ARTISTS AGAINST RACISM:Andrea Martin on love and hate

ARTISTS AGAINST RACISM: Andrea Martin, comedian, actress and former Second City star speaks out for youths. Email us if you want this TV PSA on Beta for your TV station, airline or movie theatre.

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[ektorhugo]

loved her in hedwig and producers! Love you, Andrea! Keep up the great acting!

[InsertName125]

She was amazing on SCTV. I've loved her in everything ever since.

[19Truth53]

I checked your facts and here's the deal. Yes, that percentage is correct (85% of Whites killed by other Whites). HOWEVER, there's a factor I doubt even you would know. The Justice Department does NOT have a category for 'HISPANICS,' so they lump HISPANIC crime in with 'White' crime...,and this runs the 'White' crime rate up. Local law enforcement reports percentages of Hispanic crime rates, but the Justice Department has no category other than 'White' in which to put these statistics.

[19Truth53]

"Dubious sources?" The JUSTICE DEPARTMENT? YOU are a "dubious source" to even claim such a thing. I have never seen any such figure (Justice Department or otherwise) which claims "85% of White murder victims are killed by other Whites." That statistic sounds "dubious," and I will certainly check on it. I would be more inclined to believe 85% of BLACKS are killed by other blacks. So, I'm calling BULLSHIT on your figure until I see otherwise. And I WILL get back to you on what I find.

[DarthCipient]

@19Truth53 The "85%" claim (which actually allegedly refers to the supposed percentage of interracial crime committed by blacks on whites) is something I've seen often cited usually by white supremacists with dubious sources to back it up. 2007 Dept of Justice figures indicate that 85% of white murder victims are killed by other white people. 

[19Truth53]

But that is EXACTLY what she's speaking of since "what people do" (or specifically, what certain races "do" as a GROUP) is what we're talking about. It is the LEFT which twists this into a "skin color" issue, which it verifiably is NOT. For instance, Blacks commit 85 per cent of ALL violent crimes in America, but the LEFT (in a vain attempt to downplay this data) simply claims "racism," suggesting that Blacks are being rounded up and imprisoned unjustly.

[DarthCipient]

@19Truth53 Judging people by what they "do" would not be considered "racism", therefore wouldn't be the issue Martin is speaking about. 

[19Truth53]

No, what is "idiotic" and IGNORANT is suggesting "skin color" is all anyone is "judged" by. 'Skin Color' is only ONE of several physical manifestations of Race. People are "judged" by what they DO. However, people still have "inane" RIGHTS to "judge" anyONE for anyTHING they want based on what they perceive is in their best interests, and neither YOU nor ANYONE ELSE has the RIGHT to do anything which either "judges" or prevents that.

[DarthCipient]

@19Truth53 No, there's nothing fascist about saying that it is idiotic to judge a person's worth based purely on skin colour. It's as inane as judging a person's worth based entirely on their hair colour.

[19Truth53]

What she, and this site, are "sharing" is the monolithicaly Fascist demand that everyone think like her, and that anyone who doesn't is somehow in the wrong. I'm all for Freedom of Thought and Freedom of Association. And, anyone who is not is simply a Fascist.  Guess that leaves you.

[DarthCipient]

@19Truth53 Nope. It's not about sharing ideas. It's about people like you, posting complete bollocks.

[19Truth53]

Actually, what is "Moronic" is someone like you who feels anyone who doesn't share your ideas is a 'Moron.' As though you speak for everyone else...,or even those who are self-inflatedly "Right.