{"id":2693,"date":"2006-09-08T15:40:58","date_gmt":"2006-09-08T22:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/09\/08\/2693\/"},"modified":"2006-09-08T15:40:58","modified_gmt":"2006-09-08T22:40:58","slug":"2693","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=2693","title":{"rendered":"Arnold Schwarzenegger Makes Racist Comments About Latin@s and Blacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a real gem. Here’s the quote from CNN<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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“I mean Cuban, Puerto-Rican, they are all very hot,” the governor says on the recording. “They have the, you know, part of the black blood in them and part of the Latino blood in them that together makes it.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So apparently he was referencing a Latina assemblywoman, who he thinks is hot tempered (not hot as in good looking). This is a nice example of racial essentialism, note the reference to “blood.” I guess he’s referencing that “angry gene” found in blacks and Latinos. To add insult to injury the congresswoman gave a defense of Schwarzenegger:<\/p>\n

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Garcia, who is Puerto Rican, told the Times the governor’s remarks did not bother her.<\/p>\n

“I love the governor because he is a straight talker just like I am,” she said. “Very often I tell him, ‘Look, I am a hot-blooded Latina.’ I label myself a hot-blooded Latina that is very passionate about the issues, and this is kind of an inside joke that I have with the governor.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Just what we need, a white guy making racist comments and the woman who is the object of those comments, standing up for him. Living proof that acceptance of stereotypes transcends racial\/ethnic groups. <\/p>\n

This is not the first time Schwarzenegger has been accused of making racist comments two body builders accused him of using racial slurs<\/a>, including the n-word. Others have a accused the California governor of anti-Semitism as well<\/a>. <\/p>\n

On another note, who can forget all of the famous gropings. <\/p>\n

I guess he’s continuing a long tradition of racism, anti-Semitism, and misogyny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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