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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 727866" data-attributes="member: 12952">AG Holder Admits AZ Law is NOT RacistHolder: AZ Immigration Law Not RacistJake Tappe&nbsp; &nbsp; TAPPER:&nbsp; Do you think it’s racist?&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; HOLDER:&nbsp; I don’t think it’s racist in its motivation.&nbsp; But I&nbsp; think the concern I have is how it will be perceived and how it perhaps&nbsp; could be enacted, how it could be carried out.&nbsp; I think we could&nbsp; potentially get on a slippery slope where people will be picked on&nbsp; because of how they look as opposed to what they have done, and that is I&nbsp; think something that we have to try to avoid at all costs.TAPPER:&nbsp; You’ve said we’re a nation of cowards because we don’t talk&nbsp; freely and openly about race.&nbsp; So in that spirit, let me give it a shot.&nbsp;&nbsp; Do you think the Arizona immigration law is racist?&nbsp; &nbsp; HOLDER:&nbsp; Well, I don’t think it’s necessarily a good idea.&nbsp; I&nbsp; mean, I think we have to understand that the immigration problem that we&nbsp; have, illegal immigration problem that we have, is a national one, and a&nbsp; state-by-state solution to it is not the way in which we ought to go.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 727866, member: 12952"] [B]AG Holder Admits AZ Law is NOT Racist[/B] [B]Holder: AZ Immigration Law Not Racist Jake Tappe[/B] TAPPER: Do you think it’s racist? HOLDER: I don’t think it’s racist in its motivation. But I think the concern I have is how it will be perceived and how it perhaps could be enacted, how it could be carried out. I think we could potentially get on a slippery slope where people will be picked on because of how they look as opposed to what they have done, and that is I think something that we have to try to avoid at all costs. TAPPER: You’ve said we’re a nation of cowards because we don’t talk freely and openly about race. So in that spirit, let me give it a shot. Do you think the Arizona immigration law is racist? HOLDER: Well, I don’t think it’s necessarily a good idea. I mean, I think we have to understand that the immigration problem that we have, illegal immigration problem that we have, is a national one, and a state-by-state solution to it is not the way in which we ought to go. [/QUOTE]

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