On Tuesday's "Good Morning America," an ABC reporter once again attempted to probe and examine the secret racism of American citizens. Correspondent John Quinones, the host of a series of ABC hidden camera specials designed to test how people react to ethical situations, appeared to preview a new edition that featured a cashier in a New Jersey deli yelling at a Hispanic customer.
The ABC crew had the pretend employee scream at a confused day laborer, saying things such as "We're building walls to keep you guys out of the country! You don't speak English, you don't get service! We don't serve your kind here!" Quinones then theatrically lectured, "...On this day, the only thing they [the customers] are being served is prejudice." He later observed that the experiment "uncovered some of the dark impulses many of us share."
The "What Would You Do?" host also used the segment to sympathetically report the plight of illegal Mexican day laborers and seemingly lump those who oppose illegal immigration with racists. Speaking of Mario, a person involved in the test, he explained, "You know, he's like 120,000 other day laborers who wakes [sic] up at 5:00 in the morning. Walks four miles to this little corner town."
Although the special did feature some Americans who protested the tirades of the pretend cashier, the segment mostly reinforced the idea of inherent racism in America, a subject GMA appears to be obsessed with. On October 29, 2008, reporter Claire Shipman investigated supposedly unconscious bigoted views in a group of undecided American voters.
She suspiciously asked the men and women if any of them "have a sense" that Barack Obama is "arrogant" or "uppity." (Despite the fact that America elected the African American candidate less than a week later, the ABC program failed to do a follow-up story about whether GMA might be wrong in its assessment of the voters.)
News anchor Chris Cuomo sounded a similar theme on the December 20, 2007 show. He queried Obama, then running in the Democratic primaries, "What do you think the bigger obstacle is for you in becoming president, the Clinton campaign machine or America's inherent racists, racism?"
A partial transcript of the January 6 segment, which aired at 7:31am, follows:
DIANE SAWYER: But, first, let's turn now to a provocative ABC News series, of course, in primetime, "What Would You Do." It is back. And we use hidden cameras to capture how people really react when faced with ethical dilemmas. The scenarios are dramatic, eye opening and ABC's John Quinones is here with one this morning, a group of Americans reacting. And it's prejudice you're taking a look at now.
JOHN QUINONES: Yeah, Diane. This time, we design an experiment in a deli, in a working-class, town about 15 miles outside of New York. We want to see how customers would react in the face of blatant discrimination, when two Hispanic day laborers were denied service at that deli. It's 6:30 on a Friday morning in downtown Linden, New Jersey. And these two men have stopped into a deli for coffee and a bite to eat.
CASHIER: Get back in your pickup with the rest of your family and go. Please.
QUINONES: But on this day, the only thing they're being served is prejudice.
CASHIER: We're building walls to keep you guys out of the country. You don't speak English, you don't get service. We don't serve your kind here.
QUINONES: The targets of his prejudice are Latino day labors.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: He don't speak English, man.
QUINONES: Watch this guy.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: We don't speak Mexican. They don't want you in here, so leave. Leave, man. Before they call the cops.
CASHIER: Yeah, we don't speak Mexican.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Leave, man. Leave, yo, leave. They're going to call the cops. Leave! Leave!
QUINONES: Our day laborer pleads with him. He has the money.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: You just don't understand. He's going to call the cops on you. If you don't leave, he's going to call the [bleep] cops on you. If you want me to make you leave, I'll make you leave. So, leave. That's all I got to say. Leave.
...
QUINONES: It's tough to watch. Especially for Mario, the real day laborer, who has been with us all morning. When we were inside, how did it make you feel?
MARIO [through translator]: It made me feel horrible. I don't know. I wanted to cry. Because they discriminate against us. I don't know why. We don't do anything. [Mario starts to cry.] Why do they discriminate against us? We're humans, the same as them. We have the same flesh. So, I don't know. I'm sorry.
QUINONES: Pretty tough.
SAWYER: It is tough. Tell me about Mario.
QUINONES: You know, he's like 120,000 other day laborers who wakes [sic] up at 5:00 in the morning. Walks four miles to this little corner town.
SAWYER: Walks four miles.
QUINONES: Freehold, New Jersey. And he waits to be picked up by these- anyone who wants to employ him and his buddies. The good news, Diane, of course, we should point out that the African-American later thought about what he had said, in trying to throw them out. And he came around. After watching our experiment for about 20 minutes, he said, "You know what? I'm sorry. I understand. I'm a victim of racism myself." And it tells you how, in the moment, we can all call feel that way. But once we stop and think-
SAWYER: And he expressed regret. Now, not everybody, of course, reacted in the moment that way. And you have another tape of someone else. Let's watch that.
QUINONES: Yes. While our experiment uncovered some of the dark impulses many of us share, we're about to discover that there are plenty of tolerant people, too.
CASHIER: Don't speak English.
SECOND UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Yeah, yeah. Take it easy. You must be new here. 'Cause we don't treat people like that here.
CASHIER: We're in America, right?
SECOND UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Yeah. That's great. Listen, if you can't deal with this country and how we accept other people, you don't belong working here. Certainly not in Linden, New Jersey. Understand me?
CASHIER: They don't speak a word of English.
SECOND UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Well, you know what? You sit down in the back. What would you like, my friend?
QUINONES: People like this man speak up. Compassionate and tough.
SECOND UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Hurry up. Stop talking. Start cooking
QUINONES: And now, watch this woman. She bites her lip until she just cannot take it anymore.
CASHIER: I can't serve this.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Okay, well, you know what? I'm ready to cancel my food because of the way you're treating this woman. It's not right. Okay, I got what you're saying. It's not right and I don't want to hear it anymore.
—Scott Whitlock is a news analyst for the Media Research Center.




















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Media Bias
January 6, 2009 - 15:56 ET by JDWBush speaks Spanish
How many American born citizens do? What do they care?
JDW
DAILY WAVE
Whatever else you think, your mother and my mother are both mothers
I've lived in different
January 6, 2009 - 16:02 ET by rbosqueI've lived in different parts of the world and I must say that racism isn't as big here as it is in other nations.
Maybe they can do a story of segregation in Saudi Arabia. Or how Arab terrorists brain-wash their kids to hate Jews. I've travelled to Mexico a few times and have seen descrimination against Blacks and Chinese there. Or better yet, try waving an American Flag in Mexico and see what happens to you. How 'bout it ABC?
Cool idea
January 6, 2009 - 16:14 ET by anodynepresThat would make for an interesting documentary. An examination of racism around the world compared to the US would really hold my attention.
...but it would destroy one
January 6, 2009 - 16:59 ET by mattm...but it would destroy one of the key myths that keep liberalism going despite its utter fallaciousness: America is racist and evil.
Rbosque, Great comment. I
January 6, 2009 - 17:57 ET by thebutlerdiditRbosque,
Great comment. I hadn't thought about that, and it would be very interesting to see. I have seen some of it, myself, traveling out of the country, heck, I have been mistreated for having a southern accent while visiting the north, but nothing like what you are talking about.
I'm Hispanic and I remember
January 6, 2009 - 23:14 ET by rbosqueI'm Hispanic and I remember when I was about 12 I was in Guadalajara and I saw these jerks beat up a kid just because he was Black. I'll never forget it. But I am dismayed how the media here treats us like we're all a bunch of monsters when it's others- even people the media supports.
rbosque
January 6, 2009 - 23:52 ET by RESTLESS 1I'd like to see a report on how Mexico treats illegal crossers of her southern border. IIRC, if an illegal is found working in Mexico, they get seven years in the hole before being deported, and legal aliens can't work even if married to a Mexican citizen.
Seems funny that nobody makes a stink over the fact that Mexicans, too, get warm fuzzies for their sovereignity.
"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
R1... Shhh...msm/arm in
January 6, 2009 - 23:59 ET by bigtimerR1...
Shhh...msm/arm in arm with the left wants this kept mum.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Ooops, oh well
January 7, 2009 - 00:08 ET by RESTLESS 1I just get sick and tired of the double standard. The left can't stand for the autonomy of the individual, state's rights, the sovereignity of America, hell soon the human species will someday have no right to life in their world...oops, that is already in their belief system too.
They seem to be increasingly of the mindset that "borders cause wars", yet they forget that "good fences make good neighbors".
"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
I agree R1. What more can
January 7, 2009 - 00:29 ET by bigtimerI agree R1.
What more can I say?
I about give up on all of this...it's like banging your head on the wall that isn't even built yet.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
People Who Cry Racism Are The Biggest Racists Of All
January 7, 2009 - 00:46 ET by Asian ConAs others have mentioned here, Mexico has a small black population. They were brought over during the slave trade. They are Mexican citizens yet they're treated like 2nd class citizens at best. They militarized their own southern border but, we're the racists because we want our borders enforced.
I refuse to take morality or racial sensitivity lessons from people who come here illegally and wave the Mexican flag and flaunt their illegality in our faces! Who, on one day out of the year, march down the street waving Mexican flags and claiming to be Americans! May 1st, BTW, is Law day! Ironic, isn't it?
"For The First Time In My Life, I Am No Longer Proud Of My Country Because It Seems Like, Socialism Has Made A Comeback"
As a Latino male, I am sick
January 6, 2009 - 16:13 ET by LiberalliesAs a Latino male, I am sick and tired of the media always trying to find racism against me, my family, my race, culture, etc.
I am sick and tired of these idiots telling me how I should feel and why.
These great white hope fools that claim to be pro-minorities are in many instances THE true racists.
It is reports like these that keep America divided.
Also, a good point is brought up...if you want to see true racism go to the middle east, Europe, Latin America, etc. In Mexico you can barefly find a black person, and if you do they are treated like crap. In Venezuela Hugo Chavez and his supporters have created race and class envy, in Argentina (where many Nazis moved) racism is everywhere. In countries like France, go try be a Jew and live in a Muslim slum...good luck.
As a Latino it is not the reaction of the people in the video that insults me, it is Diane Sawyer, Quinones and the rest of the ABC staff that insult me!
fut!
January 6, 2009 - 16:24 ET by BlondeLong time no see...Happy New Year to you and yours.
Don't let the ba****rds get you down....they try to find racism where none exists, all the while being the most racist of all.
Blonde, Yes, long time no
January 6, 2009 - 16:33 ET by LiberalliesBlonde,
Yes, long time no see....I always read Newsbusters.org, but I am not as free to post.
Yeah, I am just sick and tired of the self-rightious Liberals in the media and over all in America who claim to be so tolerant and all the while being the most intolerant pigs in the world.
Believe me, the only racism that I have ever encountered in America has come from Democrats and Liberals who have called me an Uncle Tom, a House Negro, and all types of racist names just because i am a for the most part a Latino that votes Republican.
I wish I could go on shows like Diane Sawyers' and put these "Great White Hopes" in their place.
Anyway, Happy New Year to you too!
Liberallies, my friend.
January 6, 2009 - 18:55 ET by ForeverOnTheRightLiberallies, my friend. These liberals are just race baiters. The MSM makes up negative stories about race and the economy etc, because negative sells, it boosts their ratings. It's all about MONEY, they care less about the affect of the story, who it may offend etc. The person who is truly not a racist cares more about the content of another persons character than the color or their skin, or what country they are from, or if they have an accent. Ones character is the most important part of a person. I saw a story on CBS Sunday Morning about people who enjoy 69' Camaros and anthing retro and they made it into a story about how bad the economy is. It has nothing to do with the economy, I am sure these people where enjoying these retro things when the economy was booming. People like to recapture their youth, it's a form of escape, it's the romance of it. I like World War 2 military aircraft, I have for years, and it has NOTHING to do with the ecomomy at all. It has more to do with my love of flying and the fact that my father was a WW2 vet, and I love my father.
Isn't this just
January 6, 2009 - 16:19 ET by bigtimerIsn't this just precious...give me a break, these talking heads ought to knock off their complaining, I'm sick of it, they will get their way in the end...heck, just open the borders up all the way...we may as well...it's gonna' be a done deal in congress/this administration.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Pretend News
January 6, 2009 - 16:31 ET by NorthCoasterPretend News, perpetrated by pretend journalists with the aid of pretend employees who berate customers.
How about doing a real story for a change??????
NorthCoaster, Exactly!
January 6, 2009 - 16:37 ET by LiberalliesNorthCoaster,
Exactly! these idiots have nothing better to do than to create "news" and then report on their pretend news.
Since they are unwilling to report real news on Obama and the Democrats this is the next best thing they can do.
Just watch, the next four years will be full of false reporting like this.
The problem the media has and even Liberals have is that with Obama, a so called black person (he is half white) having been elected, their constant push of Americans being racist is sort of falling apart. So they must continue to find victims in order to keep on pushing their racial divide agenda.
I
Even if they have to create
January 6, 2009 - 16:42 ET by bigtimerEven if they have to create them if in a hurry....after-all they have to budget their resources doncha' know...lol.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
I can't wait for the next
January 6, 2009 - 16:33 ET by SickofLibsI can't wait for the next five installments in this riveting social engineering series, featuring the disenfranchised:
1) Fat people.
2) The handicapped.
3) Muslims.
4) Fat, handicapped Muslims.
5) Dumb people (aka libtards like Cuinones)
Media Racism
January 6, 2009 - 16:34 ET by AvitarIn the 1950's “I Love Lucy” was one of America's top shows. Since they were both Catholics, and married, even the very religious approved. In the 1970’s, there was “Bridget Loves Bernie” that was quite popular in America in its rollout. The show, however, was canceled because the bigoted racists of New York would not accept a Jewish man married to a Christian girl. America did not have a problem but the Network did. If ABC wants to explore bigotry in America it should stick to the insides networks' headquarters in New York and walking distance of the most bigoted place in America.
Is it racist to insist on having a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN ...
January 6, 2009 - 16:35 ET by Jayke... as president. Or at least one that respects the Constitution and true American patriots enough to release something as mundane as a LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE! Come on, MAN! BARRKY, you're a jerk of historical proportions.
Jayke
January 6, 2009 - 16:41 ET by sherylsimsIf it is, then I guess I am a racist. Oh well. I guess I will just have to live with it.
Ask yourself some questions
January 6, 2009 - 17:01 ET by KC MulvilleOK, the camera caught a couple racist guys. It also caught a couple tolerant ones. But remember, this is an edited report. They showed you what they needed to make their point. We have no idea how many customers were involved in this experiment, nor do we know how many behaved "properly."
Now ask yourself: why did ABC News create and broadcast this report? What were they trying to prove? I think it's pretty clear ... the editors wanted to reinforce the liberal assumption that we're all racist. They want you to start with the assumption that we're all racist, apparently with the idea that if you "accept" your racism, you can then "see" how ordinary citizens need to be educated ... by the media, conveniently.
Consider this ... somewhere during the ABC broadcast, or after reading Scott's piece, or even reading my post here ... have you said to yourself, "of course, we all have some degree of racism, but ..." ? But then, where did you get that idea? Feel free to speak for yourself, and confess any racism you retain yourself, but where did you get the idea that everyone else is racist?
Media Bias
January 6, 2009 - 17:07 ET by JDWAnother Quinones report.
Why is this bias? Where are the success stories?
How many non-English speaking immigrants arrived in America with nothing only to work their their way up into all levels of society? Where do we read about the small business owners let alone the CEO's? Why the incessant prejudice, racist, and monetary issues?
JDW
DAILY WAVE
Whatever else you think, your mother and my mother are both mothers
JDW
January 6, 2009 - 17:26 ET by NorthCoasterAmerican guilt is goaded by these types of insults. Anyone who fells guilty feels the need to assuage the guilt by enabling the "Victim Classes" to remain victims and live off the rest of us.
Follow the Golden Rule and fell no guilt. Assist those who you can help improve themselves or get over a bad stretch. Ignore those who attempt to use your good intention for their own advantage. Empathize with those who are unable to do any better physically mentally or emotionally. Castigate those who can change and won't but will continue to play the victim.
I believe this is all
January 6, 2009 - 17:33 ET by MidAmericaI believe this is all part of the effort to protect The One. As he steps into the adult world he WILL get criticism. This 'report' is intended to shut down criticism as racism, just like similar reports during the campaign.
Let's see Quinones go to
January 6, 2009 - 17:35 ET by Antisocial-ismLet's see Quinones go to Compton and pretend to have a group of black gangbanger types beating and kicking a white man. I wonder how many will come running to help out the white guy?
Of course we will NEVER see that, because only whites are racist. Isn't that right, John Quinones?
The MSM (and leftists) see
January 6, 2009 - 17:36 ET by celatorThe MSM (and leftists) see all of life through three lenses, and three lenses only. 1. We are all racists (except them) 2. We are all gender bashers (except them). 3. We want to destroy all elements of the environment (except them).
That's it in a nutshell. The three sins of all Americans. We are so awful. Race baiting, gender wars and environmental destruction. Oh, the shame!
Kids in high school have this nonsense pounded in their heads every day. They are tested on it to make sure they internalize the point of view. College professors create tests and expect student papers to prove these three issues are certainly true and undebatable. Remember Al Gore's stupid remark, "The debate is over".
The MSM sees it as their holy duty to remind Americans what terrible citizens we are because we constantly commit these three sins. There is no hope for us, you see. We must have help from g o v e r m e n t, the Holy See of the Lefists.
And if they lie constantly to us about these issues, well, that's part of the price they have to pay to remain sinless.
Fake Racist Charges
January 6, 2009 - 17:46 ET by The Smokin FrogLet me get this straight...they can't find real racism to report on so they have to stage it? Fake it? The liberal left is simple filled to overflowing with hatred as this sort of thing proves.
This is ridiculous. I live in that clingy, Bible thumping, gun totting state of PA, and I can't tell if even one person that I know is a racist. But I do know that Obama was the only one dragging race in to the presidential race. He and his groupies were regularly accusing his detractors of racism. I think this was one of the few times I was routing for Billy Boy Clinton. He took him on. Way to go Bill.
The Black liberals are extremely racist. White people would be arrested for saying some of the things they say.
As far as Mexicans are concerned, most Americans do not like moochers and people that come here illegally. This is hardly racism. We have to obey the laws, why don't they? But I do believe Obama will find a way to make them legal, and at our expense.
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They do it to DIVIDE
January 6, 2009 - 17:59 ET by mostlymoderateThey do it to DIVIDE America.
Exactly. The goal is
January 6, 2009 - 21:09 ET by celatorExactly.
The goal is cultural and political chaos.
Ann Coulter was right: the
January 6, 2009 - 17:57 ET by mostlymoderateAnn Coulter was right: the ENTIRE liberal foundation rests on making everyone feel like a victim. The more you think about that, the more it makes sense.
I'll be sure to go and tell
January 6, 2009 - 18:09 ET by thebutlerdiditI'll be sure to go and tell all my neighbors and the kid's classmates' parents that they are being discriminated against. Most of them live in 3/4 to 1 mil plus houses and make some serious cash. They are from all corners of the world. Funny, I just don't think they will be feeling it. It seems to me the idea was it wasn't just a Hispanic, but someone who didn't speak English and was a poor day-laborer. So, it isn't just being from another country, you have to be disadvantaged by those eeevviiilll rich white people. I think that's part of the story here. If you had a Tiger Woods or Jennifer Lopez type go in there, it just wouldn't have had the same impact, doncha know?
Wasnt it just a few years
January 6, 2009 - 22:50 ET by KevroyWasnt it just a few years ago that they put muslims and gays at NASCAR events and then waited for the fireworks? Accept that there WERE NO FIREWORKS. They just looked stupid.
Much like they do right now. I'm sick of the media. Sick Sick Sick.
I couldn't watch the whole thing
January 6, 2009 - 23:07 ET by choselife3xI left before the French got ugly.
Funny though, the point of the first experiment was, being disdainful of people of another culture, is bad. They're humans too, right?
The point of the second experiment is to see how long it takes for the French to unload their righteous wrath...... on people of another culture.
Hmmmm. There aren't 12 million Americans living illegally in France, sucking the lifeblood out of THEIR infrastructure. Tourists are there legally, contributing to the economy. And ABC LAUDS the French for their LACK OF TOLERANCE!!
No dichotomy there. Be a good little brainwashed guilty white American and move along.
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
Why would they even waste
January 7, 2009 - 01:48 ET by RR GOPWhy would they even waste air time with this?
"Oh my God, I just saw on ABC that there is racism in America!"
"Noooo! Say it isn't so!"
C'mon. Why don't they at least try to find out why people feel that way? While they're at it, why don't they go into black neighborhoods and find out what they think of peckerwoods?
But, no. Minorities are incapable of racism.
I remember some years ago when Mike Tyson went off on some white reporter-must have called him a "honk" half a dozen times. After the clip was shown, the white newscasters laughed and were like, "Oh, that Mike...tee-hee" Where was the outrage?
They keep beating it into us that we must love minorities regardless of how they feel about or treat us. The vast majority of white Americans certainly harbor stereotypes concerning minorities, but very rarely ever act upon them nor dwell upon them the way the Liberals do.
I don't lose any sleep knowing that somewhere out there are some people who hate me because of my race.
I guess these reports are for white Liberals who can sit there and shake their heads in dismay and think, "Well, I'm glad I'm not like that!
One of the 24% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 89% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
Second Segment
January 7, 2009 - 08:10 ET by RJWallThe second segment was ugly Americans in Paris. Naturally it was a Bush-bashing segment. The "ugly" Americans were from Texas and were wearing Bush '08 tee-shirts.
Quinones took great joy in showing a German woman comment that wearing a Bush shirt was akin to her wearing a Hitler shirt. Oh yeah, great stuff there.
"racism" should always have Democrat trademark symbol
January 7, 2009 - 13:10 ET by j17ghsAs you might know, MLK Jr. was a Republican as was his dad. The "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial was based largely on the words of another black preacher who delivered it -- guess where? -- at the 1952 Republican Convention.
But, just as Jesse Jackson once opposed abortion strongly and viewed it correctly as an adjunct to racism, Jackson, too, caved to the money and power Democrats offered once the 1965 Civil Rights Act passed. Demo-Marxists then sought to avenge this imposition by forcing greatly exaggerated racial quotas and destructive policies on society.
I’m afraid the culmination of these tactics are calculated to produce another civil war, and I’ve been saying for years that Democrats have seceded from the Union again.