Thread: LULAC - Racism Arkansas Sheriff

For Immediate Release Contacts: Javier Dominguez

December 7, 2007 Elizabeth Garcia

(202) 833-6130 ext. 12


Racism Perpetuated by Arkansas Sheriff

Bentonville County Sheriff Keith Ferguson makes racist remarks at a local meeting

Washington, DC. The League of United Latin American Citizens, the largest and oldest Hispanic civil rights organization is outraged with the racist remarks made by Sheriff Keith Ferguson in Bentonville County, Arkansas while holding a meeting in a local café. The current sheriff distastefully “jokedâ€

I guess every state who wishes to crack down on IA criminals better get a tin foil hat as they will be bombarded with unleashed hate from LULAC and other radical & racist hispanic groups trying to thwart our immigration laws by attacking our police and other public officials.

I guess LULAC believes the First Amendment doesn't extend all the way to sheriffs. This board is very polite to the Mexicans and their supporters like LULAC. But anyone who roams to other conservative boards will see some seriously frank rhetoric that would curl LULAC's hair and Calderon's too. Interestingly enough, it's all true, deserving and a guaranteed right in America. Too bad if they don't like it. Our Constitution doesn't guarantee the right to not be offended. This article (click here) appeared in the Northwest Arkansas News a couple of days ago.

Just what is the definition of racism being used is the real question. The definition can be so broad as to bringing race or ethnic heritage at all.

It does not appear to be racist according to wikipedia of the most common and widely accepted definition.

This is from wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism

Racism has many definitions, the most common and widely accepted being the belief that members of one race are intrinsically superior or inferior to members of other races.

This is the comments from the article.
http://nwanews.com/bcdr/News/56415/

Lee said Ferguson was discussing the 287 (g ) program - a federal program that allows local officers to enforce federal immigration policies and gives them access to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement computer system - when he made the remark. Lee said Ferguson referred to a Hispanic waiter at the restaurant as being illegal. The waiter's back was to Ferguson, and Lee claims Ferguson then said the waiter could not understand English, and Ferguson then laughed.

"I know he's here legally. … I'm just kidding," Lee claims Ferguson said to the group.

Ferguson said he would not respond to any allegations that Lee e-mailed to or told the media.

Reporters for The Daily Record spoke with other people who attended the meeting. They each gave slightly different versions of what Ferguson said. None of the people contacted wanted to be quoted.

Lee described Ferguson's actions as an attempt to make a racist joke or racially profile the waiter.

Apparently, LULAC hasn't adequately learned the English language yet. And it hasn't yet learned two principles that everyone on this board learned long ago. First the term "illegal" is not racist. And secondly, Mexico is not a race.

This incident was leaked to the press by Andy Lee, former Bentonville Country Sheriff and candidate for Country Sheriff in the upcoming election. Lee along with other meeting attendees confirmed Sheriff Ferguson’s racially prejudiced remarks.

I question the source on this. It's not like Andy Lee doesn't benefit if he can make the sheriff look bad. The deputies as well. Maybe they think they'll gain by backing Lee in this. I've seen the same thing here. The defeated sheriff tried to use the death of the current sheriff's son, from a drug overdose, as a measure of his incompetence.