WHITE DEMOCRATS ACCUSE A BLACK DEMOCRAT OF BEING RACIST AGAINST THEM? [+] serious ballot by xxxxxxxx created Thu Jan 25, 07 "Trial resumes in Noxubee County reverse discrimination case Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. - The federal trial of a black Democratic Party official in Noxubee County entered its second week Monday with more testimony anticipated from whites who claim their right to participate in the election process has been violated. Ike Brown, the chairman of the county's Democratic Executive Committee, is accused of violating the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which was written to protect racial minorities when Southern states strictly enforced segregation. It is the first use of the act to allege discrimination against whites. Noxubee County is a rural area along the Alabama line with a majority black population. On Friday, two white witnesses said Brown had threatened to challenge their right to cast ballots in the party's 2003 primary. In addition, an unsuccessful white candidate for Noxubee County supervisor told the federal judge he was unfairly treated by the defendant as to how absentee ballots were counted in a close race against the eventual black winner. Federal prosecutors want U.S. District Judge Tom Lee to rule whites' voting rights were violated by Brown and other black Democratic Party officials in the county and to order unlawful practices stopped. Cheri Anne Eaves and Kari Hardy testified on Friday that Brown accused them of being disloyal Democrats and had threatened to try to deny their right to vote in the 2003 Democratic primary. Brown allegedly had put them on a list he circulated of 174 white voters he would challenge as ineligible to participate in Democratic Party election because they were closet Republicans. "I was angry that anybody would have the right to say I couldn't vote," Eaves said. Despite the threat of being challenged at the polls, she told Lee she did vote in the Democratic primary. Hardy said she did not vote. Both women testified that they didn't understand why Brown could question their right to vote. They said they hadn't voted in Republican primaries before. Mississippi has open primaries for the two political parties to hold and doesn't require voters to register as Democrat or Republican. Brown claims the U.S. Justice Department is misconstruing as racial intimidation his attempts to keep Republicans from voting in Democratic primaries. However, the Justice Department alleges that the "relentless voting-related discrimination" is based on Noxubee County blacks trying to shut whites out of the process." (Source: Associate Press) - Are incidents of 'reverse discrimination' such as this alleged case just as concerning as any other form of racism? Yes, it is equally concerning as any other form of racism No, it is not as concerning as racism against minorities, because they'd feel more alienated This practice is not new, the Majority created it and continues to refine it, it is wrong period... Ballot #111570 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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