Comments on: Lawyer: Century Can’t De-Annex Resident Claiming Slavery, Discrimination

By: H Kearney

H Kearney — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 03:26:53 +0000

This is nothing new to the town council. Mrs Robinson brought attention to this issue in 1979. When it was brought to the town council’s attention in 1979, Mrs. Robinson was told it would be looked into at a later time. The council never looked into the matter or took it seriously. They didn’t listen to her in 1979 and they are not listening to her now. The only thing Mrs. Robinson wants is for her property to be treated the same as others. Whatever happened to fairness where everyone is treated equally? Mrs. Robinson continues to bring up the issue at town council meetings and has been frustrated for years.

Furthermore, Mrs. Robinson doesn’t need any coaching as this matter has been ongoing for years. This definitely needs to be fully investigated. If you don’t stand for something, then you’ll fall for anything. Mrs. Robinson, please keep standing.

By: Panhandlepix

Panhandlepix — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 23:12:45 +0000

Why did this person wait THIRTY THREE years to protest. I’ll bet she had some coaching.

By: Panhandlepix

Panhandlepix — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 23:10:49 +0000

I suppose this citizen will have to find something else to cry discrimination and racist about. If certain individuals don,t get their way it’s always racist or discrimination on other individuals part. Garbage!

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:02:25 +0000

REGARDING:
“a person cannot be considered racist because of his color,”

It isn’t the color of the person, it’s the attitude of the person. Those who see everything in terms of race are racists, by definition. Quite often race WAS the primary factor, but until that is proven, it is an assumption based on race, again racism on the part of the assumer.

David for truth

By: Democratevoter

Democratevoter — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:35:21 +0000

The President of these Unite States of America has declared that “racial profiling” is not to be in this nation. Therefore, a person cannot be considered racist because of his color, whether white, black, red, yellow, green, pink, or purple. Stand behind our President, racism is dead in this country!

By: JM

JM — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:50:16 +0000

This issue should have been looked at for her years ago, or maybe she should
have screamed years ago but…….maybe she wasn’t as strong a woman as she
is now. I don’t know anything about town annexations, but I would think if they
just annexed a few people at that time and this woman was against the annexation
then why was she not left out of it. OH that’s right because others who wanted the
annexation for their land are on the other side of her. SO it would seem WHAT
that they annexed this black woman’s land so they could annex the whites that
wanted annexed, if that is the case then she sounds right to me. If everyone
who was annexed and voted to be annexed was black then she just got caught
in the cross fire.

All I have always known about anything IS life is just about choices and negotiations.
You all know what negotiations are don’t you? That’s where you tell someone what
YOU need and they tell you what THEY need and you meet in the MIDDLE NOT out
in LEFT FIELD.

Somebody ask this Senior Citizen if there is some compromise that could make
her happy and then see if you can do that for her, or DID you all just try to RUN
RIGHT OVER THE OLD GAL. I would like know if you did…. was that because
she was to late, to old or ……to BLACK as the old gal claims.

Somebody get in there and figure this out, all this fuss and talk about
slavery over this one little old woman, bringing up all these old hatred issues is just
terrible We look like a bunch a bigoted schmucks to the outside world you know
that don’t you? So much for the Bible Belt theory, we don’t have the vaguest idea
what JESUS would do!

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:35:51 +0000

REGARDING:
“I guess it wasn’t racism when Mrs. Robinson’s property was zoned residential while white property owners with the same type property in the same locality obtained a classification of “farmland” for their property. This seems like racism, discrimination, and unfairness to me. ”

You’re right. If the only explanation you can imagine for everything not being exactly identical is racism, then THAT is definitely racism.

David for open minds

By: Darius

Darius — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 02:23:31 +0000

Nate,
You just proved that there is racism. It comes in all colors.Don’t it?
Mrs. Robinson is not standing for right or wrong, she just doesn’t like the zoning. There are ways to have properties re-zoned legally without making it a slavery issue. Developers all over the country do it all the time.
If she had not said what she said, would we know whether she was black or white?

By: Nate Smith

Nate Smith — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 01:30:48 +0000

This has everything to do with race. I am so tired of people saying there is no racism in this country. You must be kidding me! You just continue to bury your head in the sand as if there was no racism around you. I guess it wasn’t racism when unarmed Trayvon Martin was killed in 2012.

I guess it wasn’t racism when Mrs. Robinson’s property was zoned residential while white property owners with the same type property in the same locality obtained a classification of “farmland” for their property. This seems like racism, discrimination, and unfairness to me. Mrs. Robinson’s property should have been dealt with in the same manner as the other properties. Every time someone black stands up for what is right, someone has to criticize and call it wrong. Mrs. Robinson is calling it just what it is.

Mrs. Robinson, please continue to stand up for what is right. You are definitely right on this issue.

By: Barack Reagan

Barack Reagan — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:18:55 +0000

This has nothing to do with slavery, but I’ll bet it has everything to do with senility.