We’ve had this conversation on here before sorta: people don’t think they can be sexists/misogynists because they don’t rape/beat women; people don’t think they’re classist because they don’t spit on their maids; people ain’t racist because they’ve never attended a cross-burning.
Ta-Nehisi Coates goes to town on the idea that racism is a lingering problem in America, and yet no one can ever be called a racist, as it’s tantamount to character assassination. (What up, Geraldine?)
All of this leaves me wondering, Who does a guy have to lynch around here to get called a racist? If twice claiming that a presidential candidate is only in the race because he’s black doesn’t make you racist; if shouting, “He’s a nigger! He’s a nigger” from stage doesn’t make you racist; if calling an accomplished black woman “the cleaning lady” doesn’t make you a racist, what does?
Say word.
(He sorta buried the lede; that graf is the penultimate one. But whatever.)
