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You are here: Home / Civil Rights / Racial Justice / This Week In Blackness / Ben Carson Backpedals Again

Ben Carson Backpedals Again

by Elon James White|  April 8, 20151:20 pm| 18 Comments

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The GOP’s favorite black person, Ben Carson, continues to say things and then backpedal. This time, it’s about blaming the hip-hop community for contributing to African Americans’ lack of spirituality:

“When I talk about the hip-hop community, I’m talking about the aspect of modern society that pretty much dismisses anything that has to do with Jesus Christ,” Carson told WBLS-FM hosts Bob Slade & Bob Pickett on Sunday. “That’s what I’m talking about. … We need to reestablish faith in our communities and the values and principles that got us through slavery, that got us through Jim Crow, and segregation, and all kinds of horrible things that were heaped upon us,” he argued. “Why were we able to get through those? Because of our faith, because of our family, because of our values, and as we allow the hip-hop community to destroy those things for us, and as we grasp onto what’s politically correct and not what is correct, we continue to deteriorate.”

 

That’s right, Carson. Blame the devil’s music!

Team Blackness discussed Jeb Bush identifying as “hispanic,” Rand Paul’s fantastic new line of presidential memorabilia, and Kylie Jenner’s blackface.

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18Comments

  1. 1.

    Patricia Kayden

    April 8, 2015 at 1:44 pm

    Although it’s fun to point and mock, I see no point in paying attention to Ben Carson. He has become the Black Sarah Palin.

  2. 2.

    John M. Burt

    April 8, 2015 at 1:47 pm

    “And by hip hop, I am not of course referring to the genre of music, nor to the subculture of its practitioners and fans, but to something else entirely . . . .”

  3. 3.

    gnomedad

    April 8, 2015 at 2:01 pm

    It’s startling to hear Carson described as “backpedaling”. I thought he only tries to top the last crazy thing he said. Oh, wait, he kinda did.

  4. 4.

    Major Major Major Major

    April 8, 2015 at 2:05 pm

    Seriously, fix the double post thing.

  5. 5.

    Major Major Major Major

    April 8, 2015 at 2:05 pm

    Seriously fix the double post thing.

  6. 6.

    Major Major Major Major

    April 8, 2015 at 2:06 pm

    (get it?)

  7. 7.

    Calouste

    April 8, 2015 at 2:07 pm

    I’m talking about the aspect of modern society that pretty much dismisses anything that has to do with Jesus Christ

    Can Ben Carson explain Japan to me? According to Wikipedia, only 2.3% of the Japanese claim to be Christian, so it must be a hellhole, right, not the world’s third largest economy?

  8. 8.

    germy shoemangler

    April 8, 2015 at 2:08 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: “I see everything twice!”

  9. 9.

    Belafon

    April 8, 2015 at 2:15 pm

    @Calouste: You don’t measure a country by its wealth, but by how much its wealthy help the poor suffer for Christ.

  10. 10.

    eldorado

    April 8, 2015 at 2:28 pm

    why does ben carson hate capitalism?

  11. 11.

    Chet

    April 8, 2015 at 2:42 pm

    @Patricia Kayden: I thought that was Alan Keyes.

  12. 12.

    Cacti

    April 8, 2015 at 2:48 pm

    I’ve been trying to think of an appropriately mocking handle for Jeb’s “change” of ethnicity.

    Which sounds better for comedic value:

    Jebe Bushito or Jebus ArBushto?

  13. 13.

    EthylEster

    April 8, 2015 at 2:50 pm

    The double post thing doesn’t happen all the time.
    But can’t the FPer delete the duplicate when it does happen?

  14. 14.

    Elizabelle

    April 8, 2015 at 2:58 pm

    Saw a car being towed on a flatbed this week. Lots of what seemed to be rightwing bumper stickers.

    And some of them were for “Carson.”

    I laughed.

  15. 15.

    chris murphy

    April 8, 2015 at 3:26 pm

    Carson is a highly educated guy, it’s unfortunate he was never taught the the definition of “tautology”.

  16. 16.

    Tree With Water

    April 8, 2015 at 4:31 pm

    This rock ‘n roll has got to stop
    Junior’s head is hard as rock
    Now Junior
    Behave yourself!

    Larry Williams (of Dizzy Miss Lizzy fame).

  17. 17.

    Bubblegum Tate

    April 8, 2015 at 6:12 pm

    @Belafon:

    You don’t measure a country by its wealth, but by how much its wealthy help the poor suffer for Christ.

    Internets won!

    Also, perhaps this is just me joining Obama and Holder as the the only racists in America–now with Christian Hating!(tm), but I find the notion of “Christianity got us through slavery” to be pretty grotesque considering Christianity was used to justify and perpetuate that slavery.

  18. 18.

    Ryan

    April 9, 2015 at 10:29 am

    In my day it was Ozzy and Judas Priest.

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