Valox
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- Dec 1, 2011
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It looks like race baiting is not apart of Catholic teachings. In fact, it goes against it.
Religious Herald - Catholics warn Gingrich, Santorum on race baitingNEW YORK (RNS) -- More than 40 Catholic leaders and theologians have issued an open letter to Catholic candidates Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum, warning them to stop perpetuating ugly racial stereotypes on the campaign trail.
The signers of the open letter, which was released Friday (Jan. 20), cited Gingrichs repeated criticisms of Barack Obama as a food stamp president who encourages government dependency for the poor, especially for African-Americans.
They also criticized Santorums statement that he does not want to make black peoples lives better by giving them somebody elses money. Santorum later said he intended to use a word other than black but did not say what that word would have been.
At Thursdays debate in South Carolina, both Santorum and Gingrich continued to blast the Obama administration for allegedly encouraging the use of food stamps.
Those statements have been criticized for encouraging racially charged associations between blacks and government welfare, and have drawn sharp denunciations from civil rights groups and many pundits.
In their open letter, the Catholic leaders -- many of them associated with progressive and Democratic causes -- say that raising racist caricatures is irresponsible, immoral and unworthy of political leaders.