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At a beer with Obama
Barack Obama has kept his word yesterday in the garden of the White House in Washington brought together participants recent scandal in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Then we screwed up everything - and Harvard professor, and a police sergeant and president of the United States.
I recall how it was: a black professor Henry Louis Gates returned home and discovered that he could not open the door - something was wrong with the lock. The professor began to break down the door to get home and at this moment a vigilant neighbor and purblind professor, decided that the house climbs robber called the police. The police came to the house of Gates when he was inside. Paleface Police Sergeant James Crowley demanded that the professor out of the house and presented documents, but Gates has sent him far away, accusing the police, as they say, "in racial prejudice." After a brief but violent skirmish with different words, which is not proper to say gentlemen, Gates was handcuffed and arrested.
A little later he intervened and the American president (oh, surprise!) In his speech also did not become a model of objectivity and prudence, calling the action cop "stupid" by associating them with the discrimination of blacks. In short, like typical racial scandal, when a small spark in the relationship between people with different skin color quickly gets powerful engine of hostility and mutual insults.
In the process of clarifying relations entered Cambridge police. They are offended by Obama and demanded that he (ha ha) apology. The president quickly realized that crossed the line and said in response that yes, guys, I got excited and "would carefully select the right words." As a sign of reconciliation, Obama invited the professors and the sergeant to his White House to drink beer and make up.
Yesterday, Professor Gates and Sergeant Crowley, accompanied by their families visited the Oval Office, where Obama showed them how it works for the benefit of the United States. After that three members of stories with a broken door, sat at a table in the garden, where they were joined by Vice President Joe Biden. Waiters brought beer and chips with nuts. The meeting took place peacefully. The content of conversations can only guess, because the press did not let close.
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I recall how it was: a black professor Henry Louis Gates returned home and discovered that he could not open the door - something was wrong with the lock. The professor began to break down the door to get home and at this moment a vigilant neighbor and purblind professor, decided that the house climbs robber called the police. The police came to the house of Gates when he was inside. Paleface Police Sergeant James Crowley demanded that the professor out of the house and presented documents, but Gates has sent him far away, accusing the police, as they say, "in racial prejudice." After a brief but violent skirmish with different words, which is not proper to say gentlemen, Gates was handcuffed and arrested.
A little later he intervened and the American president (oh, surprise!) In his speech also did not become a model of objectivity and prudence, calling the action cop "stupid" by associating them with the discrimination of blacks. In short, like typical racial scandal, when a small spark in the relationship between people with different skin color quickly gets powerful engine of hostility and mutual insults.
In the process of clarifying relations entered Cambridge police. They are offended by Obama and demanded that he (ha ha) apology. The president quickly realized that crossed the line and said in response that yes, guys, I got excited and "would carefully select the right words." As a sign of reconciliation, Obama invited the professors and the sergeant to his White House to drink beer and make up.
Yesterday, Professor Gates and Sergeant Crowley, accompanied by their families visited the Oval Office, where Obama showed them how it works for the benefit of the United States. After that three members of stories with a broken door, sat at a table in the garden, where they were joined by Vice President Joe Biden. Waiters brought beer and chips with nuts. The meeting took place peacefully. The content of conversations can only guess, because the press did not let close.
3 Photo © REUTERS / Jim Young via drugoi
02
03
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