Republican Congressman’s Press Secretary Compared Blacks To Zoo Animals
Think Progress reports on Benjamin Cole, senior advisor for policy and communications to Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock.[su_center_ad]
Cole, a former Baptist pastor and energy industry spokesman, posted a series of videos and comments on October 13, 2013 mocking two African Americans outside his DC apartment. In the first, he compared them to animals escaping from the National Zoo engaged in “mating rituals.” That message included a video of a woman, shouting and seemingly engaged in an argument with someone not visible as she walked. In each of his posts, he used the hashtag “#gentrifytoday.”
In a 2008 article for BaptistNews.com, Cole scolded other Baptist pastors for their racist reactions to Barack Obama’s victory, but acknowledged, “During the course of the past year, I too have been forced to wrestle with my own prejudices. At times, I’ve joined the bigoted banter and helped to scratch the old wounds of racism.”
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tracey marie February 5th, 2015 at 2:33 pm
I am not surprised one bit by this behavior.
rg9rts February 5th, 2015 at 2:34 pm
Thwack ……PIQUE
tracey marie February 5th, 2015 at 2:37 pm
I am coming your way at the end of the month, will be visiting NY to see Carmen at the Met.
rg9rts February 5th, 2015 at 2:40 pm
You’ll love it!!!!!
tracey marie February 5th, 2015 at 2:46 pm
If it is not snowing, I will not go if it is.
rg9rts February 5th, 2015 at 3:00 pm
Its inside…the city is a different animal…I get a foot of snow ..they get an inch of slush..Manhattan is always job one
tracey marie February 5th, 2015 at 3:02 pm
I am excited, the Opera and the Opera house I always wanted to go to.
rg9rts February 5th, 2015 at 3:24 pm
The guy that does the subtitles is a riot. Saw the Barber there…
tracey marie February 5th, 2015 at 3:30 pm
I am excited, I can wear my fur for warmth with a sweater instead of a thin shirt. We are staying about 10 blocks away in a brownstone turned hotel, which we both know means tiny rooms
rg9rts February 5th, 2015 at 3:38 pm
Not necessarily…You may be surprised.. Leave your jewelry at home.
jasperjava February 6th, 2015 at 1:53 am
L’amour est enfant de bohême qui n’a jamais connu de loi
Et si je t’aime, prends garde à toi!
Uninvited Guest February 5th, 2015 at 3:49 pm
Me either and I see it all the time. The screaming and breaking of bottles is too much to bear sometimes, but we manage.
tracey marie February 5th, 2015 at 7:41 pm
seems you are the new resident racist, yuck
rg9rts February 5th, 2015 at 2:34 pm
The party of inclusion
Uninvited Guest February 5th, 2015 at 3:46 pm
Why is it wrong to not want someone to break a bottle on the street you live on (leaving shards of glass everywere) and use it as a weapon?
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How is that even racist?
Frank March 6th, 2015 at 9:58 am
Bwwwwahaaaaaaa