JoeFM Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 These signs stating WE WANT JUDGES THAT LOOK LIKE US and picturing all black judges are now appearing all over the city. Why isn't anybody saying anything about this openly racist campaign? If all these judges pictured were white this city would have folks out protesting and blocking freeways... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 I agree, JoeFM; people should understand that racism is racism, regardless of the race of the racist. Too many get away with the sort of behavior that they claim to be against in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terra002 Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Disgusting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0123 Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 The sign is inappropriate and wrong... but I'm surprised we haven't seen more signs like this considering the fear and hatred that Trump incites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 This is what they call reverse racism and people act as if they are running scared of offending black people by saying what they are doing is wrong. And on the same level as what racist white people do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Harris County has 59 state district courts. Of the judges, 48 are white (70%), 6 are Hispanic (10%), 4 are black (7%), and 1 is Asian. There are 23 county courts (4 civil, 15 criminal, and 4 probate). Their demographics are similar. It's only when one gets to the JP level that things start to look more like the community as a whole. (2014 estimate, per Wikipedia: 41.8% Hispanic, 31.4% white, 19.5%, black, 7% Asian). Granted, that two things have a heavy thumb on the scale here: As a rule judges tend to be older and more experienced, but it's only been within the last 25 - 30 years that law school classes even began looking less like a white sausage party. Also, many if not most of our district court judges first assumed their benches by appointment, which has been an R monopoly for a long time... and the Rs don't exactly present a broad demographic. My personal belief is that one's ancestry or melanin level inherently hasn't got a danged thing to do with intelligence. They shouldn't have a danged thing to do with educational or career opportunities, either, much less be a source of privilege - but until they don't, it's going to continue to be a factor, like it or not. Taking that a step further, as long as we have nativist yahoos screaming like the mobs in 1955 Little Rock and 1965 Birmingham, then there will be pushback, and it's going to take a number of forms, some uglier than others. "Put people who look like us into office" works both ways. For the record, I'm a 60 year old white guy, raised here and in South Louisiana, and still remember the Long Hot Summers and desegregation battles of the late 60s / early 70s. I have a professional degree, but my grandfather was an immigrant coal miner. If it weren't for my dad getting into ROTC and the whole family having the favored skin color, I don't know that I'd be where I am. I'm both very grateful for that, and very aware that it's also at least in part the result of having membership in what a late friend of mine referred to as "the Lucky Sperm Club." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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