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Entry for October 04, 2006

This is a letter that I sent this morning to Letters to the Editor of the South Bend Tribune. They have been airing ads put together by a Republican campaign group targeting Black American voters and there was an article about this in the Tuesday, October 3, 2006 edition of the South Bend Tribune on the topic of these ads. I sent this letter in response to the Trib's article.

When I first heard the radio ads targeting Black voters I thought they were hilarious. They reminded me of those false ads you sometime see or hear, where you get a prize for selecting the bogus one. After reading the Tribune's article and hearing one of the ads again it gave me pause. The Republican idea of school choice as a cure for disparities in education has long been proved an attempt to evade Brown vs. Board of Education and re-institute school segregation on the sly. And the voice-overs used in the commercials? Shades of Amos and Andy! How condescending of the adverts creators to suggest that the only good education is one "like white children are getting". What does come through in the ads, is the republican party's pomposity in alluding that "white is right". It is also obvious that Bush's party considers most people stupid and they will stop until they ingratiate their brand and label on everybody in the world.

2006-10-04 18:04:30 GMT

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		Entry for October 04, 2006 This is a letter that I sent this morning to Letters to the Editor of the South Bend Tribune. They have been airing ads put together by a Republican campaign group targeting Black American voters and there was an article about this in the Tuesday, October 3, 2006 edition of the South Bend Tribune on the topic of these ads. I sent this letter in response to the Trib's article. When I first heard the radio ads targeting Black voters I thought they were hilarious. They reminded me of those false ads you sometime see or hear, where you get a prize for selecting the bogus one. After reading the Tribune's article and hearing one of the ads again it gave me pause. The Republican idea of school choice as a cure for disparities in education has long been proved an attempt to evade Brown vs. Board of Education and re-institute school segregation on the sly. And the voice-overs used in the commercials? Shades of Amos and Andy! How condescending of the adverts creators to suggest that the only good education is one "like white children are getting". What does come through in the ads, is the republican party's pomposity in alluding that "white is right". It is also obvious that Bush's party considers most people stupid and they will stop until they ingratiate their brand and label on everybody in the world. 2006-10-04 18:04:30 GMT Site Home