Bloomberg: "Black and Latino males aged let's say 16-25, don’t know how to behave in the workplace."

Bloombergs full quote is in the ad below, midway-to-towards the end of the vid.

Like I said a few days ago, he is no better than Trump

It's not racist. It's true, although I'll add that it definitely applies to whites as well. And it applies to people up to their mid-30s. We had a terrible time with a millennial (white, age 32) in our group. Wouldn't dress properly for work, wouldn't follow instructions, got pissy when people explained how to do his job properly, constantly late for everything, demanded considerations not given to other employees, etc. And I cringe when I have a problem in a retail or service environment and the staff is latino/a. I know I will not get anywhere unless I complain to corporate or upper management.

R2 Well,, DL apparently needs 24/7 reminding. I'm a busy bitch, but I'm willing to do the fucking work!

R3 it wouldn’t be racist if he included whites. He didn’t.

Yes, let's use Bloomberg's efforts to improve the situation against him.

[quote]A lot of these kids, it isn’t that they’re bad kids. It’s that once they made a mistake, it’s very difficult to recover from that. But we have an obligation to them, if not for compassionate reasons, just for selfish reasons.

Even when he's supporting Obama:

[quote]There’s no debate whatsoever that for people of color, and others, America has failed to deliver on its bedrock principle of equality of opportunity in the workplace. Everyone knows that, but few are able to address at least part of it in a meaningful way as Mike did through his administration’s Young Men’s Initiative, which Mike is discussing and what became the national blueprint for President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper program.

Okay then.

Please. Plenty of whites in that age group are functionally retarded when it comes to appropriate workplace behavior. I could write a damn book about it.

R6 A lot of words; the same words rearranged that he used for his bigoted and racist stances. Not buying it and the more words you use to defend this trash, the less I buy it.

Shit adorned, is shit adorned.

I hate him but he could beat Trump. In 4 years we could get someone different.

He could have gotten a pass on this if he called it “learning office politics” or something.

He’s coarse and crass.

He's not wrong.

Bloomberg has admitted Bernie can win. Why is he running? Hint: Bloomberg was a Republican in 2018.

Girl quit posting the same EXACT posts in EVERY thread. That guy is a right wing shit stain. Stop promoting him here.

R13 Bloomberg?

Some black people on Twitter were reminding the SJWs that stop and frisk had a lot of black support.

Convince me he’s wrong

This guy should not be running for President. The fact that he’s 78 years old is disqualifying in itself.

Then vote for Trump assholes. He’ll take care of you.

He's partly right. My company has a lot of young, female employees (18 to 30). None of them no how to behave, dress appropriately for an office environment. They really don't have the least bit of common sense

The majority of 16-25 year olds of all races, nationalities and genders don't know how to behave in the workplace

[quote]The majority of 16-25 year olds of all races, nationalities and genders don't know how to behave in the workplace.

Yes. That’s true. However, Bloomberg singled out Blacks and Latinos because he’s a racist.

What makes his comment racist is not just that he singled out black and Latino males, but that he implied that ALL black and Latino males under 25 behave inappropriately in the workplace. There’s not a single black or Latino male under 25 who knows how to behave professionally, according to Bloomberg.

As a young, black professional male this biased bullshit is why I work so hard to dissipate these misconceptions about me as an individual.

One of Bloomberg’s daughters married into a rich white family who I know personally from growing up. Every single one of them were addicted to drugs, but let Bloomberg tell it, drug abuse is just a black and brown problem.

This guy really is a piece of shit.

He's still better than Bernie or Trump. So if those are my choices, I'll vote for him.

If Trump had said that, people would be apoplectic right now.

[quote]If Trump had said that, people would be...

On the left: shrugging their shoulders. On the right: cheering him wildly.

[quote] Bloomberg singled out Blacks and Latinos...

Because he was giving a speech on the predecessor to Obama's My Brother’s Keeper program.

The question I have for R21 is why, with the huge African-American community in New York, how and why did Bloomberg continue to get elected and even got the City Counsel to change the rules for him to run again? Is NY's AA community that powerless? Why did so many liberals and progressives vote for him with this record? I'm serious, and not just trolling. I am only vaguely familiar with Bloomberg's administration overall, but was well aware of Stop and Frisk and that controversy, but as a non-NYer I didn't and don't follow it well enough to understand this dynamic. Did he merely buy the mayoral race?

[quote]...but that he implied that ALL black and Latino males under 25 behave inappropriately in the workplace. There’s not a single black or Latino male under 25 who knows how to behave professionally, according to Bloomberg.

Get your facts right. He starts off by saying "there is this enormous cohort...". At no point did he say every single black and latino male. The quotes at R6 shows he has empathy. Blacks and latinos are better off with someone who has the courage to directly address their problems than with some "woke" person who won't go anywhere near it for fear of the dumb "racist!" accusations that are now being directed at Bloomberg.

Bloomberg is a Republican but Trump is even worse.

So, do we want an apologetic racist or fat fuck racist? This country is fuuuuuucked.

So, basically he said what people think but won't say. Big deal. Trump did the same thing and he's president.

You're forgetting something else very important. Bloomberg is not a blazing imbecile like Trump. Putting aside the race issues for a second, Trump is an unintelligent boor. His presidency is a disgrace.

^I agree with this but Bloomberg made an unfortunate generalization. He is clearly a racist.

That’s a great question about Bloomberg regarding his being elected THREE times by city with majority democrats.

Well?

Deplorables are warming up to him. If he gets their support the Plump is toast.

Rudy Guiliani was elected for two terms. Let's make him Bloomberg's VP.

God forbid a white billionaire works with organizations to discuss the issues facing systematic poverty and issues with their ability to join the workforce. there is something racially uncomfortable and wrong about singling out blacks and hispanics but this was part of a discussion about how to get a very specific demographic into the work force. That comes with issues like the one he inartfully commented on. (Kind of like how affirmative action wasn't enough--colleges spent decades trying to deal with the issues surrounding affirmative action--they gave minorities the spots, figured out the financial aid, and then eventually realized more resources were needed to help them acclimate and stay afloat as they weren't as educationally prepared to keep up freshman year--extra tutoring was needed--and many schools did figure out how to turn an affirmative action slot into a graduating student four years later).

Let us discuss the meaning of the phrase "Lesser of two evils."

[quote]He's still better than Bernie or Trump. So if those are my choices, I'll vote for him.

All three of them are equally awful. I will not vote for any one of them.

I am hoping that Amy or Pete is the nominee, otherwise I will not vote.

How can you say that anyone is as bad as Trump R38? Do you WANT him to get another 4 years? Crazy.

Oh FFS. Really America, we’re doing this? We’re gonna go with this arrogant asshole to replace the other one? I fucking hate this country.

I just found out that he said as recently as last year that legalizing marijuana was the biggest mistake ever. Ever? I'm so sure. Only somebody in his position who loves Big Pharma would say something so ridiculous.

Please stop with the idea that we have to choose between Bloomberg and Trump. Bloomberg hasn't earned the democratic nomination -- and, most likely, won't get within spitting distance of it.

I’m disappointed with Obama for allowing Bloomberg to use him in his commercials. Very disappointed. Can’t understand why he’s allowing this. Bloomberg is scum.

The justifications in this thread...

I'm black. I have zero problems with stop and frisk. I have zero problems with what he said about #metoo. I have zero problems with what he said about trans people. I do have a problem with Bernie Sanders. And if any democrat is foolish enough to let this nonsense sway their votes they deserve 4 more years of Trump or God forbid, 4 years of Bernie and the shitstorm that will bring.

Now that bloomie’s poll numbers are up expect dozens of posts like this one from the Bernie cult on a daily basis.

Then imagine what they’d be like if he got elected.

R46 I don’t believe you.

Bloomberg is a RACIST. Also, he is very good friends with the Trumps.

Would love it if someone commented to Bloomberg that since he's Jewish he must be a member of the deviant sexual predator fraternity of Epstein, Weinstein and Dershowitz.

Still, his billions will win blacks over. Bling trumps racism.

R50 Thankfully, we shave Bernie who has truly never.

They're all so fucking old.

*have

This has got to be one of his best quotes, really...

In between referring to members of the trans community as “it” and telling a staff member to “kill it” when she informed him she was pregnant, this one nestles quite nicely!

One thing that I notice about Bloomberg is how dead his eyes are...cold and distant.

Where is the entire video? This is a 19 second video taken from a longer conversation he was having. Why not post the entire video?

After the 2016 election, it was revealed the many of the quote divisive unquote black live matters social media postings originated in the Ukraine. As fucked up as this is, and it's scary too, it's actually very funny. The enemy knows the US inside and out. We don't know them but they knows US. They know something as little as a statement "black lives matter" is enough to make whites fume and rage. trump is a scorched earth campaign against Obama's two successful terms. the enemy knows whites would rather burn the white house down than have a black in the white house ever again.

R50 Jewish deviants. Straight out of Nazi propaganda. There are far more Black and Latino thugs, racists and bigots. But then, you knew that Nazi Jew-hating trash.

[quote]One thing that I notice about Bloomberg is how dead his eyes are...cold and distant.

That’s because his whole body is nearly dead at age 78.

All the SWJ progressive outrage isn't going to win their god the nomination. A moderate will get it: the DNC primary process isn't like the winner-take-all GOP delegate allocation process. As long as you get 15%, you get a share of the delegates.

R60 And if they try doing this again, they will splinter the party perhaps irreparably.

R58 you’re not well. Take a bottle of sleeping pills and put all of us out of YOUR misery.

r58 get your head out of your ass.

If Bloomberg wants to throw stereotypes out there he shouldn't mind if some get thrown at him.

There are reprehensible members of any group you can name. Those of us regular tax payers need to be smarter than buying into stereotypes but if those with all the power and visibility are going to use them in order to divide us, they need to be included as well.

There are plenty of negative stereotypes about Jews I didn't throw out there. I was simply making a point you dumb motherfucker.

A lot of young people don't know how to act in a workplace - particularly in regards to their phones. And yet they don't seem to care either.

Does no one address how to act professionally during any part of their education?

You cannot discriminate against someone because of their age, sex or race in the workplace, it's against the law. Just like you can't discriminate against someone because of their sexuality.

Good point, R63.

Plenty of black and brown New Yorkers supported stop-and-frisk at the time.

Bernie will be asking him about this quote tonight.

He should have said most males of all races don't yet have the maturity or motivation to behave in the workplace.

But he didn’t, R70.

Bern Bro knows. He uses social media with other Bern Bros. They say it's fun making lists of free stuff coming their way via Bernie.

R22 lol. You know you’re retarded, don’t you?

Michael Bloomberg is a racist.