White Americans' tilt for Bush scary

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: October 25, 1988| Author: | Copyright information

Last week, one of my long-time critics - an avowed racist - called to ask me a sick and stupid question, and I started to provide him a strongly worded stupid answer. But then I caught myself.

The man's questions weren't as stupid as they seemed. Here's a sample:

While you talk about all the progress you colored people have made since your Civil Rights Revolution, you seem as scared of white people today as you were in the South years ago. What's wrong with you?

I had to admit that I do still have a problem with white folks, or at least with some white folks, or maybe the majority of ...

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