks2003]

Is this guy's whole literary and 'teaching' career about race relations?

[SkyDaddy7]

YES! And he has done a wonderful job!

BTW-He has been married to a white woman for two decades...This is why I laugh at those who say he is a racist!

LOL!

[sedlingati]

Why do you laugh? He didn't marry out of love, he did it to the complete his self-imposed complexes about getting "the best out of society in America", and to him inter-racial marriage was essential for him to feel superior and the "white race" not limiting him.

[SkyDaddy7]

You are a sad sick person! Unlike yourself there are many of us who do not see skin color when it comes to loving someone...I feel sorry for you!

[jereuter01]

Skydaddy: His marrying a Caucasion if true is actually considered by many African Americans to be a kind of racism itself - against his own people, just as many people of color discriminate against those who are darker than themselves. Many African Americans resent the fact that successful Blacks marry white women.

[SkyDaddy7]

And many whites say the same thing, they are both WRONG!

Whites made it illegal for whites & blacks to get married in this country until just a few decades ago!

Plus, I do not see your point.

[terpis]

that and literary criticism.