Glenn Beck's "Obama is a racist" comments

[Horacio Esparza]

Dear Friends,
As you may know, right-wing talk show hosts have been bringing
> race-based fear mongering into the mainstream, but FOX's Glenn Beck just
> took it to another level. Recently, Beck said:
"This president has exposed himself as a guy over and over and over
> again who has a deep-seated hatred for white people... this guy is, I
> believe, a racist."It's part of a larger argument Beck has been making:
that President
> Obama wants to serve the needs of Black communities at White people's
> expense. This kind of talk stirs up fear, hate, and it can lead to
> violence.
>
> I've joined ColorOfChange.org's effort to stop Glenn Beck and I want
> you to join too. It takes just a moment:
> http://www.colorofchange.org/beck/?id=2178-1073974
>
> ColorOfChange is already putting calls into Beck's advertisers, asking
> them if they want to be associated with this kind of racist hate and
> fear-mongering. As of yesterday, August 28, a total of about 46
> businesses have now removed spots from "The Glenn Beck Show," Fox
> News Channel's window into the heart of fascist America. These include
> Applebee's, Bank of America, Bell & Howell, Best Buy, DirecTV, General
> Mills, Kraft, Lawyers.com, Regions Financial Corporation, SAM (Store and
> Move), Travelers Insurance, Travelocity, Vonage, and Wallmart. Even
> Glenn Beck was forced to take a week "vacation" from Fox. Let's not
> lose the momentum. FOX has a horrible track record on pushing racist
> propaganda, but Glenn Beck appears to be taking the network to an even
> lower standard.
>
> Folks like Glenn Beck, Lou Dobbs, and Rush Limbaugh are exploiting
> racism and race-based fear to bump their ratings, stirring up racial
> discord in the process. The dangers of these tactics are real. We saw
> during the presidential race that the McCain/Palin campaign was unable
> to control the violent energy whipped up by their race-baiting. It
> resulted in an unprecedented number of threats on Obama's life, a rise
> in the number of hate groups, and an increase in the number of threats
> and crimes against immigrants and Black people. You now have seen
> people at Presidential hall meetings openly carrying weapons. The danger
> is real. Plese join me.
>
> Most sincerely,
> Federico
>
>
>
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