At a 2004 news conference outside the White House, President George W. Bush explained that he believed democracy would come to Iraq over time:
"There's a lot of people in the world who don't believe that people whose skin color may not be the same as ours can be free and self-govern. I reject that. I reject that strongly. I believe that people who practice the Muslim faith can self-govern. I believe that people whose skins aren't necessarily -- are a different color than white can self-govern."
It appears the president intended the phrase "people whose skin color may not be the same as ours" to mean people who are not from the United States. That skin color he refers to that is "ours," he makes it clear, is white. Those people not from the United States are "a different color than white." So, white is the skin color of the United States. That means those whose skin is not white but are citizens of the United States are ...? What are they?
2006-07-27 06:23:17 · 5 answers · asked by mahesh m 1 in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body
Are they members in good standing in the nation, even if "their skin color may not be the same as ours"?
2006-07-27 06:23:33 · update #1
This is not simply making fun of a president who sometimes mangles the English language. This time he didn't misspeak, and there's nothing funny about it. He did seem to get confused when he moved from talking about skin color to religion (does he think there are no white Muslims?), but it seems clear that he intended to say that brown people -- Iraqis, Arabs, Muslims, people from the Middle East, whatever the category in his mind -- can govern themselves, even though they don't look like us. And "us" is clearly white. In making this magnanimous proclamation of faith in the capacities of people in other parts of the world, in proclaiming his belief in their ability to govern themselves, he made one thing clear: The United States is white. Or, more specifically, being a real "American" is being white. So, what do we do with citizens of the United States who aren't white?
2006-07-27 06:25:29 · update #2
I can't believe even he would have said those things.
2006-07-27 06:38:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bush is an idiot.
Who was here on this land first? Native American Indians. They are brown. White people originated in European areas and migrated here just like everyone else. I cannot wait until they take "race" off of all polls, etc. It has nothing to do with anything. Most people are so "mixed" now that skin color is really nothing more than the amount of melatonin in a person's skin.
2006-07-27 06:40:07 · answer #2 · answered by coloradosnoflake2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Come on really? - is this true?
Nice one GWB! Wrong on so many levels! Factually, politically, socially, Wow a trifecta!
Way to offend every non-white American!
The worlds most populous democracy would be India - predominately brown people or did you miss that day in civics class George?
2006-07-27 06:37:51 · answer #3 · answered by Rockin' Mel S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if anything our president has represented the united states in a manner that makes him look raciest or just ignorant to any color, race , and nationality. he should remember that of history all came from different parts of the world and that what makes this a great nation not just one color but the many that live among us
2006-07-27 06:30:22 · answer #4 · answered by mario c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Welcome to the Republican party.
2006-07-27 06:29:21 · answer #5 · answered by pycosal 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋