So many examples these days, but let's look at these two:
1) Tennessee State Rep. Jerry Sexton argued in a debate in the Tennessee legislature that the bust of notorious racist and KKK founder Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest should not be removed from the Tennessee State Capitol. Part of what Sexton said:
“It was not against the law to own slaves back then. Who knows, maybe some of us will be slaves one of these days. Laws change.”The fruit of Richard Nixon's "Southern Strategy" is on full display with this bigot.
2) In Ohio, State Sen. Steve Huffman speculates that African-Americans may have a higher COVID-19 infection rate for a curious reason:
"Could it just be that African Americans or the colored population do not wash their hands as well as other groups or wear a mask or do not socially distance themselves? That could be the explanation of the higher incidence?”Apparently Huffman, who is (yikes!) an emergency room physician, has disregarded legitimate causes like a higher incidence of comorbid diseases (diabetes, heart disease, etc.) from his careful assessment of the "problem" with the "colored population." If you're "colored," pray you don't have this guy as your doctor, who'll just tell you to wash your hands and be on your way.
