Jesse Helms "Hands" ad

Jesse Helms' infamous thirty second commercial showing a pair of white hands crumpling a job rejection letter as a narrator says:

"You needed that job, and you were the best qualified, but they had to give it to a minority, because of a racial quota. Is that really fair? Harvey Gantt says it is. Gantt supports Ted Kennedy's racial quota law that makes the color of your skin more important than your qualifications. Your vote on this issue next Tuesday. For racial quotas, Harvey Gantt. Against racial quotas, Jesse Helms."

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[Jesse Golomb]

The amazing part is how many people don't realize what is 'infamous' here.

The problem isn't that Helms was against racial quotas, which is a complicated issue that poses a lot of problems.

It's that he conveyed his message through blatant race baiting, pitting blacks and whites against each other.

[garybooker]

Statistically, white women are the number one beneficiary of Affirmative Action. Not to mention that Affirmative Action protects whites with disabilities, veterans, and others that can be classified as a workplace minority. Black people have no monopoly on Affirmative Action and are nowhere near being the top beneficiaries of it.

[cosmicforums]

...and we all know what you REALLY mean by "liberals" in context of this video. You really mean "People like him hold it down, and keep niggers in check". Come on man, admit it. I live in North Carolina and am well aware of how very racist, backwards, and welfare dependent the majority of its white citizens are. You aren't fooling me trying to act like its political when its really racist for you. Come on, be honest for a change and admit it. Admit you are racist.

[cosmicforums]

The teaparty has started to make North Carolina the NUMBER ONE LAUGHING STOCK in the country. Trying to give North Carolina an official religion, which is treasonous to America and the bill of rights. The tabaggers have made studying and teaching climate science illegal and now they are trying to make electric cars illegal. The teabaggers DO NOt have your best interests in mind. They will make us all slaves to the corporations and the evangelicals and I will oppose those traitors at every step.

[Anthony Marquez]

Actually we do. People like him hold it down, and keep liberals in check.

[cosmicforums]

No we dont

[Anthony Marquez]

Boy do we need him now in NC.

[john smith]

bull and by the way,in the last census the white population rose from 68% in 2008 to 72% by numbers.white hispanics(hispanic is not a race by the way,its origins is from spain,a european country,as is spanish and its culture,dumb people dont know that.my brother is married to a hispanic from mexico and has 4 boys,all have blond hair,linda carter ,tony romo,vanna white all have hispanic grandparents

[iamvegito]

It's the conservatives that are "perverts." Covert airport bathroom sex, anyone?

[FIGHTFANNERD IS BACK]

lol good one