Chances are if you are a conservative, you are a racist. The Republican party is the party of Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond, Trent Lott, Katrina, the great flood of Mississippi, yada-yada. Everybody knows that. However, not all conservatives are racists. If they made a racial slur or comment a time or two, I am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. Heck, I’m sure I have too. With Laura Ingraham, though, there is no two ways about it: she is a racist.
On page 32& 63 of her book, Power to The People, Ingraham’s racism is exposed. According to Ingraham, True Americans are white, christian, southern and republican.
I guess African Americans and Latinos are not as good as those southern boys!
Laura Ingraham revealing herself as a racist does not stop there. On February 19th, she said this while discussing Al Sharpton’s visit to the White House: ” I hope they nailed down the valuables.” What? now why would they have to do that? (audio link)
Okay… not convinced Laura Ingraham is a racist? How about this- in 1986, Laura Ingraham, and then boyfriend, were both editors of The Prospect . The Prospect worked to limit minority admissions to Princeton University. Additionally, Laura Ingraham was a member of the Concerned Alumni of Princeton. Click on the link to see this lovely group. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerned_Alumni_of_Princeton
Most racists do not stick to one race- they hate on all races. Here is an example of Laura Ingraham’s view on Latinos: On Fox News while subbing for Bill O’reilly, Laura Ingraham was having a discussion about illegal immigrants and made a point in the discussion that someone could be either Latino or American.
Let’s get this straight: If you are an African American, you are not a true american. If you are a Latino, you can not be American at the same time. Do you see a pattern here? (video)
Laura Ingraham was also the Editor of the ultra racist Dartmouth Review. During her tenure, articles were printed promoting KKK members- hanged African Americans- defending slavery and contributing to the stereotypes of the way black people speak.