Trent Pulls A Boner

Let's see if we've got this straight. It's okay for toxic industries to site in the "black part of town". It's okay for the cops to shoot and kill a black man every month or so. It's okay to maintain an essentially race-based capital punishment system. It's okay for voters to discriminate against minorities (Prop. 187 in California, I-200 in Washington, for example). Sentencing disparities are okay, and it's okay for blacks to be incarcerated at levels far outpacing their population levels. It's okay for blacks to be left off voter rolls. Welfare "reform" is okay. Redlining is okay.

But as soon as the poor Senator opens up his mouth and slips out with what we all know he's always been thinking anyways, all hell breaks loose. And rather than actually discussing the issue, we're allowed only to speculate upon the potential political fallout.

But the bottom line remains that if we don't want racist politicians, we should stop electing them.

Posted by Eddie Tews at December 15, 2002 05:56 PM