{"id":8271,"date":"2009-07-22T21:34:52","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T04:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=8271"},"modified":"2009-07-22T21:34:52","modified_gmt":"2009-07-23T04:34:52","slug":"more-gatesgate-links-including-obamas-commentary-on-the-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=8271","title":{"rendered":"More Gatesgate links (including Obama's commentary on the arrest)"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s not even midnight and everyone at my sister’s house (where I’m visiting this week) is asleep. Guess I’ll post some links.<\/p>\n

Professor Gates’ version of the story<\/a>. This is a must-read if you’re interested in this story.<\/p>\n

I guess I ought to link to the police report, too. (Pdf link.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Charles Ogletree<\/a>, Professor Gate’s lawyer, gives his version of events.<\/p>\n

“…black men, no matter who they are or what their status, aren’t allowed to challenge white police officers, which I suppose is similar to saying black people aren’t allowed to have titles, authority, or clout.”<\/p>\n

John McWhorter<\/a>, a writer whose politics are somewhat to the right of “Alas,” has an interesting take.<\/p>\n

I haven’t found a transcript of Obama’s comments on Gatesgate, but you can get the gist from this news story<\/a>, or watch the video:<\/p>\n

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Shark-fu at AngryBlackBitch<\/a> weighs in, discussing her own experiences in Cambridge.<\/p>\n

Roy Edroso surveys right-wing<\/a> blogospheric reactions. Unsurprisingly, most of them are on government’s side.<\/p>\n

On white people saying<\/a> “I wouldn’t have acted like that, if it had been me.”<\/p>\n

“This is what happens to black men in America”<\/a> Kate Harding’s take; too long to sum up, well worth reading.<\/p>\n

Police Discretion and Arrest Power<\/a><\/p>\n

Racism Review<\/a>: “The irony, for those that have followed Gates\u2019 scholarship closely, is that he has tended to downplay the significance of institutional racism in the contemporary U.S.”<\/p>\n

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I’m sure there are about a zillion more… feel free to leave more links in comments. Or, you know, just comment there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s not even midnight and everyone at my sister’s house (where I’m visiting this week) is asleep. Guess I’ll post some links. Professor Gates’ version of the story. This is a must-read if you’re interested in this story. I guess … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news","category-race-racism-and-related-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8271\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}