Posted on Sun, Aug. 24, 2003



ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER AS ... THE CONTENDER

By Dion Nissenbaum

Mercury News Sacramento Bureau

[Excerpt]

Touchy subjects

Schwarzenegger didn't shy away from controversial views. He often got into heated battles with Rick Wayne -- a black bodybuilder from St. Lucia, a Caribbean island -- about one of the most emotional international issues of the 1970s: racial segregation in South Africa.

Wayne said Schwarzenegger defended the apartheid system and argued that white South Africans could not turn power over to black South Africans without ruining the nation.

``At the time, I just thought he was an out-and-out racist,'' Wayne said in a recent interview.

Schwarzenegger also appeared to have no qualms about telling Jewish jokes to his friends.

Wayne said he watched Schwarzenegger upset Jewish friend Joe Weider to the point of tears with his crass jokes, which included doing an impression of Hitler.

As their friendship evolved, Wayne said he came to understand Schwarzenegger's sense of humor.

Wayne once asked his friend how an Austrian immigrant had conquered Hollywood.

In a moment of ``pure mischief,'' he said, Schwarzenegger stood up, looked him ``straight in the eye and said, `Because I've got the greatest physique in the world, I'm sharp, I'm super talented.' Then he stood up, walked down the hall, looked over his shoulder and said: `And I'm white.' ''

What might have once set Wayne off now leaves him chuckling.

``Today I don't necessarily think he's a racist,'' he said. ``How are you a racist and have a black guy as your friend?''

How can you be racist and have black friends? It's very easy. Racism is an ideological outlook that usually but not always overlaps with personal antipathy. Just like you can have a white friend that you think is unintelligent and only fit for menial jobs, you can have personal liking for individuals from an entire group that you consider unintelligent.

The hard thing to do is be non-racist and honestly confront the racist world that we're living in. Then it's not possible just to be non-racist yourself. You actually have to be an anti-racist.

Cause until the philosophy which hold one race superior and another one inferior has been toppled, then everywhere is war.

his remark about being talented and white should mark him out as an opportunist. But then america is the land of oportunists

I agree about the reverse discrimination. After watching all the corporate perp walks these past couple of years(Enron,World Com,Global Crossing,Imclone,Arthur Andersen execs)I noticed they were all white. Why couldn't the justice department find a few black execs to toss in the can.Yup reverse discrimination alright. Can't wait to read all the bullshit racial rubbish that will be coming out of the cheap labor conservatives yaps now.HO HO.

BushBlower: "Reverse discrimmination I can buy but racism no."

Yes, the only racism is against whites...like you...huh?

Just when ya think he's as stupid as he can get, da shrubsucker suprises ya!

Chupa-arbusto!

Chupa-arbusto!

It's going to be a long night for our liberal buddies, KFC et. al.

They will be up all night posting as much propaganda as their tired little fingers can type out, in the hopes they can enough votes to keep Arnold and the Republicans from taking over tomorrow.

Those bootleg copies of Paint Shop Pro will be used so much tonight, computers will be blowing up!

All for nil!

http://www.rense.com/general52/tenr.htm