GOP Lawmaker: 'Colored' People 'Most Likely To Be Poor,' 'Poor More Likely To Commit Crimes'

[KamaAina]

http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/gop_lawmaker_the_poor_are_more_likely_to_commit_crimes_and_colored_most_likely_to_be_poor

Republican State Senator Jim Honeyford from the state of Washington last week was debating legislation that would require lawmakers to include in bills a statement of the racial impact their proposed legislation would have. Many state legislatures require bills to include financial impact statements – a calculated estimate of how much of the taxpayers' money a bill would cost if it became law. Some states do the same for the environment – what a bill's impact on the environment would be. Washington is debating including a bill's impact on race – how would a bill disproportionally impact racial minorities, for example.

Sen. Honeyford, according to the Slog, had a hard time understanding what a racial impact statement is.

"It's generally accepted that the poor are more likely to commit crimes," Sen. Honeyford offered as an example of a racial impact statement. "And generally, I think, accepted that people of color are more likely poor than not. So how does that factor into your equation?"

But, as the Slog pointed out, "Sen. Bob Hasegawa, a Democrat representing Beacon Hill, was a little more direct in his response."

[Journeyman]

1. Well yeah, these two colored guys thought they could get away with robbery . . .

[Initech]

2. Actually it's more rich white males are the ones who commit more crime.