Rep. Sally Kern (R-OK): Blacks Are In Prison Because They Don't Want To Work Hard

4/27/11: Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City, arguing in favor of an anti-affirmative action bill.

TRANSCRIPT: We have heard tonight already that in prison there's more black people. Yes, there are, and that's tragic, it's tragic that our prisons here in Oklahoma, what are they, 99% occupancy? But the other side of the story, perhaps this is something we need to consider: is this just because they are black that they're in prison or because they don't want to work hard in school? White people oftentimes don't want to work hard in school, or Asians, oftentimes. A lot of times, that's what happens. I've taught school for twenty years, and I saw a lot of people of color who didn't want to work as hard, they wanted it given to them. As a matter of fact I had one student who said, "I don't need to study, you know why? Because the government is gonna care of me." That's kind of revealing there. Equal opportunity, not equal results.

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[Ldog73]

And this is what kinda undercover racist they have teaching kids for 20 years. Kids can sense when they have a racist don't really give a fuck about them type teacher. Where is her integrity, she works for a dollar with kids that she does not believe in at all. The kids that is.

[yt01a]

Rep. Sally Kern, you know what else is revealing?

Your RACISM.

[floridagraduatesigs]

Well the republican party has come to benefit mostly racist people. Its a home for people who have often times bigoted and prejudice views. Just about all elected republicans and their supporters are prejudice and bigoted.

[adalbertomodesusa]

disgusting..............

[VisitOklahoma]

Leave it to the liberal media to take someone's comments completely out of context and make a true woman of God look like an evil racist. God bless Oklahoma and god bless Sally Kern.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION is racist.

[jplawq]

wow!

[Deliiciioso]

What a stupid racist bitch.

[mjcarollson2]

I wasn't aware that men and women with dementia were eligible to serve in Oklahoma's state government---SWEET! Guess I've got a pretty solid plan for my golden years if the lights upstairs start to flicker.

[xephyr1000]

Sally Kern is Racist and Homophobic as well as a bitter old bitch.

[McDonald12345]

@bagelboi66 I'm not "trolling". You made a statement, I disagree, and I am responding to it. If that's trolling fine, I call it civil discourse.

The gist of your post was that statements like Kern's would ostracize you from political parties in other Western Democracies. Le Pen almost won the presidency in France for a major political party after numerous xenophobic and racist statements and is still a MEP. This is not unique to the US.

I don't care if you reply or not.

[bagelboi66]

@McDonald12345 Where did I say other nations do not have racists? Don't put words in my mouth. Lest you feel like trolling any further... do it on your own, this is my only reply to you.

[McDonald12345]

@bagelboi66 What a silly statement. Kern's statements are ignorant and ridiculous but to say that the rest of western civilization doesn't also have its racists is similarly ignorant and ridiculous. Just google British, French, Italian, etc. and racist politicians and you'll realize your statement is bunk.