Saturday, September 29, 2012
The politics of White and Others
Many years ago, during the reign of Richard Nixon when nothing was wrong if the president did it, the Republican Party made its first appeals to the racists that were abandoning the Democrats in the wake of civil rights legislation. Over the years it has become a certainty that if you are a racist, you are a Republican. With the addition of the Teabaggers, the racist element has become more open and vocal until, with this election, they are no longer hiding their true nature.
The Republicans have dropped all pretenses that this presidential race isn’t about race. And they’ve brought in the suit and tie set in playing the dirtiest card in the political deck. Hyperbole and unrelenting criticism are part and parcel of both parties opposition to whoever is the current occupant of the White House, Democrat or Republican. Lord knows, G.W. came in for his deserved share. But, in their desperation, the Republicans have blown by hyperbole and criticism into the disgusting world of pure, unadulterated and undisguised racism.To paraphrase John Stuart Mill, Not all Republican are racist, but all racists are Republican.
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