Quote Originally Posted by Pannonian View Post
DD, is this your way of welcoming back Kukri?
Just when you think he's gone away, race-relations comes up, and Dave always delivers. :) (thanks for that edit Dave; you're right.)

The US commentariat seems mostly concerned with measuring the degree of racism revealed by remarks made by white politicians. So far, on a scale of 1 to 10, Reid's defenders score it a "1", while they see Lott's contribution a "9" or more. The other side paints both as 10's and resign-able offenses.

My problem with Sen Reid's observations of Obama's light-skin and non-negro dialect, is the underlying assumption made: american voters will find Obama more palatable, and less threatening, than other black politicians with darker skin and inner-city dialects. He (Reid) in effect is talking about marketing a black man to a racist nation. I think this shows a fundamental disrespect and condescension toward american voters.

Disrespect and condescension are not fire-able offenses. But if I were a Nevada voter, I'd be looking for someone else who understands and respects me, next election.