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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Answering you a little more seriously, your question isn't reflecting the true nature of his statement. You have to look at the entire statement as a whole. He's not saying that minorities only serve in the capacity of "staff." He's saying that the only minorities that generally are let into GOP events like the one he was speaking at are the people that they pay to be there in a service capacity. (CF. Wonkette's challenge during the GOP convention to try and find ANY person of color attending the events. I think the Daily Show had a similar montage of people of color cleaning up after the RNC. It's an old joke.)
It was an insult to Republicans, not people of color. You should be sputtering in outrage on behalf of yourself, not on behalf of me and my service industry working relatives.
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I understand what he was trying to say, but in order to make his point I think he used a stereotype based on race which is offensive (at least to me). You all seem to want to let this slide because (1) you think the stereotype (that staff workers ARE predeominately minorities) is true (which it's not), and (2) he was really slamming the GOP not minorities. That just doesn't work for me. What's the difference between what he said and a statement like "All Jews are bankers" or "all Irish are drunks" . . . wait, strike that last one, it may be true.
