Sanitized excuse for voting for the white guy.
I love the funny, satirical and matter-of-fact honest look at politics from Larry Webster, an Attorney from Eastern Kentucky and a Contributing Columnist for the Herald leader. This week's column is no different. Observe closely how Larry recognizes that sexist and racist attitudes still play important roles in voter's decisions of who gets elected in the southwest, to wit: Sen. Allen's "macaca" moment and the GOP's Tennessee ad that presented a sanitized excuse for Tennessee "mountain folks" and others to vote for the white guy, out of fear of a Black wanting to "miscegenate" with a white woman. These are the problems facing Blacks (and people who appear to be foreign born) wanting to run for public office; racists try to capitalize on whites' fears by giving white voters a "sanitized excuse for voting for the white guy" and against the Black guy. And that is not funny at all.
Labels: Personal Responsibility, Politics
posted by KYJurisDoctor at 4:44 PM
2 Comments:
I agree it is not at all funny. But untilblacks decide to come into the mainstream of America they will always be fighting an uphill battle. J.C. Watts and Michael Steele show that being mainstream does reduce this problem. We need more like them to step forward to put racism behind us
"But until blacks decide to come into the mainstream of America", what is that and how do Blacks do that? After your explanation, I will tell you how that almost NEVER makes any difference. There are exceptions of course ... like you mentioned.
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